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so thanks for the suggestions, i manage to get a 5 gallons batch using a square cooler to mash 12 lbs of grain and double sparge with 2 gallon each time. the boil was split in 2 x 3 gallons kettle and 1x 1.5 gallon pot. i splited my hop addition accordingly. worked out great . thanks again for...

thank you all for the suggestion.

Thanks will give it a shot next brew day

1/2 a cup of washed yeast liquid was plenty as it is bubbling away today

thanks for the feedback... i will definitely give that all grain top off trick a try soon. as for today, i follow your suggestion and brew a 5 gallons extract stout. i also mashed some grain ( around 2.5 lb) at 156 to try to increase my non fermentables since i was told that extract tend to be...

thank i ll take note of that, i have noticed that those white floaters have a hard time settling down every time i play around with chocolate stout.

thanks for the reply, i ll try a batch of extract. to answer your question, i am happy with the 1 gallon all grain batch but it is just the time that i lack to brew more. i usually do at least 1 batch per week to get a rotation but 8 pints fades away pretty quickly . i do love your electric keg...

hi, i started brewing straight to all grain but in 1 gallon batches. so i have a 3 gallon kettle that i use on the stove. all grain has always give me great beer so far. i have started to brew all grain to stop spending 5-10$ per bottle on micro brew beer . i had eard that brewing all grain ...

cold crashed 2 more days and it all settled.. thank for the help.

thanks for the reply, i ll let it sit for a couple more days.

hi, i made a oatmeal stout and it has been sitting in primary for 3 weeks. i make 1 gallons batches so i usually skip the secondary. but since the sediment floating in this one never settle, i moved it to a secondary and it is now cold crashing in the fridge. even though transferring to...