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I would say no, unless it's the only way you can maintain a rolling boil on the stovetop, but even then leave it open as much as you can. The evaporating water carries away undesirables with it, and if the lid is on, those undesirables just precipitate back into the wort. Also, I've heard that...

Do you find that gelatin works better than other clarifying agents, like irish moss or whirlfloc? I've only tried whirlfloc, and it seems to work ok, but I'd try gelatin if you vouch for it. EDIT: I guess I've always liked the tablets because you add them at the boil, when there is no risk of...

That does sound a little like an oxy-moron, doesn't it? If I had to guess, I would imagine that they are talking about high heat for cooking, like searing or blackening meats at high temps. I can't imagine that you wouldn't be safe boiling wort over any heat source - it will only get a little...

This thread has convinced me to try a DME-only batch this weekend, adding the majority late in the boil. Is there a standard mass conversion going from LME to DME? I assume that the LME is diluted with water to some extent.

DME (6#), and LME (1#), no grain

So I have been waiting patiently for what seems like an eternity for 10gal kettles to be restocked at my LHBS so that I can start foll volume boils. In the meantime, I have been mooching off of the excellent brewing setup of a friend. However, this friend is not around right now and I have a...

I don't buy at all that BB's are easier to clean. There is no surface more non-porous (and therefore stain-resistant) than glass, and I would argue that the fact you can't use a carboy brush on a BB makes them harder to clean.

I just chilled a 5 gal. batch with a similar method, and I would reccomend saving yourself $140 and don't bother with a pump. Just siphon from the kettle down through the chiller in ice. I've been putting mine in an icewater bucket in the sink with the sprayer nozzle running in the bottom of...

That sounds pretty darn sanitary to me. I do something similar - my dishwasher has a sanitize setting, which just seems to be a hot steaming after the rinse. So as I collect bottles, I just rinse them out good with hot water and cap them with foil. Then, the night before bottling day, I put...

I believe strongly that shaking the crap out of your fermenter aerates wort sufficiently. However, for peace of mind, I have taken to another measure, because it is dirt cheap and easy as cake. Steal (or buy) a stainless steel spoon from wherever, bend it back at 90 deg's so that the convex...

I've been considering the Tap a Draft option myself. I don't mind bottling, but that 3 weeks is like torture! Does anyone know if the Tap a Draft system is able to force carbonate beer?

I'm just a home brewing rookie, but it seems to me that the pump may not even be necessary. If you placed the chiller in an ice bath below your hot wort, and then the fermenter below the chiller, couldn't you just start a siphon and let gravity do the work? Has anyone tried that? In theory...