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there's alot of factors we are playing with here Whatare you using it for How hard are you running it? what size is the burner you are using (they have a btu/hour somewhere in specs)

in a nutshell, yes

Cold crashing is a way to help clear a beer after fermentation you take your brew and put it in a cold place (freezer, fridge, cold garage) this helps the yeast floculate faster and fall to the bottom there helps clarify the beer, don't worry there will still be enough yeast in there...

I got the idea from when I visited the monteiths brewery in greymouth,NZ the used to make an apricot wheat beer, I talked to the head brewer (tony mercer) about how he made it, he said he just chucked in 30kg of apricots into his mashtun and the flavour was amazing (they ferment in 14500L...

Howdy Ya'l I've gone the opposite route to most people I've been a distiller for about 3 years (have built my own still and everything) I have recently moved to Dunedin,NZ and my flatmate works at one of the local breweries here so we get free malt and grains sometimes so thought to...