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I have ordered one of these pots, to go along with the 80 quart Brew Rite I ordered earlier. These pots look quite good. Thanks.

How about: Stink Finger? You could have an album cover with a finger stuck into a pile of fresh hops.

I went to purchase another BrewRite by PolarWare from a vendor the other day and they told me they cannot sell anymore. I look around online and everyone seems to be out. On their website they say another company is handling distribution for them, but they appear to not be getting the product...

The only time that my beer caused a gas issue (and perhaps, slightly more), was when I was bottling and I decided to not waste the yeast filled, cloudy beer at the bottom of the fermenter. I drank that up on the spot. That must have been a whole lot of vitamin B and those yeast had their revenge.

I personally think it happens when you understand why you are undertaking a particular step and the ramifications of variations of that step and what to do if you F* that step up. The F* up happens more frequently if you like to drink your homebrew whilst brewing. Say your initial mash temp is...

I bottle conditioned my lager at normal ale temperatures (but have only made a few of them). I also had great results with one of them (steam style).

Your yeast has that creamy color to it, which seems to indicate they are not dead. I would pitch on it, but as I stated, I have only pitched on stuff left for about a week (one weekend to another). Preserving the health of the yeast as Yooper suggested, is undoubtedly the best way (and the...

It occurs to me that I may not have fully understood your question. If by old, you mean a cake that has had the beer racked off it and it has sat. I have pitched up to a week later on one. I always leave a small covering of beer on it though. As long as the temperature is stable and the...

Yes you can; I have done it several times (preferred it that way, in fact). The recipe does not even need to be the same. I mostly make pale ale and IPA and will frequently make a pale ale and then, after racking the P.A. to the keg, will pitch my IPA right on to the yeast cake. I have seen...

You should be able to obtain a replacement ball lock post and removable poppet; once in hand you could bleed the pressure and remove the clogged up post/poppet combo. **** can the troublesome piece and replace it with the standard post and removable poppet. If that is not doable look into a...

There is nothing wrong with BIAB, you can make terrific beers using it. I used that method for my first year of all grain brewing. As a positive one can get into all grain brewing for less money that way as well. I have no opinion on the Corona mill (so no flak there!).

For info on things like grain absorption (or anything else about the nuts and bolts of brewing) I cannot recommend highly enough, Mr. Palmers book on brewing: http://www.howtobrew.com/sitemap.html I personally assume I loose anywhere from three cups to four cups (of liquid to the grain)...

I am sorry if I missed it in your post, how long did you mash the grain and what were the temps you used? The enzymes need time to convert the starch to sugar.

I think you still have a ways to go to finish up. 1.017 leaves room for additional attenuation. You could also be seeing carbon dioxide coming out of solution (in addition to yeast still happily eating the sugars). You are at the 4 week mark which, with the temperatures you quoted should be...

You need to find out what kind of flowers she used. There are some commonly used garden flowers that are hella poisonous: Hellabore, Monkshood etc… I would probably filter my beer through her best sweater for something like that.

I have only ever dumped one batch. If I mess one up and do not like it, I would not hesitate to dump another one.

It is good that you got to the bottom of it.

Right on! I am thinking your problems in this area are probably solved.

+1 to this advice. And if your water profile is soft, add a tsp of Burton Salts. Whoops, sorry I posted late. I missed the fact that you already brewed it! I blame missing the post on the glass of Bookers that I am enjoying.

I am interested in how your batch eventually turns out. Did you hit your estimated OG's (pre-boil and post)?