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I have a 7g SSBT conical and I am considering to replace it with the Flex+ for the following reasons; anyone see flaws in my logic? I never use the dump valve in my 7g conical except for cleaning. I overbuild my starters rather than harvest I secondary (hops, cacao, vanilla, ....) on top of...

Redid my blog with new domain: http://schmidthousebrewing.com/2018/03/18/no-10-open-the-porter/

Is this question for me? My target was roughly what I achieved. I set the efficiency in BeerSmith to 60% as I've been having problems with poor efficiency and didn't expect double mash to do well in efficiency. In addition to double mashing this was first time making stout/porter and first...

I recently did a double mash of 2x 4.5kg. 1st mash was... 40C - 20min 62C - 70min 2nd mash.... 40C - 20min 62C - 70min 70C - 20min 77C - 5min If I remember correctly I started the 2nd mash a little higher than planned (E.g., 44C), but I didn't see anything record in my notes. I started with...

This is partially true. I have a 20L Braumeister that is limited to 6kg of grain in the malt pipe but you can do multiple mashes. I recently made a 9% Imperial Stout by double mashing with 9kg (2x4.5kg) of grain. If I wanted more there was room for an additional 3kg before jumping to a 3rd mash...

For kegging I would get a dual head regulator or a single head that can have a second head added later. Fully agree about ensuring you can control fermentation temperature. Refrigerator/freezer+cheap heat source+inkbird If you have enough money left over I recommend the electric all-n-one...

I am happy with my mid-sized refrigerator. I use it with a 7gal SS conical. The refrigerator can also reach -1C for cold crashing. In addition to fitting a connical and ease of moving fermenter in/out of refrigerator, I wanted access to the dump valve to drop yeast/trub so I could secondary for...

Recent labels with a Trump theme:

"Schmidt house" brewery caps

I heard this is a good place: https://thepihut.com

I use a raspberry pi with the software image downloaded from the Tilt webpage. It updates a Google Sheets file that I can view anywhere.

No fruit, just gelatin. Search "gelatin sheets" in Google and look at images.

I cold crash beer to 1C first. I use sheets of gelatin and prepare by placing 1 sheet on a plate with cool water for a few minutes while boiling some water. I pour a little boiling water into a measure cup and let temperature drop to 70C before adding the gelatin sheet from the plate. Stir to...

My 2kg bottle is just about empty. I have carbed 11 19L (5gal) kegs, served 9 of them, performed 3 closed transfers from connical to keg including prepurging kegs, purged about 20 bottles with beergun before bottling from keg.

The maximum grain bill is said to be 6kg but people have made adjustments to go higher. Looking through my brewlogs: https://theschmidts.wordpress.com/brew-logs/, seems my IPAs usually have O.G. just a bit above 1.050. One (No.04) was at 1.064. I just finished a porter using double mash (2x...