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What do you guys use to mulch around your hops? Anything in particular or is mulch just mulch?

I've been thinking about procuring a couple of these... - Plastic-Mart - ...5 gal HDPE conicals from Plastic Mart for primary fermenters. The next size up is 10 gallons, but since I am doing 5 gallon batches, that seems excessive headspace. So my question is this - for 5 gallon batches...

Those of you out there who have HERMS - how do you connect your hex coil through the wall of your HLT? I have an idea of how I'd do it - but it would be good to hear how others have done it too, since there always seems to be a better/simpler/stronger way to do anything popping up at HBT.

I got my hands on some 1 1/4 inch copper pipe and fittings and set to soldering yesterday to build the heating chamber for my RIMS. When I went to screw in the element however, I found that it would touch the pipe pretty much no matter what. Contact between element and conductive copper...

I am in the process, the painfully slow process due to school, of building a RIMS setup - and I need to figure out a way to monitor wort outflow temperatures from my CFC. I'd love to make this a permanent part of the controller - and to do so I figured I'd integrate a thermocouple with male...

Would a person run into problems with oxidation etc. when fermenting a 3 gallon batch in a 5 or 6 gallon bucket? Is this even an issue?

I am at a bit of a loss here - I am trying to design a RIMS controller and I don't have the necessary knowledge of electrical parts/design to figure out what I need. Leave it to the pros at this point would be best but I am going to build this myself and I could use some help figuring out what...

It's been recommended to me that when brewing with extract, a lighter color can be achieved by withholding some quantity of the ME and putting it in at 30 minutes into the boil, or so. How does this affect the bittering process? Does one have to account for this with quantity and timing with...

Hey Everybody, I guess I just realized I probably made the inconsiderate move of interjecting myself into threads without an introduction. I go to school up in Eau Claire WI and got a extract kit for my birthday last January. It's been downhill from there, as far as other parts of my life are...

I've been formulating a plan for a portable RIMS for a couple weeks now and have a pretty clear idea of what I want - and now, before I start fabricating this contraption I could use a review of this plan before I start throwing cash at it. The idea is to build a portable frame for the RIMS -...

Last June I brewed up a batch of what I thought would be a pale wheat - but the end result wasn't pale at all - more the color you'd expect from a Amer. Amber Ale or something in that direction. The recipe was as follows: Pre-Boil 1/2 lb Flaked Wheat steeped at 160 deg. 30 min. Boil -...