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You could but in Texas the ground water doesn’t get very cold even in winter so circulation of 90 degree water does not work well to get wort below 70 degrees

You may also want to consider an electric brew pot/ mash tun and use BIAB system Gf are great, they do have their limitations as stated above, but they brew great beer You’d need a separate vessel for sparge water with GF

Probably should change to stainless spigot

I can vouch for the brew boss and in reality if you use a bag in lieu of the cofi it’s not much more cost, and definitely a better value

Brew boss out of Wisconsin makes great systems

@the haze What makes you say it’s not on par with liquid yeast? Do you have any quantifiable evidence to back this, or just your opinion?

My biab system I account for 1.25 boil off, .125 absorb rate per pound, and 1/2 gallon of trub So for 11 lb grain it works out to 9.25 gallons But 4 gallons of crisp fresh home brew is a great start

I discovered one thing I was not doing that hurt my OG, and that was skipping the 15 minute mash out, I added this in on Saturday and was shooting for 1.053, and got 1.051, and a volume of 6 gallons I try to brew 5.5, so at this level I’d been right on it

I use dry yeast for 2.99 to 3.99 per pack, no need to reuse at this price and risk infection or off flavors I don’t get why this practice makes sense for 5 gallon batches? Just doesn’t seem worth it to me Now if yeast was $10-$15 per packet or I made large quantities of the same brew my...

Big mouth plastic fermenters with spigots is the only way to go, they have handles, they don’t shatter, easy to clean and much lighter

Better off running the ice water through the chiller while it’s in the wort I use 4 bags of ice and about a gallon of water, just enough to keep the pump primed You can immerse the chiller into the boiling wort 5 minutes before chilling to sanitize, plus the copper and zinc will aid as a...

Ask them to mill the grains finer for biab

If you’re using liquid extract try putting half in at boil and the rest at the end of the boil And a rolling boil is all that’s needed Making sure you stir it in real well

The fruit You add to primary can get fermented out

I added about 10% more to my grain bill in ratio and hit my numbers regularly, but I use a bag On my next batch I’ll grind fiber and use the cut back grain bill

Is the grain milled super fine!

I think you’ll be surprised that most times you can’t tell the difference with any real confidence I would always add campden tablet to remove chlorine and chloramine though

Bagging hops is fine I soak mine in star San before adding to the fermentation

Chill as needed Bottles condition better at room temp

You can never be to clean and sanitary