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We used the TBS measurement for honey, but will probably try a different sugar method for the next batch to see if we can get it more precice. A friend had no complaints about the batch, but we compared our clone to the real deal, and ours is definitely more fizzy tasting. I think this...

We've also been having some over carbonation issues. Not gushers, but too fizzy and some overflow if opened and left in the bottle on the counter instead of being poured in a glass. On our first batch we ever made we had gushers. Not knowing what we were doing we didn't measure the honey and...

Ok at least someone else has had it play out this way. Did you bottle after it stopped or just let it ferment longer? I see people letting it sit for months and months....is that really necessary? I do want to drink it this summer.

Hi. We decided to try a hard cider for the first time. The fermentation seems to be very slow and gentle as opposed to the vigorous bubbles we have gotten from our batches of beer. Is this normal or is something wrong? It has been 5 days and the airlock makes a bubble every few seconds. Our...

We mashed the beer using the steaming basket as a false bottom a couple nights ago and it worked great. Wort flowed great and the braid never got smashed.

I am looking into an outdoor propane burner SQ-14 as people have mentioned. The problem is we live in a condo so we have a small porch outside. We can only brew at night after our 1 year old goes to sleep at 6, so we stay up really late on brew night! We may have to buy one of those stoves...

We've only done this 4 times, but we bottle after close to 2 weeks....a couple days earlier if the Gravity read isn't changing. Haven't tried second fermentation as of yet. Bottle for 1.5-2 weeks. Tasted the beer after 1.5 weeks and it was good to go and carbonated so we slowly started...

Glad your beer came out good. Amazed you can wait 4 weeks in the bottle! We've never made it over 2 weeks! Carbonation has been good at that point when we tested one and then it's hard to wait any longer. Patience..... The temp of our beer did make it to 220 F, but as mentioned before the...

^^ Yes thank you! I was kind of taken aback to read that since it really has nothing to do with my question, but hey pink mash tuns would be cool too. :mug: We thought about doing the large mesh bag too. Happy to report that the steaming basket set over the braid worked beautifully and...

We are currently in the same boat....New HUGE pot, no rolling boil. There is movement in the water, but no bubbling boil. Also, the fan on the vent above the stove came on automatically and we cannot turn it off so I assume that is stealing heat as well. Tossed in the start of the hops and...

The biggest issue with not getting a larger mash tun at this point is space. We already have beer supplies stashed everywhere (with a toddler roaming the house) and until we move somewhere larger we have to stick with what we've got. Would LOVE to go big one day, but for now this is a fun and...

That copper one looks great....a friend of ours could probably pull that off. For our next batch I picked up a stainless steal collapsible steaming basket that fits inside well. If that ends up failing for some reason we will go about putting a firmer coil within the braid. Thank you for all...

Ahh yes, a false bottom may be in our future. The ones we looked at seemed to be too wide for this cooler. We measured the top and bottom diameter and it definitely is more narrow at the bottom. We were trying to kind of feel out a way to do a false bottom from scratch with something we have...

Yes by "coil" I mean stainless steel braid. It got crushed by the grain and was basically looking like the shedded skin of a snake, all flat.

Hi. We've upgraded ourselves from 1 to 3, to now 5 gallon batches. We bought the 5 gallon Igloo converted Mash Tuns with the coil at the bottom to filter out the wort. On our first brew with this system, the coil got crushed by our grain and the whole process took over 5 hours because the...