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Thanks everyone for your replies. You've all confirmed what I had suspected, is that by accidentally goosing the mash to 185 for a good 20 minutes, I killed off (denatured) the bulk of the amylase enzymes. At the end of the mash and boil, I got the write numbers from my hydrometer, I just...

I recently upgraded to an electric brewing system and was brewing my second batch last weekend. I wasn't paying attention close enough since I had helpers over, and just after doughing in, the I let the mash shoot up way to high at the very start of the mash. It got to about 185 and took me...

I have a 4-tap keezer built out of a chest freezer and I'm thinking about upgrading to flare fittings. I have four taps with beer shanks each with a hose barb. I have a four-way CO2 distributor and each valve has hose barbs on the ends, and of course the ball lock fittings have hose barbs...

If I understand correctly, many people push their beers from carboys or conical into a co2 purged keg. If the process to purge the keg is fill it with star san and the push all the star san with co2 so you have five gallons of CO2, you end up with a pressurized keg. Ready to receive beer...

San Jose CA I'm selling my 10-gallon batch size home brew setup. You can easily brew 5 and 10 gallon batches. It includes two 15 gallon converted keg for a Hot Liquor Tank and Boil Kettle, 10 Gallon Igloo cooler mash tun, a March 809 pump, propane burner, one propane tank, four hoses with...

I'm looking to scale down a 10 gallon recipe to a 5 gallon recipe. The 10 gallon recipe calls for 4 oz hopback addition. Do I drop the hops to 2 oz, keep them at 4, or something in between. I'm new to using my hopback and was thinking that the oil extraction is less constant in a hopback...

I've never used wet hops, but seem to recall the Brewing Network podcast Brewstrong doing a podcast episode on using wet hops. I don't remember any specifics but you might want to download and listen to it. I'm sure they'll give tips and conversion ratios to use, etc. Good luck.

Yes your idea works great. I have the same setup and use rice hulls in a hop bag to filter when i dont want to use whole hops. Ill drop the bag in the boiling wort to partially sanitize for 10 minutes before installing it into the hop rocket. I get clear wort out that goes into the plate...

Yeah I'm pretty happy. Just never had a yeast plow that hard for three days straight and then completely shut off like a switch was flipped. Thanks for the feedback. This brew had a lot of firsts for me. New yeast, first time adding table sugar, aggressive temperature ramp up, and I even...

Thanks for the feedback on the yeast performance and i do think the blend combines the Saison I and II. The krausen didn't get too high but that airlock was flowing nonstop for 3 days. I took a gravity reading and it was 1.008 right where it's supposed to be. My OG was 1.054 and I added a...

I've been brewing all grain now for over a year, mostly pale ales (da yooper house recipe thank you very much), and have finally taken a crack at my all time favorite style, a Saison. I used the BCS Saison recipe and for a 5 gallon batch. I had my process off and unfortunately ended up with...

Thanks! Not really too worried but was thinking that ale yeasts are top fermenters, and so much seemed to shoot out the top that it got me thinking. It's humming along pretty decent now at 65. Hope it's tasty in about three weeks. Cheers!

When you did the step up and lost a bunch of yeast did you end up with enough for a good beer? As for what was I thinking? I asked myself that question after I did it but figured it was too late once I got it going.

Last week I prepped a 2L starter of white labs cal ale yeast planning to brew an IPA. Stuff came up and I had to postpone my brew day a week. I let the starter run 48 hours and stuck it in the fridge. Night before my brew day I poured off most of the spent wort and added another 1.5L to a 2L...

Think I'll have to design something just like it. Thanks for sharing your setup.

Great pics. That's a great simple setup and a lot cheaper than a ToP. Where do you set the level of the copper 'T' return section in relation to the top of the mash water level inside the pot? I'm guessing just an inch below?

Is the tower of power from blichmann the only out of the box solution for a rims setup or are there others out there to compete with the ToP?

. I feel like I'm in the same boat. I've modified kegs and added selfless fittings. But wiring up and designing an automated system seems like I'd be taking on more than I could accomplish. Glad to hear the TOP was good to go without much learning curve in one brew. And here I thought I...

Dcbc, That's one great setup! Are those tower of power controllers you have mounted on the bottom shelf? The more I've been reason up lately to make my next brewery upgrade with the MLT, I don't think I want to try to do a DIY with solenoids temp sensors and all. Price tag aside, looks...

Can it be as simple as flame on the bottom of the pot, pump out the bottom from below the false bottom and pour on top? What I don't want to do is build a separate heating element.