Recent content by sean-arthur

over 10 or 15 gallons you are past what propane and nat. gas can do in your home setup, so you have to go electric, by what I've read. review this site: http://www.theelectricbrewery.com/heating-elements . Pics and lots of info, so you can build your own large home boiler. 25...

I've tried about 10% tapioca starch for body and head retention, because it's flavourless ... and adds alcohol to boot. It's supposed to convert extremely well, but I always get a huge amount of sludge in the secondary. I think getting the right yeast is key for using these starchy adjuncts...

Ah! Thanks Adam. Gives me answers and a direction to work on. Sorry about the long post, and thanks for reading it through. kegging is my inevitable future, and actual casking a holy grail. Reminds me that there's a chapter on that in Dave Line's Big Book of Brewing. I confess, I enjoy...

Ok, here's the rub: this works in the bottle, but how to do it in five or ten gallon batches? Hopefully a scientist can explain the science. So, I make a beer, any beer, any style, any method. I brew in 5 gallon batches. I bottle in flip top 750 ml or 1 litre bottles, and of course store...

check out their site:https://brewmagic.com/brewing-systems/brew-magic-v350ms-system/ why are you concerned about incidental air in the wort before boil? Sparging introduces oxygen. Yeast needs oxygen anyway. it's only after ferment that beer needs to be oxygen free.