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Good , anything will help at this point . Had no idea what type they were so I went light at boil .

I made a batch of pale ale and it was first time using home grown hops and there isn't much flavor from them . I made 10 gallons all the same in two separate carboys . Bottled one as it was ready last weekend and the other is still perking. I opened a bottle tonite and there isn't much hop...

Excellent ! Ive been using the BIAB method since discovering it here ! That is how I moved to all grain and havent looked back . Ive made several 10 gallon batches that have come off without a hitch . I think you will find it most pleasing and easier each time you do it !

Just finished taking my first FG reading of 1.010 and drank the the sample . No chemical or off tastes of any sort . Was a little sweet caramel flavored as expected from the carapils , but that will fall off after bottle conditioning. But as far as using the PVC , it didnt harm anything ...

Oops! Double tap !

At top of pvc where cord goes in you will notice a step about 1-14" down the pvc pipe. On the bottem there is another cap like one on top and element tip is about 8" below surfce. In pic it looks to be fully in wort but that is because of the roll of boil . Only time any of pvc cap is in boil is...

Uhhmmm.... I didnt submerge the pvc and let it boil in the wort. I had it set to just keep element submerged . If you look at pic you will see that the turbulance of the boil splashes up on cap .

Boy !! What did I do ? Smack a hornets nest with a stick ?? I doubt the small area of the tip of cap with infrequent contact while boiling caused any harm. It dangled in this fashion as to keep element immursed .

I had the the stick set with about 1/2 cap in the boil and it splashed up ever so often while boiling . When I shut all off I smelled the pipe and it smell like beer and not chemical .

The elements come with a rubber gasket and they are tightened in good. The cord is a 16ga . According to chart at store is good for 18 amps and element draws 16 amps , borderline but it worked and cord didnt get overly warm . I could feel it was warm but not hot . I would have used 14ga if I had...

Two 110V 2000W water heater elements $8 ea , four 1-1/4" pvc pipe caps $.50 ea , piece of 1-1/4" x 2' pvc pipe remnant $1 , cord and plugs ( I had ). I bored two caps and tapped for 1" NPT , bored two caps 3/8" for cords . Cut pipe in half , slipped cord thru pipe and 3/8" cap , screwed...

I built a couple 110V 2000W few days ago , about $20 for the pair . I tried one out today on a 10 gal BIAB ale. Wow , I used my gas burner and dangled a heatstick in for getting to mash temp and got there real quick .When getting to a full boil it came on real quick too and I was able to cut gas...

Well , its still 1.020 and with the temp adjustment 1.018 . Sure tastes good with a little sweetness to it .

After swirling buckets yesterday eve and raising them from floor to about chest high the airlocks are slowly blurping ,about 1 blurp per 1-1/2 min. Ill check this eve and see what gravity is .

Mash temp was a little high around 155deg. I did raise it off of floor abit ago to about chest height to see if it will take off again . I'll check in couple of days .

Its been staying between 60-65 deg. I pitched a slurry from yeast cake of a blonde ale. Original yeast was a S-04.

Ok , I used the Make Beer at Home site to concoct a brew and am wondering if it is close or stalled . "Ridgerunner Red" 7 gal in fermenter 9.5# 2row pale .25# rolled oats .25# roast barley .5#120L crystal 1 oz northern @ boil .5tsp Irish Moss @ 10 min The site calculator said it...

I couldnt stand the wait !! Today it was 4 days old and I stuck one in freezer for 40mins and it had a nice frothy head and wow !! That is tasty !!:mug::ban::mug: Thank you Revvy !! This is one I wont be without ! :tank:

Just finished bottling up 6 gallons of this a couple hours ago . The final hydro check before priming and getting to bottling was awesome ! Going to get another batch working real soon !:ban:

I just bottled up a batch of the Kiss Yer Cousin and must of done something wrong as it turned out an amber ? I used the brew in a bag method , and at time couldnt find flaked rye and used rye malt from morebeer , and local shop didnt have 120L crystal (should have ordered that too)so I used...