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@mongoose33 - would you mind sharing your eff. target and actual? Any thoughts on where you missed the #’s? My current set up is similar to your previous one. I use a round 10g cooler but move the wort back and forth with a small pump instead of gravity. I have a false bottom and bag in my...

I just started underletting with a false bottom and a bag. I don’t recirculate though. Seems to work just fine. @mongoose33, are you doing full volume mash? I’m doing full volume / no sparge and am struggling a little with water volumes in the boil kettle since I’m not hanging (dripping)...

Did you pitch the yeast When the wort was at 85f and 100f? I think a good “next step” would be to look at ways to lower those pitch temps and overall temp control.

Go to Marienplatz! Great places to grab some good food and beer. Haufbrau House is just around the corner. Make sure you time it to see the glockenspiel. It’s a pretty neat thing to see.

Wanted to brew this weekend but ended up getting ready for snow!

Can’t wait to put this thing to good (beer) use! I just calibrated it with the 7.0 solution supplied and wow what a difference from my old Hanna Checker.

Anyone have problems at the end of fermentation? The last few batches have shown “1.000” or “1.002”. I thought I was getting an infection or something but when I took a hydro it was near what I expected (eg 1.012). It was pretty spot on at the start, though. I shook the ferm vessel...

Looks like my Hach Pro+ was just delivered! Need to run home at lunch and take ph of my fish tanks, spa, drinking water...! I’m also using this as an excuse (like I need one!) to brew this weekend. [emoji1]

My Hanna ph meter crapped the bed this weekend (was reading all over the place in 4.0 test solution) so I ordered a Hach Pro+. Yeah me!

No need to sanitize hops. If you go commando just dump them in, or if you use a bag then sanitize the bag, add the hops and dunk that sucker!

Kegged a pumpkin ale (my two daughters insisted I brew one for them) and made a Fresh Squeezed clone. Now it’s time to have 1 or 4 home brews, a nice cigar and some college ball!

I told my wife our next house will have a separate building/shed/barn which will be my brew house and cigar lounge. The thought of that is motivating me to move. Good luck with your project.

I think you’re possibly confusing Italian wine with German lager. [emoji1]

I run tap water through the chiller and fill up a few 5g buckets with the hot “discharge” water which is later used for cleaning, and once I’m around 100f I switch the “in” hose to a small pond pump which is sitting in a cooler of ice water. Works well, gives me hot water for cleaning as...

$35 a tour...!? Wow!! We didn’t do anything in Vero except kayak and drink beer at the pool or on the beach! We went to EPCOT for the food and wine festival and continued drinking! It took a few days to dry out after a I got home. [emoji41]

I make a jalapeño beer using a simple cream ale recipe so the beer is light and the pepper shines through without conflicting tastes. Re the peppers - I roast about 4 peppers and add them to the boil At 5 mins left. I also soak about 4 roasted peppers in vodka and dump them into the...

I bought a 15g kettle for 5g batches and thought it was too big (eg: too much head space made it hard to control mash temps). I put the thing in storage and bought a 10g which I think is perfect. I would think that a 15g for a 2.5g batch would be way overkill.

Nope! We we at the Disney Vacation Club Resort on the north end of the beach and it’s pretty sparse up there. We really didn’t leave the resort (unfortunately) except to rent kayaks one day (rented from Paddles FWIW). Heck, I even used the grills for steaks and burgers so we didn’t even eat...

I just got back from FL (Vero and Orlando) and drank gallons of that stuff!!

$60!! How much does a funnel cost from Wal Mart?!