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Putting oil in your brew kettle may contaminate it. I'd be Hesitant to do it myself. Residual oil/fat will ruin head retention. Your mileage may vary, but I'd probably look for an inexpensive aluminum pot from a restaurant supply store.

Since the beginning of my all grain career I have seriously disliked lighting propane burners with a lighter - primarily because I am lazy, secondarily because automation is cool. I'm in the midst of putting together a direct fired mash system with Honeywell furnace valves/standing pilots but...

Once upon a time I dreamt up what I thought would be an excellent propane/electric herms hybrid system. 2 burners and a 110v water heater element. Plan was to maintain HLT temp with the water heater element, use one burner to quickly heat up HLT water initially, and use the 2nd burner for the...

I will be traveling to Atlanta next month. Anyone from the area have any recommendations for what I should check out for local beer? Any beer to look for that I wouldn't be able to find in the Northwest? Any attractions I should check out that aren't beer related. I'll have a rental car and...

153 Yes Full Boil, ~ 7 gallon pre boil Ok... More hops it is. I realize the answer is somewhat obvious, but watching the IBU's build up I've always been afraid of being undrinkable. I'll likely double late additions for the next batch and see how it turns out. Thanks for the Help!

I've recently been working very hard on perfecting an IPA. Although I keep tweaking I can't seem to get the bitterness or aroma that commerical IPAs acheive. I'm hoping the knowledge of this group can give me some things to try out and get the hop bomb nailed down. My last attempt used the...

It's great that you're getting started!! I believe PID to be the way to go for heating, the ability to tune the temperature loop should reduce mash flucuations. I agree with contious mash recirculation. Since my intial post I've made some large changes to my proposed plan. Eventually...

I don't have the neccessary electric service for an entire electric set up. I feel that temperature control via electric heating provides fewer headaches than automating a gas fired HLT/MT hence the hybrid design. Kal - I would like to thank you for your website, it's very well laid out and...

Hello All I'm in the design stages of a new home brewery. It will be a single tier 3 vessel e-herms with propane fired BK sized for 5 gallon batches. Temperature control of the HLT will be with a water heater element sized for 15a/120V service (strike/sparge water will be heated via...

Hello All. I'm travelling to Vancouver BC next week on bussiness. I'll have most of Monday and evenings to entertain myself and will have a rental car so will have a pretty wide travel radius is neccessary. For those of you who live/have visited the area what beers/breweries/eateries are...