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Aluminum transfers heat faster. I am not sure where thickness plays in though I could find out as I have all the materials and equipment required to do a proper test but it would be complicated. Total mass makes a difference because things get hot faster when heat runs out of places to go. A...

Aluminum transfers heat much quicker than steel of any type. I weld steel and aluminum all day and I can tell you there is a huge difference. Perhaps 30-50%. at the same thickness and at the temps we are dealing with.

Cooling? put your fermenter in a bucket of water and add ice or airflow as needed.

Thanks, that is great explanation. My current plan is to leave the brew in the 6.5 glass primary for three weeks (expiring tomorrow) and transfer to 5 gal glass secondary this weekend and pull a sample at that point. It's a 6% dry Irish ale and hasn't bubbled for 10 days at a constant 67. I use...

I have a whole four batches under my belt and two have involved either cocoa nibs or bourbon soaked oak chips. I thought the Peanut butter cup recipe sounded tasty. May be an "almond joy" with the baked coconut and almond oil might be good. I have fallen back now to try to make a good clean...

So can you pull a pint or so from the fermentation bucket after the yeast is added and ferment that is a bottle/jar and use that to test rather than opening the bucket/carboy to pull a sample?

I need some help. i have only four batches under my Belt and seven grandkids. I am on my second wife and have one batch in secondary, two in bottles and one being bottled tomorrow. No forclosures or bankruptcy but it's not going be over 10 degrees tomorrow with 45 days of winter left. I want to...

I own a business, 'start early and work hard 7-4:30. I am not that guy when brewing. Ill watch you guys and learn with one eye closed. :mug:

I live in VT and have been using the cold weather (when available) to keep my ice cubes (for wort chill from boil) and water bottles (for water bath swamp cooler) frozen. Snow is useless to get stuff cold fast. May be Canadian cold is better.. :mug:

Exactly why I don't brew before noon..

Quick update and another couple of questions. The beer tastes decent but very little carbonation. I left it at 70 after bottling for a couple of weeks then moved it too my shop where I have a little more space but it's closer to 45F. Do I need to store it a little warmer? Thanks, I just...

I purchased materials for my third batch (extract+ Chocolate stout) and just bottled my first, an imperial stout of the same derivation. I feel good.

The beer hadnt moved for a while so I decided to bottle this afternoon. I am happy to report that it smells and tastes pretty darn good. The banana smell is completely gone and it didn't really have any overwhelming odd smells. I drank a little and it tasted pretty good. The only thing I noticed...

Sterilized 50 bottles for my second brew and first bottling. It's a porter and I can't wait!

I used US04 Safeale with the Baltic porter extract+ kit I got. Ill put that up after dinner.

Thanks for your reply. There isn't much I can do about the indoor temp here but by leaving the door open it seemed to keep the ambient temp at 69/70 and the sticker on the side of the fermentation vessel between 70 and 72. I should mention this the second attempt at brewing and a Baltic porter...

The wort was 70 and the house was 68 and the yeast slurry was about 80. I moved that batch to a glass carboy for secondary and figured out how to keep the room at 69. I started a new batch of Baltic porter last night. It's at 70 and the room is 69. I'll let the imperial go for a couple...

Yes, I did top it off to 5 gallons. I am going to get into a porter while this one gets stashed away for a while. may with less malt it won't make so much of it's own heat? Being a Vermonter I don't need more syrup, beer or maple. Thank you all very much for your generous helping of knowledge!

Thanks for the reply. Steeping grains 1-1/2 lbs roasted barley 1 lbs caramal malt 1 lbs chocolate malt 8 oz caraamber 4 oz oats 4 oz wheat-white malt EXTRACT 13 lbs LME HOP 2 oz warrior 60 min 1 oz targer 60 min 2 oz fuggles 20 min 2 oz fuggles 5 min. bag grains and place in cold pot heat...

I like Imperial stout style beer so I figured I would start there. Brewing seems to be a bit like welding (my job) where your first few projects may be a bit "rough" but good enough to do the job. I hope my ambition didn't ruin my odds. I finished my boil Saturday afternoon and likely boiled...