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Oh yeah? Why is that? I don't want a pump of any sort. Aside from cost, I am really tight on storage space.

Hey all, Chilling the wort is now the most tedious part of my brewday. I am going ot make a wort chiller of some sort. Those with Counterflow chillers- Can you chill in one pass, without recirculating? I don't want to get a recirculating pump, and just want to use my auto-siphon. My water...

I was going to say, starsan is very acidic, and I have seen it corrode my aluminum kettle to a degree- I stored a batch in a bottling bucket, which sat inside my kettle, and the bucket leaked a bit, and you could see a bit of corrosion where it had pooled. Stainless steel is susceptible as...

Are you sure that's what it said? It seems to be standard NB instructions to steep the grains for "20 minutes or until it hits 170 degrees." Which I think is just dumbed down for those without thermometers. I do it the "how to brew" way, and start steeping at 150 degrees, heat up to 160 degrees...

My friend did this without issue. Seems silly to me though- we go crazy about sanitation, being sure to fill our airlocks with sanitizer or vodka, cleaning and sanitizing every hose and surface thoroughly. To then just throw the dice and see what comes out of your tap seems crazy risky after all...

This seems to be more for microbreweries. The minimum buy size is ~2000 bottles. Am I missing something?

From personal experience, I agree with some previous posts. Doing what you enjoy doing, once it is a job, can really change things. My programming hobby became my profession, and once I was forced to do it 8+ hours a day, working on stuff other people want (very akin to the Insipid Blonde Ale)...

If you get a stainless brew kettle, you also have the option of using an induction cooker.