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I put mine right on top of the same heat element i boil my wort on. And fwiw, it took me all of a day to assemble my 5 gallon unit.

I bottle so none of that applies to me. Thanks for your input though

First of all i didnt make that comment about being a smartass to you. I would truly like to know what you do for the cold side that allows zero oxygen exposure.

Star San is a no rinse sanitizer.

I should add, buy the all copper chore boy scrubbers online , to install into the column. I use 2 . Before using , take your saved foreshots and soak the scrubbers to remove any tooling lubricant that may be in the copper material. You dont want that in your end product

I bought my 5 gallon clawhammer i think 5 years ago. It was $250 at the time. They may have gone up since then, idk. It comes as a flat kit you will have to bend, assemble and comes with rivets and not enough solder . I bought a small roll ,make sure you buy a lead-free solder. Before jumping...

Do you have an appropriate place to plant them with a robust trellis? Nows the time to do that before you plant .they will grow quickly . Last year was my first time with growing hops. Our weather doesn't cooperate with the traditional vertical trellis so i experimented with a lateral overhead...

No problem. Sometimes I end up pointing out the Elephant in the room. Keep brewing, do research and keep taking good notes . Youll improve by small tweak improvements here and there.

My reply to the guy that had coconut flavor at a week...taste it again in 2 months and tell me its still there. Give it time . Never rush yeast. It runs on its own schedule anyway

for fruits with a skin like cherries and berries its a good idea to partially crush them or even freeze them to open the skin so the full effect of the flavors can influence your beer.

clawhammer (reflux),very affordable . many sizes available but the 5 gallon one is pretty popular and you get a good amount of distillate to bother with it.

I like beer and I like to cook . I got into brewing as a self supplying hobby .I have no intention to put it on a public access shelf. I also have a love of gardening so I started growing my own hops to add. I would say home brewing is definitely NOT a money saver when you consider the supplies...

If you have a temp controlled place to put them , shove them in a bucket of soil and let them get started. Then when the weather cooperates you can set them out in their permanent place. We're (Northern Alabama) getting tons of rain right now and weather says our spring is 3 weeks early . Last...

did you boil that water first?

what beer is it? If its a hef. send it to me ...my wife loves the banana flavors of a hef. I made myself slow down and wait before pitching. I would pitch too hot by a few degrees ,not enough to kill the yeast but it was warm. Youre going to wait almost 2 weeks anyway , whats one more day or...

rubbing alcohol??? NOOOO if anything ,use vodka or everclear. Ive used star san in the airlock forever.

man, I wish we had a dedicated LHBS ...the one I go to ( Brewbama put me onto it) is basically a health food shop that happens to have a brewing section in it. The young ladies that run it arent into brewing so they just buy what people ask for. It is cramped and really could stand to have its...

Back when I lived 15 minutes from the LHBS and didnt have a mill I had them mill it and it went in the bag for a week sealed up until I was able to brew . I've had my own mill for so long now I cant remember what the pre-milled ended up like . When you can have control of more parts of your...

forum fatigue...more like being home fatigue. I'm running out of things to do around the house ,I have a project truck im out of funds for ,I'm on a tight budget and the rain has been relentless .

the sugars from the fruit in secondary will kick the yeast back into fermentation. You'll have to wait for that to finish again before packaging. What fruit are you wanting to use. because it will make a difference on how much to add for your intended outcome. my only fruited sour beer I used...