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I would LOVE a carboy cleaner because of many reasons. I have an old glass carboy from my grandfather that's been sitting in my room getting progressively crustier as the weeks go by because of the last stout that I brewed. It's old, fragile, and needs nothing more than a good whipping about...

Does that mean that the sugars that would otherwise have been fermentable are no longer available for that? If that's the case, how big of a difference is there in the available fermentable sugar level? I certainly wouldn't mind having a higher alcohol content...

I do use the same water to top it off with that I use to boil. Hmmm, maybe something to consider later on once I'm not on a rather small stovetop.

so you boil the full five gallons? what does that change about the resulting wort/beer? and how long does that take to get it to a boil?

do you do full boils because youre using all malt? or are you boiling that all for the malt extract? ive been doing malt extract because it's easier, and i've been only boiling about two gallons at most in my pot which is about 30 quarts

So I've been shopping around, and found this at Target. What's the consensus on whether this one would be good or not? http://www.target.com/p/Chefmate-Stainless-Steel-20-Qt-Stock-Pot/-/A-12737461

Thanks for clarifying OneHoppyGuy. I've only done it in my pot once which is only a single layer. Do you happen to know if this is inadvisable for single layer stainless steel pots? That's what I'm planning on buying. Also as far as filling up the carboy all the way, I hate to use that...

Which separation of layers are you talking about? Because I plan on buying a stainless steel pot before I do any more brewing.

Sounds good. I wasn't sure if dunking it in ice water was bad for the pot or not

I've been advised that you can chill it in the sink filled with ice water to speed the process up a bit. What have you heard about this? This could somewhat negate the multi layer bottom in that regard

I guess I'll have to reconsider using the buckets to brew in. I know for sure that it was easier to take hydrometer readings when I could just open up the bucket, rather than setting up the siphon to grab a few ounces of beer to measure. Thanks for the advice everyone.

Also what kind of Oxiclean do you use? From just looking at their site, their products are mostly just laundry stuff. I've been using C-Brite to sanitize everything, but thinking of starting to use Star-San from the rave reviews I've read.

So far all I've used is extract recipes, and as of now I don't have any particular plans to branch into using mash or malting my own, but I guess I'll shop around and see if it looks like a five gallon pot would be sufficient for my needs. Once I build up my bank account a bit more and if...

As for the brewpot, when you say that I should get a 5-7 gallon pot, are you talking about actually boiling 5 gallons? Granted I haven't been doing this for very long, but all of the recipes that I've done only required boiling at most two gallons of wort to make a five gallon batch. I'm also...

I'm looking to buy some new equipment so that I can stop using the old, rather sketchy stuff that I've been using. I'm in the market for a new brewpot and a new 5 gallon carboy. Since the beginning, I've been using stuff that I got from my grandparents, but it isn't meant for brewing. I...

Sounds good. Ill have to let everyone know how it turns out once its ready. Thanks for all the advice

4 lbs light malt extract 3.5 lbs dark malt extract 12 oz chocolate malt 12 oz roasted barley 4 oz 90L crystal malt 4 oz 40L crystal malt 4 oz carapils malt 2 oz Cascade Hops 1 oz Goldings Hops (finishing) 1 tsp Gypsum yeast .5 lbs whole coffee beans The yeast was a liquid yeast, Irish Ale. I...

Alright, so what I'm going to do is leave this by the window where it can get several hours of sunlight to warm it up. I'm going to wrap something such as a blanket or a coat around it so that it has the dual purpose of protecting from direct sunlight as well as hopefully insulating it and...

I guess I'll just leave it in the primary fermenter and bring it upstairs. Hopefully the few degrees warmer that it hopefully is upstairs will help it out a bit. I know that the beer shouldn't be in any direct sunlight, but I'm concerned that since I'm brewing somewhere else than where I'm...

Currently the beer is 62 degrees, which is the temperature of my house. Any recommendations for heating it up a bit aside from turning up the heat in my house? Also as for the hydrometer, I take the measurements in the hydrometer flask that came with it by siphoning a bit out of the fermenter...