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Wild. Was just checking out your custom false bottoms and then I stumbled upon this thread. Have you done any custom false bottoms for this 15 gal heavy duty brew kettle? I can certainly measure it, but I figured I'd ask if you already had the diameter on file. I'd love a promo code...

Thanks for the feedback, friends. Indeed. Quick connects are next on my list. And I can confirm that I get a lot more water pressure by tapping in to the supply directly vs. at the faucet.

Thanks! Here it is hooked up to the new plate chiller. Doing a "dry" run before the next brew day. Forgive the garbage can, it's temporary :)

I was sick of taking my faucet apart every time I wanted to attach the wort chiller, so I came up with this. Works great, and as an added bonus, I can now use my faucet while I'm chilling. Should be pretty self explanatory what's going on here. Just thought I'd share!

OK. More pictures. Thoughts? 1. Heating the mash water 2. Dough in 3. Mash 4. Boil 5. Chill (Red is water, blue is wort. Except in the last picture. I goofed that one up.)

What great answers. Thanks everybody! This is certainly a lot to think about. It's fantastic how many different ways there are to brew beer. I'm currently getting about 75% efficiency in my rubbermade cooler mash tun with a batch sparge, so dropping down to 70% (although I've read that you can...

OK. You guys have convinced me. Between the potential sanitation issue, and having to add a third tank to store the first runnings (not to mention the more complex plumbing required in a two-tank setup), I might as well just add a third keggle and go with a more traditional design. I think I'm...

For reference, here's what I'm thinking:

That's the thinking, yeah. It seems wasteful to require a third tank when I really only need two. I don't have a ton of space and I'm a minimalist by nature, so I'm trying to keep this build as simple as possible. But you're right, I need some kind of tank to hold the first runnings while I...

Interesting. So you turn the gas on and off to regulate the temperature? Or do you simply stop recirculating the sweet wort when the temperature gets too warm? This was my thinking as well. Although the more I think about it, the more I think that this approach might have better heat...

Of course, this was my first thought. However, ideally I'd like my hot liquor tank to double as my boil kettle, and I'm already going to have a hop screen and heating element in there; having to deal with the coil too makes me worry that things will get a bit crowded. Additionally, I'm going to...

Anyone have any thoughts on how well this would work? I'm imagining recirculating temperature controlled water through the outer tube, and sweet wort through the inner tube. A PID controller controls a heating element in the hot liquor tank; the PID's thermocouple measuring the temperature of...

Indeed. BeerXML is way cool, however matching incoming ingredients can be a serious pain. Brewtoad has a pretty comprehensive ingredient database, but it can still be tough to match an incoming ingredient with what we've got on file. While we do our best to use the ingredient names exactly as...

Thanks! We think that creating your recipes should be (almost) as fun as brewing them. I've passed a link to this thread on to Chris the UI dude; I'm sure he'll appreciate the praise!

Hi! My name is Kyle. I'm a software engineer and homebrewer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. About six months ago, in an effort learn more about the science of brewing, I started writing a simple beer recipe editor. Once I had something that worked, I started showing a few friends at work...