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Thread title is the question. Any reason BIAB would not work with Blichmann G2 false bottom?

Working up my RIMS Rocket setup and question is on temp probe placement. This picture is not my setup, but I'll have one that's very similar albeit maybe not Blichmann's fancy $40 tee. The temp probe goes in through the knurled fitting on top of the tee in Blichmann's setup. How far inserted...

Left my cast iron griddle thingy on the grill too long without use and it got pretty rusty. Anyone else fiddle around with electrolysis to clean rusty cast iron? The griddle is the cathode/negative, a piece of angle iron is the anode/positive. Solution is washing soda (sodium carbonate) and...

I have a few handfuls of oak chips saved from a batch of merlot I just racked off. They will be dried in a very low oven. Presume some have done this before. Anyone here used them for smoking meat (or cheese, maybe), and your result?

Had a bunch of fraudulent CC charges come in starting March 5th. The CC company notified me of suspicious activity pretty quickly but, none the less, friendly reminder to keep a close eye on your accounts.

Picked up a 240V RIMS Rocket (3500W) a while back but didn't have an appropriate circuit for it. Planned to use it at 120V just to hold mash temp, with primary heat still being propane. Then, remembered I picked up some stuff here and there to build a power distro for some sound reinforcement...

I have a Chugger/March style pump I've not yet used (came with other stuff in a used gear buy). Question is, if the valve on inlet side of pump is open will liquid run through the pump even if it's not running (presuming there is some head pressure)?

I've made a few wine kits but this one seems a bit different. I don't recall as many racking steps. The instructions in this Master Vintner "Old Vine Merlot" kit call for three rackings. Don't see any grape skins but there are thee different packs of wood chips. Primary ferm > secondary ferm...

Basically, as the title asks, what difference(s) might one expect in end result if one used a lager yeast for what is billed as an ale recipe? For example, Sierra Nevada pale ale clone fermented with something like OYL-111/WPL833 bock-type yeast.

In a week or two I'll be transferring a maibock, leaving behind what should be a pretty good OYL-111 cake. Suggestions for a follow-up brew to dump on that cake? I know something like festbier or octoberfest would work, but something a bit more "summer-ish" perhaps?

Have 5 gal of brew in a 7 gal Fermonster. Fermentation has slowed considerably (normally, not suggesting a problem) so I think heat from exothermic activity is minimal. The fermenter temp is 50F right now. If I move the fermenter to a 65F space, how long will it take for the fermenter contents...

Added a drain bulkhead fitting and ball valve to my boil kettle. Did a test fire just boiling 5 gal water and it passed with no leaking. But, the ball valve is not hot at all. I can easily keep my fingers on it without pulling back. In the future I will have hot recirculation so it will take...

Yeah, I know, I could make a collar but I have no particular plan to make a keezer. And, even if so, it seems like a small hole 3/8" or maybe 1/2" in the lid would be easy enough to reseal/fix anyway. Purpose of the hole would be for a gas vent line out of a blowoff catch can. I see frost...

I am fixing to make a starter but the DME I have is old, as in quite likely several years. Several being pretty wide open. It's been stored in a closet at room temp. Was a 3lb bag that I had used some of so it has been opened but I had a closure of sort on the bag. Think one of those "chip...

Some years back did a Maibock and pretty sure I used WPL833. Planning to do another and I typically order from Midwest Supplies but appears they don't have 833. Looks like for their Maibock recipes Midwest suggests 34/70 dry, Imperial L17 Harvest or Omega OYL-111. They also carry Wyeast 2206...

Going to play around with a 5gal BIAB setup with recirculation in a 10gal kettle. If I heat the strike water to temp with propane, would 875W be enough RIMS heating power to maintain mash temp? possibly step mash?

With a 10g Megapot and a 50qt cooler I've done some 5g batch AG brewing. However, the BIAB method interests me. Recently I bought some older Blichmann stuff (Tower of Power) that would allow me to do a gas-fired, direct (kettle) heated RIMS. The Megapot presently doesn't have any ports but I...

Been looking at various bulkhead fitting for adding two, maybe three, to a kettle having none presently. These here ones without threads inside the kettle look pretty nifty. The interior connection being push-in with internal orings I suppose isn't as universal as 1/2" NPT, but there is a...

Oxycleaned, sanitized, and purged a few cornys yesterday. Each one has as much StarSan left in it as remains from typical dip tube withdraw. Not sure how long they may sit in this state with residual StarSan. Should I pull the lids and allow them to fully dry inside for possible long term storage?

Have a quad-style carbing up for 3.0v (24 psi @ 50F). Plan to see how 50F works for serving temp too. Want to use tap direct on corny. I presume the only way that will work is cut the pressure way back for serving (then back up to keep the carb), or buy a flow-control faucet? (BTW, not too...