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I pretty much do the same thing as tooldude. One of the things that hasn't been mentioned but that helped me a lot is also consciously try and get equal water additions for your mash and sparge water. For example I'm about to brew a 10lb grain bill at 1.6 ratio so I will be using about 4...

It does help co2 get into solution but it is super easy to over carb by shaking. Yooper (and a lot of other folks around here) use the set it and forget it method I believe.

It sounds like your ok. Some prefer carboys and some prefer buckets. I use buckets for primary and carboys for aging or additions. To secondary or not is a personal preference too. But to your issue at hand it's probably fine, airlock activity isn't a great gauge for fermentation activity. The...

I'd have to agree with sixfooter. I built my own igloo mlt using a cheap cooler from amazon and then picking up a bulkhead kit and a bazooka screen on amazon as well. I batch sparge so not much need for an hlt. I'd also look for a 10 gallon cooler as generally I mash in with 4 or 5 gallons and...

Just to throw this out there before you jump too far down the rabbit hole, the Mr. Beer American Light Lager is actually an ale fermentation (a dry ale yeast packet is included with the can of hopped extract). So I wouldn't worry too much about the need for lager type temp control at this point...

I'm fairly new to the hobby only been brewing for a year now with some extract kits and some AG brews under my belt but here is my two cents: The airlock not bubbling is said to not be a sign of active fermentation because the co2 could be escaping somewhere else. The fermenter might have a...

I'd love some new brew gear!

Here is my new one. Traded an '06 S83 for a '13 Road King. It was my gift from me and the wife for graduating law school.

Just got the AHS weekly newsletter and it looks like they have a clone kit of this brew for sale. It lists 9lbs of extract, 1 lb base malt and 1.5 lbs specialty malt for the extract version or 11.75 lbs of base malt and 1.5 lbs of specialty malt for the all grain. It also uses Wyeast 3944 or...

It will make a difference for the hops utilization for sure. If you only boil 1 gallon then top up with 4 gallons you will dilute the IBUs down quite a bit but if you do a full boil and don't top up you will get all the hoppy goodness. I've been told full boils are generally the way to go if you...

+5 gallons of Amarillo Pale Ale = 13076

Been wanting to get into brewing for a few years now. My SWMBO got me a Mr. Beer for Christmas and I've since moved on to big boy gear and given her the MBK for mead. Perfect timing as now that I am finishing law school I will have much more time on my hands to brew. I've been lurking on...

+ 2 American Light + 2 Irish Stout + 5 Autumn Amber Ale + 5 Liberty Cream Ale = 10,785

Cutting it close but wanted to wait till my birthday to enter for some extra luck!