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Plan for the future. You're gonna wanna whirlpool at some point. I love the SSBT BME kettle, I have a strong dislike for weldless fittings (aka things that will leak or harbor bacteria at some point). The tangential whirlpool inlet is also awesome. Also, that metal skirt along the bottom is...

>My brewing system is limited most by the fermentation vessels I use right now, as I still use carboys (uggh). Does anyone have experience with the smaller SS unitanks? In my opinion, the major nicety about a unitank over a conical is that you can carb/serve out of it in addition to...

Not sure what you mean by "chiller attached". Do you mean you leave the side mounted chilling coil mounted inside the conical? I've found it very useful to have the conical raised about 2 to 3 feet off the ground. I don't have extension legs so I built a small stand out of wood for it to sit...

Borrowing from wine making, I take fresh cherries, pit them, freeze them, thaw them in a bucket, add potassium metabisulfite, let it sit there for a couple days, then rack the beer on top. The freezing/thawing kills off any critters/larvae that might be in a large batch of cherries. The...

I've read numerous descriptions/accounts of grassy or vegetal flavors being noted in beer where dry hop additions were made and then left for extended lengths of time. Was wondering about anyones direct experience with this and the dry hopping schedule/conditions from which it resulted. I...

+10 double dry hopped simcoe IPA = 718 gallongs

Well, according to Beersmith, 10lbs of US 2 row for a 5 gallon batch will yield an estimated original SG of 1.052, low for the AIPA specs. Adding 2lbs of dextrose increases the SG to 1.071, the high end for AIPA specs. As for the flavor, you're looking around 8% ABV, which I'd think to be...

My one regret is underestimating the amount of home brew consumption that would happen at my house. The first quality brew system I put together produced 10 finished gallons per brew cycle, which I thought would be overkill and turned out to be not enough. I ended up upgrading to produce 25...