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Just listened to the podcast they say IBU is 85 not 65 like the bottle says. Might have just miss spoke.

Ok, thanks. I will be testing this very soon.

Not sure if this is in the right area copied the post over the Ale Recipes.

Working on a Storm King Clone for GOT gonna call it the night king. Figured it was appropriate. I scoured the internet and found a podcast form 2013 where the owner gave this recipe. My 5 gal conversion follows. 77% 2 row pils 12% 2 row Vienna 5% roasted barley 5% carafa 3 1% cara aroma...

I finally made the jump to electric. I was hesitant to go with the 120v system but it worked like a champ yesterday. Blichmann had 40% off the 10 gal boil coil and tower of power.

So in other words don’t buy the 120v...

I found an interesting article on boil vigor. http://brulosophy.com/2017/05/29/boil-vigor-weak-vs-strong-exbeeriment-results/

Does anyone prefer gas to electric? If so why?

I just returned the kettle to the brew store. They said they like a “gentle” boil. They watched the video I took of the boil (see original pic) and said “it looks right to me”. They are also going to try it outside to see if they can get it up to a boil in a colder environment.

This might be just what I need to get me over the hump until I can find a more permanent solution.

Great info thanks!

I’ve converted stoves from propane to Natural gas. Those flame dampers are tricky to mess with.

I just moved and my new stove isn’t giving me the big rolling boil I want/need for brewing. Looking to see what you guys think about upgrading to Gas or Electric? My local home brew store let me rent their Blichmann 10 gallon boilermaker G2 with the boilcoil and tower of power (120v). I had a...

I hope this is the right place for this post... I just moved and my new stove isn’t giving me the big rolling boil I want/need for brewing. Looking to see what you guys think about upgrading to Gas or Electric? My local home brew store let me rent their Blichmann 10 gallon boilermaker G2 with...

Any thoughts on how to convert this to all grain?