Recent content by johnthemann

Paul's Boutique on vinyl

Another Illinoisian..Carbondale here!

I fly nitro powered radio controlled helicopters, fly fish, rebuild and enjoy a/c Volkswagen "Things", mess with vintage Harleys, collect and enjoy old vinyl, love old watches, and most of all I enjoy spending most waking hours with my two babies Gerty and Farah..my littermate choco labs!!

I was just at a bru shop in DuBuque Iowa and they had a Blichman 15 gallon brewkettle with brewmometer sight glass etc. He has it listed for 295.00 he had 2 of them...Bluff Street Bruhaus. He also had a March pump for 90 bucks..I think both are pretty good prices.

OK Im new here but here is some **** that drives me crazy "Lets have a conversation" "Getting push back" "reach out" the way overused "absolutely"...and how about this one "not my gig" Lets not even get into up talk.

Got it..thats what I will do. I suppose Im just being overly cautious on my first brew. This forum is a wonderful wealth of information and I really appreciate all of the comments!

and thats the answer I was looking for. I will steep the grains in separate pot and add to water in my brew kettle at or around 155. Im going to follow the FG recipe for hop additions. I think this will work. Thanks everyone for the responses. I will post as to how it turns out..fingers...

So were the extra 2.5 gallon containers to temp (170 degrees) or did you dump them in the BK at room temp?..wondering if it really matters?

First of all let me say that I really enjoy this forum and it's members...what a wealth of information for a new brewer. With that being said I am about to embark on my first homebrew:D I have a 10 gallon brew pot and would like to do a full boil as opposed to a partial with added water in the...