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My hops are vacuum packed but not in fridge. Is that a problem?

I bought an all grain kit from Austin Homebrew with the grains already crushed back in October. I got extremely busy with life and never brewed it. I even made a starter and it sat in the fridge for awhile and then chunked it. Do you think the grains are still good? They are sealed in the...

Good News!! Here's both brews. They turned out fine!!

Just about. I'm gonna give a careful stir when I get home this afternoon. I didn't lose as much of the Ported as I thought out of the carboy.

A little icy, but not bad!!

No offense taken!! You mean stir up the yeast?

Greetings fellow homebrewers....I'm here to admit that I am a dumba**. So, I made a quick collar Friday for my 5.0 cu/ft freezer that I use as a fermentation chamber along with a temp controller. I needed more headroom to be able to fit a 6.5 gal bucket along with a 5 gal carboy. This way...

I guess I put the batch size as 5 gallons. Right?

Haaaaaaaa!! We live in Cajun country in Louisiana and they were raffling off a crawfish boiling pot and burner along with all kinds of other cooking things!! I already have a pot for crawfish so this will be my BK for now!!

So I'm thinking of trying to do a BIAB batch. I won a 18.5 gallon aluminum pot with a basket from a raffle at my son's school. To make it easier, can I just order an all grain kit from Midwest? I do have the beersmith software. I can just put in the information to get the water volumes, right?

Thanks to all of you for the insight. This is what I thought. I have some gas law experience and this is what I was thinking. Appreciate it!!

So I'm still relatively new at kegging. I have 4 on tap as we speak. All have been forced carbed around 12-13 PSI and the serving pressure has stayed the same. I'm just trying to get a grasp on the physics part and CO2 absorption. My understanding is the once the beer has absorbed CO2 and is...

I really do not know what my boil off rate is. It is an aluminum Bayou Classic 13 gallon pot. Im doing a 5.5 gal batch. This is what Beersmith gave me? Any suggestions about what I could change for the better?

Thanks for the input!! I want to make sure with the 12.5 lbs of pale 2 row that I'm getting enough color and character for a porter but yet not overdoing it either. I guess I'm going to roll with it.