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• Posted in thread: If you could start over and had $1000 what equipment would you get on 05-05-2013 at 10:09 PM
  A propane turkey fryer type burner is cheap as is a 44qt pot with a strainer basket. I do biab
  beers up to 9%abv this way and they come out fantastic. A Rubbermaid tub and some frozen
  bottles of water...

• Posted in thread: Paint Strainer Bag for BIAB: Are these food grade/heat resistance on 04-23-2013 at 12:03 AM
  I've done several batches with the Home Depot paint strainer bags with the elastic top. All my
  beers have come out quite tasty. The temperature that you mash at isn't hot enough to melt the
  bag.

• Posted in thread: Annoying stuck fermentation biab on 04-04-2013 at 07:35 PM
  It's a new hydrometer about a month old never been dropped so I'm almost positive it's not my
  reading. Yeah I'm sure it's 1.036 I hadn't had any beers yet when I was checking it. The beer
  tastes good ...

• Posted in thread: Annoying stuck fermentation biab on 04-04-2013 at 05:39 PM
  Around 155 I believe. It was supposed to be 152 but I figured the few extra degrees wouldn't
  hurt it. I'll have to check the calibration of my thermometer again. If it was off and ended up
  being to hi...

• Posted in thread: Annoying stuck fermentation biab on 04-04-2013 at 03:22 PM
  I brewed a NB bourbon barrel porter on 3/17 using the biab method. My og was around 1.060 ( had
  a few to many while brewing and misplaced my notes) three weeks later I'm sitting at 1.036
  which I feel ...

• Posted in thread: New kettle and worried about getting a good boil going on 03-08-2013 at 12:06 PM
  I couldn't imaging boiling 9 gallons of wort on my kitchen stove. I brew outside with a turkey
  fryer burner an it really gets a good boil going. Boiling over all on the stove and in the
  house is not p...

• Posted in thread: Best Label Removing Method Ever? I think so. on 02-10-2013 at 02:09 PM
  I use primarily the shorter Sierra style bottle and have never had a problem removing labels by
  filling the bottle with super hot water and then soaking in a sink of hot tap water. Let them
  soak for a...

• Posted in thread: Star San is making me think twice about home brewing on 01-19-2013 at 10:10 PM
  I use it all the time and don't even think twice about getting the diluted solution on my skin.
  Heck I put my hands all in a bucket of the stuff. I have gotten the concentrated solution on my
  hands be...

• Posted in thread: Anyone else drink Carlo Rossi for the gallon jugs? on 12-30-2012 at 09:58 PM
  Buy the wine dump it in a still and distill the alcohol from the wine!

• Posted in thread: Plastic water cooler bottle as carboy on 09-13-2012 at 07:52 PM
  I use a smaller 3 gallon water jug from Walmart for my 2.5 gallon batches and not one problem
  or off flavor at all. I would use them and not think twice. It's not like your distilling
  through a car ra...