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After 2 weeks it is holding at 1.027 I guess I'm fine with that. Off to the secondary!!

Yeah I was hoping for 75% attenuation with the 1084 which would put me at 1.022 F.G. I mashed at 154, it's been in the primary for 8 days now. I made a healthy starter, pumped O2 in the wort and lag time was about 6 hours. I'll take another reading in 2 days.

What F.G. did you guys end up with (before the bourbon)? I used WYeast Irish Ale 1084 and it is struggling to get below 1.030, O.G. was 1.092. Primary ferment temp is 63 F.

I just tapped 5 gallons of a Hazelnut Coffee Brown, personally I would just use 1 oz. of extract. 2 oz was a bit much for 5 gal. Added directly to the keg. cheers

I am using recirculating water and copper immersion coils inside my conical fermentor for cooling. You could do the same with a bucket I'm sure. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/glycol-cooling-system-blichmann-fermenator-191006-post2227755/#post2227755 I have been able to cool to 55...

I think I have created something similar to what you are considering, but instead of glycol I am using recirculating ice water. This is the 5 gallon Femenator set up for cooling: CIMG3887 (Large) by jimlebeau, on Flickr Ice water is held in the 5 gallon Igloo cooler (same as my mash tun) and...

I think I have created something similar to what you are considering, but instead of glycol I am using recirculating ice water.