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Ok, I didn't know that since we all mostly use copper with immersion chillers- but I guess that is only for a brief period. I will still try this with water as a proof of concept, and then try to rig the same setup with SS tubing.

Well, I'm sure this isn't original, but I thought of using a bit of copper tubing to act as a temp control system with a plastic bucket. The idea is to keep a cooler with ice water in it (I know, I have to refresh the cooler with ice probably every day), in the cooler is a submersible pond pump...

Thanks all, I woke up this morning to a pretty normal looking krausen. Relieved!

Hi all, I've brewed about 25-30 AG batches in the past, and this is a new one for me. This is a 10 gallon cream ale recipe as follows: 20 # 2-row 2 # Vienna 1 # Carapils 1 # Flaked Oats 1 # Flaked Corn 4 oz Cascade WLP 080 (Cream Ale Yeast) Mash @ 153, 60 min OG 1.065...

Made 10 gallons today, omitted the lactose, all else according to the recipe. Split between 2 carboys, going to leave one as is, and add cocoa nibs and vanilla beans to the other in the secondary. Efficiency was a bit lower that expected, but otherwise all went well. Can't wait to try this one!

I was at 1.016, temp corrected to 1.015. My big mistake, is not checking it more than once. I didn't have issues with previous brews, so I guess I just got lucky the first few times. Bottom line, I am pretty positive fermentation wasn't done. The real question now, is any of this salvageable?

"Cracked one open" was a figure of speech. This was a big river brown ale from Midwest. 2 weeks fermenting, two weeks in the bottle- just like the instructions say.

I'm at about 12 days in the bottle. I wasn't thinking they were ready, I just wanted to get a sneak peek at how the were coming along. I chilled that bottle in the fridge for about 30min or so. I'm going to check a few more this weekend. If I crack them open, and a good bit gushes out, is it...

Well, cracked open the first one of these to see how it was coming along. Bad news, it was a gusher. I got about 3-4 swallows of beer out of the whole bottle. Still had what I think was yeast floating in it. I haven't opened anymore, so I don't know if that was one bad bottle, or if the whole...

Thanks, guys. I'll try to post when I drink this an let you know if it came out ok.

So my fourth batch of homebrew, 2d all grain, may not turn out well. It's a brown ale from a Midwest kit. Everything was going great, and I went to start the water on my wort chiller. Apparently, there was a kink in the hose (I use a garden hose to get the run off from the chiller out of the...

Thanks for the replies. Bottom line, I guess, is that consistency is more important than raw efficiency. I should bottle this batch next week, I'll let you all know how it turns out. Thanks, Eric

Hi all, first post after lurking for a while. I did my first AG batch last weekend (3d batch total). It was a Liberty Cream Ale from Midwest with Wyeast smack pack. Followed directions pretty much, added irish moss at the end of the boil. My measured gravity before I pitched was 1.042, which is...