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Eh. Joe sends an email out when he's got collections in, you respond and get 5-8 vials. It's not like sitting in the fridge the bugs are gonna go bad in a few months. I can't really fathom that being more patient than the patience required to wait 12-24 months on a sour!

When she says she likes strong and hoppy beers... are you sure she means 9% and 100 IBUs, and not a 6% 40 IBU APA?

As ghohn said, electric is pretty damn awesome (no zealot like a convert). But it won't solve the issue of you lacking a fan hood. But... is that really an issue? That is, is the issue of a 60-90 minute of a boil really that big for you? Yes, it will produce a fair amount of water vapor. But...

My inaugural was last weekend. I just used an online mash calculator, plugging in the water temp and amount of grains. Given it was a very loose mash, I think I doughed in with the water 5 degrees above my target temp, and hit it perfectly. My grain mill was set to 0.038", and my efficiency was...

Someone awhile ago mentioned Magic Hat for being douchecanoes to a local brewery. Funny that: they did the same thing to a Seattle brewery that locally distributes, keg-only. Said brewery (Georgetown) had the temerity to marget a "9lb. Hammer" porter. Which led Magic Hat to send a cease and...

No photos yet (but do you really want to see my apartment's laundry room? nah), but mine arrived today (a week later than scheduled, after some issues with the Canadian shipping company, sadly). Unpacked and set it up. Couldn't help but think I wish I had bought it six weeks earlier, as the...

(Story of my life, amirite?)

Along with Jimmy I'd love something coming in from one of the lid ports, with the ability to douse with O2 after it chills, and ~18 hours later on the big beers, before removing it and putting a cap on the port. But that'd require more than 6".

Have you found a wand-clover fitting that's long enough (I haven't), or do you mean you're going to set one up via welding/compression? Asking because this beast should be arriving on Monday!

What are y'all doing for oxygenation in the thing? While there's some shaking going on in one of the videos posted, that's not gonna cut it for most of us. I was hoping to keep it part of the closed system, so I was looking at morebeer's tri clover diffusion stone wand, but it's only 6", and...

There's a thread covering a more recent third option over here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/3-1-boil-kettle-jacketed-chiller-conical-fermenter-brewha-452229/index17.html Similar concept, but taking the all-in-one-vessel to its logical extreme and integrating chilling and fermentation.

Well, I just bit the bullet and placed an order for a BIAC. Should ship out in about a week, and then arrive a week or so after that. In other words, come mid-December I'll be peppering this board with questions!

A bit long, but want to contextualize so I can hear the opinions from the BIAC people on What Is To Be Done in my brewing life. A million thanks for any input well in advance. So... I'm returning to homebrewing after a few year hiatus due to a series of big moves for work bookended by...