Ol' Grog
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OK, getting ready to brew this weekend and need to make sure I'm on the right track with this being the first brew with the keggle. Finally got the top cut off and going to put in the siphon this week and got the banjo burner in the mail this past Friday, got two propane tanks. When finished putting everything together, scrub it with Barkeepers. Steep the grains seperately. Fill up with water for a total of about 6 gallons, right? Start boiling and add the hops as usual. Now cooling. I have a home made IC, but been puzzeled how I'm going to get cold water through it as I'm in the garage and not next to the sink as I've done in the past to cool it. Solution: I have a submersible pump that came with a 5 gallon aquarium, it's adjustable. Rig up the tubing for it all to fit together, place the pump in a bucket of ice water and turn it on. Let it pump until temperature is met. Then crank open the valve to dump into primary. Will be using hop bags so there shouldn't be no break. For aeration, was planning on using an aquarium pump or brew spoon and/or shake the bejesus out of it. Don't have a 02 system yet, but it's on the books.