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1/4 Aluminum

Currently have a 10 gallon brew pot with weldless valve attached (brass). 20$ glass 5 gallon carboy 15$ 3/8 copper immersion wort chiller 20$ The wort chiller was DIY and works great with long tubing attached as I had to run from sink to stove top. I also have a brew kit with 4 extra...

bad67 thanks for the tip. Jlem, that link was interesting. After reading that the smell was more sour, my brew buddy actually used the word sour, than ammonia but it was hard to describe.

Hopefully I remember to come back in 3 weeks and post a conclusion. THanks again

The stout used 1 ounce of Northern brewer hops with Wyeast London #1028. The Hefe used 1 ounce of Tettnanf for hops and Wyeast weihenstephan #3068 I will cross my fingers, these were my first attempt at all grain. I do not remember this smell when I was using extract and special grains.

28 days ago I brewed both a Cream Stout and a Hefeweizen. I went with all grain and a bag. I did not use a sparge other than draining the bag which had the grains in it and a slight squeeze. It has been 28 days so I went to bottle both batches. There was a slight ammonia at first so I...

only if I had room. I hope I don't run into issues brewing a German Boch lager using the BIAB> fingers crossed. GL man and see you around.

I was hoping to run two 5g batches at the same time so there would not be room to separate the boil into two kettles. Should I plan on using less water as there could be less boil-off? Thanks guys/girls. Nordeast, I just noticed you are in Minneapolis. Well hello neighbor. Sure is...

I have the lid on about 3/4 and water is boiling. :) I hope that is enough room for the DMS to escape.

The only way I can boil 6 gallons of water is with the lid on. It is close to boiling but no real bubble forming up top. My question is: Do I boil the wort with the lid on or just go without the lid and not quite boiling.? I am on a electric stove.

thanks for the link

I just got a 10gal aluminum kettle. I ran through my first session with it and noticed that it just barely brought it up to boiling. I have seen some brewers wrap their kettle in some sort of wrap, there was various styles. What would be the name for those wraps and would it work for me...

I was in your position about two weeks ago. I went with a 40qt kettle from a local restaurant supplier for 50$, this kettle was aluminum but 1/4 inch thick. I then stopped at Midwestsupplies and bought a weldless kettle conversion kit. After getting the extra fittings I came out at about 100$...

Well I may have a clue as to why no bubbling. I was watching some brew channels over at youtube.com and noticed that my airlocks were not set up right. I forgot to put the tops on them. I am hoping that the beer will be fine but thought I should check in here to see if this would cause any...

Is there such a thing as too much head space? Could I ferment a 2.5 gallon batch into a 5 gallon bucket?