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While I'm not exactly close, if your ever around the Modesto area I'd be glad to show you my RIM's setup and answer your questions. Jim

I may be confused, but the last i knew a Pilsner was a Lager. What am i missing?

I must be the odd guy, my tun is set up to fill from the bottom. I mill the grain into the tun then open the valve on the HLT to add the water. (The tun does have a false bottom.) Usually by the time half the water is in the tun the grain bed is starting to lift or float. jim:mug:

Steve, On my RIMS I use a little thing that looks like a small upside down funnel to spread the returned wort over the grain bed. It attaches to the end of the return line. (ss tube) I would not recomend trying a sparge arm for the reasons you mentioned. I have one and found it to be too...

Lorena, I checked the fermenter this morning and the activiety seems to be picking up. I will be going to the LHBS this week so i'll pickup something to stop the fermentation when the time is right. once again, thanks, Jim WW, the recipe i used called for a pound of dme for a 5gal...

Lorena, The boat trip sounds great, I've had a boat in the family from the time i was born. And i can be happy in any kind of boat, the joy (for me anyway) is to be on the water.:) I didn't have any additives to stop the fermentation, what i did was mix up the other 3 lbs. of sugar and...

Lorena, Well my biggest fear didn't come to pass, this stuff is "way sour", big time. And the gravity is a 9. I was wondering, is it too late to mix up some more sugar and water and add that to the fermenter? Jim

Lorena, Thanks for the advise, I'll take a sample tonight, my biggest fear is it will be good and i'll end up doing the same thing you did, drink half before it's finished.:tank: I'll let you know how it taste and the gravity. Have you ever tried to carbonate this stuff? I don't bottle so...

I too made some of this lemonade, but my proublem was not the same as yours. Mine started within two hours of pitiching, I just want to know, will it ever finish? It has been fermenting now two and a half weeks, still bubling, still has a layer of krysen. How long does this normally take to...

16 ea. 5gal, 2ea. 10gal, and 1ea. 3gal. or, 103gallons of storage:mug:

Ouch!! $135.00 for a regulator is bad enough, but, then you have add another $.95 to $1.90 a gallon just to get the beer out of the keg.:tank: think i'd opt for a long straw.:) Jim

"KA6GZJ, great find with that article. The one thing that concerns me is the quality of the co2. It is my experience that co2 is a dirty gas. I had always wondered if there was a standard grade and a 'food' grade co2. I would highly recommend an inline filter, especially if getting fills from...

Take a look at this: http://www.schwedhelm.net/brew/biggasser.html :mug:

Thanks Guys, I think i can save it now.:mug: Jim

I am doing a recipe that calls for yeast nurient and energizer but i don't know when to add it. Do i put it in when i boil the DME for the starter? When i add the yeast to the DME to make the starter? Or do i wait and put it in the ferminter when i pitch the starter? Or, does it really matter...