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Would it be a challenge to purge the water before the boil. I haven't worked with pumps yet.

Does anyone see a problem with building a brew kettle and hot liquor tun in one. I was thinking of installing a HERMs coil in the HLT, that could also serve as a wort cooler when the vessel serves as a BK if I pump cold water through it. Im thinking about this for cost efficiency. I read in...

All grain Belgian Strong Golden Ale. Spent a week in primary and it's been in secondary for 2 weeks, but it hasn't cleared up. Should I let it sit longer? I haven't tested the gravity because I don't want to break the seal. It didn't cool as fast as I wish because the water going through my...

I appreciate the two great responses. To be honest, I don't know anything about recipe design (as I'm sure you gathered.) I just opened up BrewMate, picked a style (Traditional Bock, even though I know this wont taste like one) and tweaked the ingredients to get the specs into what seemed like...

Im in a week I am going to do my first all grain brew and Im posting my planned recipe to get thoughts on it. 8 lbs 2-Row Brewers Malt 1 lb 2-Row Caramel 10 1 lb Caramel Munich 3 lbs Biscuit 1 oz Hallertau (@ 50 min) 1 oz Cascade (@ 10 min) Irish Moss Safbrew S33...

Thanks all, I get the message: just chill out. I was just concerned that it seemed like activity had stopped and it still looked this way. Thanks for the perspective! Ben

3 lbs Breiss Sparkling LME 4 lbs Breiss Light DME 1 oz Challenger - 60 min 1 oz Cascade - 10 min OG 1.055 I have my first brew in the fermenter. From 18 hours to 36 hours I had vigorous activity and a good krausen formed. Now I'm at almost 3 Days and there is no activity. The airlock bubbles...