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Back in the late 90s I was brewing extracts as was my brother. We both at the time we're living alone and were pushing 20 batches (5gal) in a year. In Dec he called me to tell me he was brewing batch #21. I made siren noises, "you're gonna get busted brother!". Neither of us today brew at that...

I use a 25w reptile cord heater. Works perfectly and is designed for humid environments

First time I made a chiller about 5yrs ago, I had excess tubing so I built a 2nd smaller one and put it inside the larger one. Two separate coils that I ran with a splitter from the hose. I would move it constantly during the cooling process and it chilled 5.5 gal of wort in under 10 min. Worked...

Wait, I've been a long time GF user (and too many posts way back!), but didn't see that this switch has been replaced? My brothers GF is crapping out now at about 180-200 and I've heard about the switch being at fault (he's going to test by bypassing it). I can't find what is a replacement...

I'm curious, how did you complete the headspace purge?

Wait, did I read that correctly? You want to get from a pre-boil 1.040 to a post boil 1.059?? Unless you're adding some sugar during the boil, good luck with that. I've never heard of anyone moving the gravity that much, mine is 4-7pts max in 60 min boil. If you've done such a thing previously...

I've had the GF for about 2.5 yrs now and have a learned a few things- so here's my thoughts. I always dough in about +10F as strike temp- sometimes I'll calc it if odd size batch. I dough in thoroughly and when I'm done I take temps of the grain bed. They will almost always read my strike temp...

Regrets, not really. Do wonder if I went to BIAB (was cooler MLT) if I'd be similarly satisfied -e.g. small footprint, which I wanted to maintain, but the GF is one nice complete setup. Improvements, yeah. As Bob noted, insulate. I made a reflectix coat from day 1. A Process improvement...

Ha, I thought the 80 in your screen name was the year you were born!😜 My '01 Sport Trac (202k mi) has held up well but just needed a new rear axle. Things wear, so keeping the MGB running is really great to hear. A jump of 11pts w/ mash increase from 60-90 seems high. I've read the...

I use only the CFC and last time with 72 tap temp was 80 into FV with full open 5.5g transfer in 15min. If I understand you, your concern is about hop utilization after the boil. And what I think I'm reading is you cool the wort directly in the boiler to <60c and then transfer to the...

You're welcome, hope it helps. DD wow what year is it? I thought it might be relegated to spot duty, but it's going strong? Are you suggesting that prior to 60c you recirc back to boiler? If so, why? I go straight to fermenter after about 30sec of recirc. Currently tap temp is 72 or so and I...

Hi Bob, Here's some other thoughts for you, I generally brew for 5.5g in the fermenter. I tend to not brew as large of a grain bill, but have hit 14.5+ so pretty much in your same range compare to a 6.08g brew. My calc on a 14.4# bill was about a 2.25:1 ratio on mash /sparge ~ 22L v 9.6L. I...

I know the Easton area well and Lafayette, once snuck into a frat party there! :mug: You should be fine, i would however possibly stay on the low end of the suggested CO2 vol range ( I use Tastybrew.com for the levels). What may occur after time in the bottle is further ferment and you end up...

Yes the original is up to date. I'm sure others, like myself, have made some changes but you can't go wrong with original, and any changes are just personal mods. I'd suggest you begin with the original, you won't be disappointed! I'm brewing it this weekend. So how did it go? I don't think a...

Funny, I find it easy to leave it attached. Just spray the inside pipe w/star san, angle and slide down. As I begin to reach the bottom I lessen the angle and as it seats I have one arm in the tube on the gasket edge and one on outside at same spot and work it around. Seals up easy almost always...

Thanks for the suggestion, it's solved but still a bit of a mystery! To check the probe connections I needed slack to open up the box (I built it in to chamber) and found my conical leg was on the probe's wire. Let it loose to check connections, which were fine and plugged back in. No alarm...

Good timing on seeing this thread again. I flashed mine about 2+ yrs ago and for the first time it bombed on me with it's alarm. I use set point, don't set for alarm and it went off after about one day- temps were all fine. I couldn't clear it even with unplugging. Lucky I have an extra one, but...

Jump in, and go for it! I read only the first page of replies, but if the rest hold, then I'm clearly in the minority. My reasons : 1. It's homebrewing, not brain surgery. 2. You write as if you're confident you can follow directions, this is good. 3. You can F up a "simple" brew just as easy...

My guess is you can raise within 4 days or so and I'd let it free rise to 71-72. It won't hurt a thing. You may also take a hydro reading soon to see where you're at. Yes, Yooper has indicated no issues with this strain but others, me included first time, had issues. Ramp up should work nicely...

FYI, be wary of this yeast strain. Lots have had it under attenuate. You will want to increase ferment temps to fully attenuate. I did this after about 4 days. If you bottle, this can easily over carb if you don't get to your terminal gravity. And it is a good beer! I upped the chocolate malt...