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It said 2 quarts/pound of grain, I guess it should have been 4.75 gallons and I rounded up to 5 gallons. Does that make a significant difference?

The box came with 12 grams of crystallized lemon for bottling/kegging day. I like a lot of citrus in my homebrew so I added 1 oz. of bitter orange peel at the beginning of the boil and another 1 oz. of bitter orange peel at the last 20 minutes of the boil.

The hydrometer value just before the boil was 1.0375 SG / 9.25 Brix. The hydrometer value just before pitching yeast was 1.040 / 10.00 Brix.

First All Grain Brewing Mistake: My first all grain brewing day was yesterday - Northern Brewer's "Summer Squeeze Lemon Shandy" (9.5 pounds of grain) I misunderstood the instructions from Northern Brewer and instead of pouring 1 gallon of 170F water into the mash tun for batch sparging, I...

Unfortunately, the keg was at its last few pints when it began pouring perfectly. In the end, the real issue was that the beer was in a commercial sanke keg. Something about that ball connection induces CO2 to come out of solution at low, medium and high serving pressures. I experimented with...

It may have been partially line resistance at first, I did change my 6 foot, 3/16" ID vinyl lines to 8 feet for a couple of days, and then to 12 feet. All new line. Still foam and air pockets in the line that would form about a minute or so after each pour. It looked like what happens with...

I always use spring water from the store, the water here is high in calcium.

Yeah, and it looks really cool. I hate having to put the lid on and adjust the thermometer angle lol.

Okay, thanks. I have a gas stovetop, but also already have a propane tank with burner if needed. I just bought Brewers Friend yesterday. Will probably get the 10 gallon kettle + BIAB.

Okay, so what about I just get the BIAB and a new 8 gallon kettle with thermometer?

Okay, but the all gain recipes say that you need all grain equipment? I use a 5 gallon stainless steel pot on the stove top to brew. What about this thing?

I've done a couple dozen extract clone recipes that use 2-3 pounds of grain, but now I'm thinking about doing all grain for the first time. I always keg to 5 gallon corny kegs, so a 10 gallon system makes 5 gallons I've read. So all grain equipment list is???: 8 gallon hot liquor tank w...

I heard about HBT during a recent UFO abduction.

You're right - that was the last piece of the puzzle, it pours correctly now!!! 1 - The first coupler was defective 2 - The second copuler had cheap quick connect adapters that were letting air into the beer line during the pour, serving pressure of 5 PSI was the only way to get a glass poured...

Bought a third coupler to try on the commercial keg. This one is a low profile D-style coupler with no seals or adapters on the top at all. There is only one seal that could let air into the line - where the ball on the commercial keg meets the coupler. The pour is better, but CO2 still...