Recent content by smetana1986

Resurrecting an old post here but I just bought the same cooler online for under $30. My question is since the drain hole is so high off the bottom how do you get all the wort out? Do you have to give it a tilt?

This is EXACTLY what I thought when I first read the OP. In fact it isn't hard to do. And the yeast is actually better on the additional pitches up to about the 5th.

thats what I was thinking. I also just found out one of my LHBS is starting to offer BIAB classes in addition to their other offerings. I think partial mash and BIAB is getting more popular. :)

NOT Never... Rack when you need your primary for another batch!

I bottled my first batch yesterday. Smelled awesome. The sample in the thief jar tasted great. Now I need patience! One thing I read is make sure that beer you just bottled stays in the dark. I put mine in a cooler and slid it into a closet.

I rack to secondary mainly to free up the primary for another batch!! Cheers mon

Arlington Heights posts theirs online. Its the Evanston water. http://www.vah.com/assets/1/public_works/2011_Water_Quality_Report_(3).pdf And this is from an older link here: Hey everybody in Evanston, IL, I have the water report for all the minerals and whatnot... pH: 7.8 Total...

Look to see if you can find a current Evanston water report. The source is the same but they do their own analysis. Not sure if they treat the water the same but that shouldn't change the mineral numbers.

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Still living in that cabin in Alaska Dick?

For a mini mash like this do you mash with the specialty grains mixed in with the base malts at the same time?