Recent content by nl724

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I actually bought a hot/stir plate and it boils the wort great. I like it because no matter what type of stove I have in the future, I can just use the hot/stir plate.

Yeah its an electric coil type stove.

Hey guys, I have brewed a couple northern brewer recipe kits and have liked them so far. I like the milk chocolate stout kit and the Dead Ringer IPA. Both were excellent. The Dead Ringer is well balanced and not too hoppy for an IPA...I just love the hop flavor. The milk stout kit is tasty...

Does anyone know how to use a pyrex flask with an electric stove? Are there any ceramic diffusers to put over the element to protect the flask? Has anyone had any luck just setting it right on the element? What about lab hot plates or hot plates from walmart?

I brewed a pumpkin ale with 8 cans of libbys pure pumpkin (14#) :ban:. Its been 2 weeks since brewday and I cannot taste any pumpkin in my beer which is currently in the secondary. Has anyone else had this issue? I thought that using such a large amount of pumpkin would impart more flavor, but I...

I am mildly concerned that this hose may cause hot-side aeration as I am using it for my MLT wort return line in my HERMS system. The reason for my concern is the shape of the hose; it is not smooth. Has anyone had any problems or can any ME out there chime in.

I am building my E-HERMS brewery and a thought just came to me: Do I want to permanently install my herms coil in my HLT or make it removable? (I have already decided I am not using compression fittings as I have had a very difficult time getting them on a bent copper tube.) For all...

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Over the past few days I have been testing out the wet t-shirt method for cooling the carboy in order to see how effective it is before I leave, but it doesn't seem to work that well. I think the only way for it to work well is to use ice as well. Any last suggestions on topic thread in general...

when you say two sparges are you referring to two sparges in addition to the mash so three runs total??

yeah...I am waiting to go home as well:rockin:

is there any advantage to doing two half batch sparges instead of one large batch sparge. For example sparge with 2.75 gallons twice instead of 5.5 gallons once??

Thanks guys...unfortunately I won't be able to transfer in a month from now. Will aging the bitter around 75-80 be a problem for a couple weeks? My basement gets a little warmer during the summer and I don't know if I can rely on my family to cool off the carboy while I'm gone.

What percentage of your brews do you only use a primary fermentation vessel? How long do you leave them ferment in the primary for, on average?