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I go even simpler when it comes to wheat beer. 50% 2-row, 50% wheat, some rice hulls, maybe some CaraPils or Cara 10L, and then American hops - Cascade is great, Crystal is good, etc. - to about 12 IBU bittering, ~30 IBU including the later additions. Wyeast 1010 American Wheat or heck, just...

You'd better be careful when you're pitching on top of bigger bears. I'd presume they'd fight back against you at some point.

Bus Trip Web Page: http://www.lincolnlagers.com/bus-trip-2013/ Each year the Lincoln Lagers coordinate a chartered bus trip to visit local breweries in the nearby area. This year, we are visiting: Tallgrass Brewing Co., Manhattan, KS Liquid Bread Brewing Co./Gella's Diner, Hays, KS...

Maris Otter will give it a richer, somewhat toastier / maltier flavor than just plain 2-Row - but is certainly an OK substitution to make!

I am down for a 5:15/5:30pm pickup depending on the day OR a Saturday is also fine - and I can happily take care of splitting up my & PB's bag of white wheat - I have extra grain sacks and a good kitchen scale at home, it's no sweat for me. (In fact, PB, if you are busy on whatever day pickup...

Opinions vary. I am in the camp with the rest of the "Sure, I would use that for my HLT to create a whirlpool for my heat exchanger, but I'd never use it for my wort" brewers. There are a bunch of people also on the "Sure, why not!" side of the fence. YMMV. In fact, if it tells you anything, I...

For some reason, I really seem to like to draw pictures for you. I don't know why. I rarely draw pictures. Whatever, anyways. Here is a depiction (MS Paint again!) of my gravity setup when I do my chilling outside w/o my pump. I included a few measurements to help get a sense of scale. I would...

*thumbs up* And my credit card!

I too am thinking I might go towards a plate chiller. However, I have an idea for an IC that I really want to try out sometime. My apologies for the HORRIBLE MS Paint drawing. I suck at art. Basically, I want a wide IC that hugs the edges of the kettle - it would have some sort of "bottom...

Same here as BradleyBrew - If I leave it in StarSan overnight, then yes, it gets a terribly slimy white film on it. However as long as I only leave it in StarSan for an hour or two - then no, I haven't noticed a film like you describe - How strong are you making your StarSan mixture? Any chance...

Stop going to shady gas people and go to a reputable firm instead. Problem solved.

Generally you will want to stir long enough to create a whirlpool, and then try to siphon off only the wort, leaving your trub behind in the kettle - or else, you're exactly right, it can be a bit prone to clogging - Mine is a 3/8" diameter, 25'-30'?? CFC, and it has clogged many more times than...

Gravity feed through a CFC is a pretty big pain in the butt. That's what I did up until very recently, when I finally got a pump. I was very leery each time I had to lift 5.5 gallons of boiling hot wort onto a rickety plastic shelving unit, which I had to use to get the kettle high enough to...

Coiled wire! Great, thanks. Had not thought of that as an option!!

I would normally agree with you, but that looks like really, really thick cork. Like, as thick as a wooden Lazy Susan kit from the hardware store. ;) (I am looking at first pic, post #83)

Not to speak for OP or anything, but they look to me like wooden Lazy Susan boards. (Meaning, the round board you buy, then screw the hardware onto the bottom of, to create your own Lazy Susan.)

All of it looks pretty darn great! I am jealous of your fermentation chamber, and also your carboy washer! Clever, clever you! I suffer from a bad case of abandonedprojectitis. I got a question for you - I am upgrading to the same mash tun - Coleman Xtreme 70qt, it looks like? - and am just...

I saw these on eBay about 6 months ago - but with no seller identification that led me to find any "real" information about the product. Thanks for posting this. I'm not really sure what conclusion I draw from their information... Anything that requires me to physically shake the chiller around...

Just realized that I have all of the necessary grain & hops in my basement to brew this. And I'm brewing a 1.060 IPA that will make an excellent starter to generate a good jolly pitch of yeast. Crap. I think it's time to get stupidly hoppy. :D

All right, mashed in and getting ready to sparge. Here is what I went with for the final version: 11# 2-Row, 1.5# Vienna, 0.5# Cara-Pils, 0.5# Victory, 0.25# Caramel 40L Mashed in at 157, my late mash temp seems to be around 153, so that's pretty decent (still using my old mash tun, and it's...