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+5 on the yeast handling suggestion.

I BIAB and I adjust my mash water to keep it within 5.4-5.6 pH. Mostly use lactic acid. My beers have improved lately. That could be a factor.

Try less yeast.

You are correct that fermentation is done when gravity readings remain the same. The yeast do need a couple of days to clean up byproducts. Larger beers will get better over time. For your second question, I'm not sure what people see. If they bottled in plastic then they could feel the bottles...

Lucky Charms INGREDIENTS: Lucky Charms (Oats, (Whole Grain Oats, Flour), Marshmallows (Sugar, Modified Corn Starch, Corn Syrup, Dextrose, Gelatin, Calcium Carbonate, Yellow 5 & 6, Blue 1, Red 40), Artificial Flavor, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Corn Starch, Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Artificial Color...

The 60qt is in the sweet spot for full volume 6 gallon biab. The 28qt could work if you topped off with water after the mash and watched like a hawk for boil overs. Might have to add more water during the boil too.

Brewed this with conan and a little apollo, good beer, but totally different. Def not cloned. Ha!

Thanks. He should promote the pricing more. I think a number of us are missing that key piece of info.

I have btp 1.5 and I was thinking of either switching to beersmith or upgrading. Not sure if the upgrade is a good value. Seems like it is $30 unless I am missing something. Might switch to beersmith for $20.

Recirc helps keep mash temps more consistent from top to bottom. Also helped on the few step mashes I have done. I leave a lot of trub behind when I whirlpool. Cuts out a step when washing yeast for me. Hop stands are easy too. Lots of people biab w/o a pump. The pump just gives you more...

It's hard to tell from the beertools website what is different besides online recipe storage. How has the user interface changed?

turn up the heat in a room, aquarium pump, heating pad, brew belt, ceramic reptile lamp, light in a paint can, space heater. If you don't have a ferm chamber, put it in a big cardboard box and put the paint can light or reptile heater in it, keep away from cardboard.

You will have to mash the grain. Partial mash kits would have grain and extract, all grain kits have all grain, no extract.

Women like caramel and chocolate.

I came here to say I love v4 and think it's close to the real thing. Will be brewing again when I get enough hops. I've also brewed the BYO clone and although good, not enough hops and not that close to the real thing. As far a conan yeast being belgian, not in my experience. Fruity and peachy...

I'm not sure that's a problem.

I recirculate during mash and while cooling. My system sets up well for that. With electric, the recirc during mash smooths my temp out in the sense that there are gradients within the kettle and the element can sometimes over shoot the mash temp.

I have some. I could put it in the mail, don't know the cost.

I lurk on this thread just for the pictures. :mug:

Is the recipe on the first page the one to use still or is there an updated one buried somewhere between here and there?