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Aston Lewis recommends using a much lower flow rate, as low as .2LPM, which must be where the difference in the theoretical numbers he uses and the actual results you are seeing. I'm guessing the higher flow rate means more oxygen is escaping (more bubbles). Unfortunately the Wyeast rate is by...

Is that flow rate really 3L/minute? That seems pretty high. If so, then the assumptions made in BYO are way off. See this link. Are you getting a lot of bubbles at the surface?

dstar26t, Thanks for the very useful information. I'm surprised more people haven't shared, as I though a lot of people were using 02. I was thrilled with the quality info you provided though. Where did you get your oxygen meter and how much did it cost? Probably way more than I can afford...

OK, I've been trying to track down an answer to this, but am getting a lot of conflicting and confusing info. I know there is no one pat answer for all beers, but are there some guidelines for the amount of O2 to add to your wort before pitching yeast? I'm getting an inexpensive O2 regulator...

Most of my friends are not heavy drinkers. I recently turned a couple of friends onto craft beer (they are major wine drinkers), and when they learned that I had started to brew they got pretty excited about it. They wanted to come over and watch/help brew. The next thing I knew they bought me 2...

Great start on a killer app. I would gladly pay to use this site once it's fleshed out a bit. Here's a few suggestions: 1. As others have offered, so I'd make a way for people to submit designs to you a high priority. Why do all of the work yourself? 2. The print function does not work on my...

As others have pointed out, this whole notion is plain stupid. Should you have to malt and roast your own grains to be considered a brewer worthy of competition? What about recipes? Should you only be allowed to enter your own recipe rather than a clone or someone else's recipe? There are a ton...

Thanks for he info! this looks like a nice setup for pilot brewing. I gotta say, while most posters here seem to be cool, there are also some real @sshats who have to dump on anything and everyone! Don't let them get you down...

I did Jamil's hop bursting recipe and it turned out quite nice. What you get is a really good balance between malt flavor and hopiness. I really liked the result and plan on trying to adapt it to other recipes. A good extract kit that uses this is the "Evil Twin" recipe from Northern Brewer. The...

Just send over whomever is applying the head and I'll let you know? :D

You really need to do yourself a favor and do a little reading to get up to speed with what brewing beer is all about. There are lots of simple "how to's" available, the one I recommend is John Palmer's "How to Brew". Read the online version, which is good but a little out of date, or buy the...

When you are doing full boils you always need to start with more water volume because it will boil down. The amount depends on the shape of the pot, length of boil, and a few other variables. As a rule of thumb though, you can figure on around 6 gallons to boil down to a little over 5 gallons in...

Most kits assume you are using a 5 gallon kettle, hence the recommended 2-3 gallon boil. I think you will get better results doing full boils. If you are concerned about the better hop utilization just cut back the bittering hops a bit to compensate. When you move to 10 gallon batches I think...

I'm kind of with everyone else here. I enjoy a few beers a week, but really love learning about the process and crafting good beers. That's why I'm doing 2.5 gallon batches. It allows me to simplify equipment, but more importantly, I can brew as often as I want to and not worry about being...

Maybe I'm a little confused by your question, but if I was going to invest in a bigger pot, I'd want to be ab;e to do full boils. In any case, there's no reason not to do a full boil for 5 gallons if you buy a 10 or 15 gallon pot. Also keep in mind you should start with more than 5 gallons for a...