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Was this recipe for 5 gallon batch?

Was this recipe for 5 gallon batch?

You're right... Wrapped the copper around a couple of large pipe sections tacked to a welding table rather than using several 90 degree elbows. Soldered piece of #6 copper ground wire to sides to hold shape and spacing.

I made the inner coil by wrapping the tubing around a 3" piece of schedule 40 PVC pipe. I used a spring coil manual bender but it's probably not necessary at is not a big deal if the coil flattens out a bit. The tubing really keeps its shape well when wrapped to that diameter, much more so than...

I'm fairly new to brewing and have made some capital investment into some decent brewing equipment for 5 gallon batches including a 40 qt stainless kettle, glass carboys, etc. However, having a fabrication and machining background I couldn't stomach paying for something that I could build...

I'm fairly new to brewing but found it pretty easy to use a spreadsheet and Beersmith to find out the malt and hop bill for this recipe using the listed percentages, OG, and IBUs. However, the big question in this recipe is the dry hop bill. Bill states that it's dry hopped "pretty heavily", and...

Kerberbb, I'm planning to brew this wheat beer as listed. I'm new to brewing but have acquired some pretty good equipment and what I think is a decent understanding of brewing thanks to "How to Brew" by John Palmer. I've also invested in the Beersmith2 software to aid in formulating recipes...