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As mentioned, put the fermentor in a large pan of water, cover with towels (one end each towel in the water), put a fan blowing across the wet towels. This will keep the temps several degrees cooler than amient. The ice will help too!! Think "SwampCooler". :mug:

If I read your procedure correctly; you were mashing in with abt. 1.25qt/lb. 11 lb of grain should absorb abt 1.33 gal of sparge water, leaving a .8qt/lb ratio in the tun. I would suggest adding abt 1.3 - 1.5 gal of water @ mash/doughin, for a total of 5 gal. Fly sparge as normal for...

IIRC; there are a couple of styles in which the water profile plays a major role. English bitters could not be produced along the Rhine, and German "lights" and lagers would not do well brewed with water from the Thames. In the real word, it woun't matter much for the great majority of our...

What ever method you choose to carbinate the beer (force, natural, etc.), make sure that it is carbonated to the desired level before unhooking the CO2. :)

CO2 bubbles on the hydrometer can cause an abnormaly low reading. What does the Hydrometer readin tap water @60F?

What Kaiser said! Wet cardboard flavor, especially in extract/mini-mash is enhanced with the lid on.. Boiling W/O the lid, Larger/full boils, late extract adds, & mini-mash really improved my beer.

Sorry, Keg lube on the hard plastic of the autosiphon where you attach the tubing. It stopped the bubbles for me.

Keg lube will probably give you a better seal...

Hi.. uh, my name is ,uh , Mudd.. and, uh, I, uh, am a homebrewer.... There I said it and got it off my chest!! Now for the next 11 steps.. :mug: