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Thanks, I have never really done a sparge before but I guess that would make sense.

I want to switch to using a cooler for my BIAB mashes as I am having trouble holding my mash temp in my 15 gallon kettle even with it wrapped in insulated blankets. I usually go for 6 gallons into the fermenter so my batches usually are around 17 lbs or so of grain and 9.5 gallons or so of...

Alright I think I will add the first whirlpool addition at 180 for 15 mins then the next one at 140 for 30 minutes. Ill let you know how it goes. Thanks!

Good info thanks! I'll am also a bit worried about the bitterness. Maybe I'll throw in an ounce of mosaic at 5 mins to be safe. Edit either that or I'll bump the first whirlpool temp to 175

I have a short hose connected to it

Yeah and I am hoping I can achieve a nice gold color I have seen from other people who have used it.

Awesome, thank you!

Yeah it looks like how they do it is weird. Even if I change the time on the first addition it doesnt change the ibus. Only if you change the utilization will it change but I dont know what utilization id actually get.

Not exact numbers but if I let it go I would say it would drop down to 160ish in 10-15 mins

I just updated it to remove the boil and flame out and only have a 170 degree and 150 degree whirlpool addition. Its calculating that the 170 degree addition will be 66 IBUs though which seems high.... should I do less at 170?

What do you guys think about this recipe? https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/639496/hazy-ipa-new-grain-bill I am going to brew it this weekend. I have done hazy IPAs before but something has been off on most of them. I think they are a little too bitter. How does the hop...

Yeah I attach it to the butterfly valve on the racking port. I don't have a wand so that's why I was thinking about just utilizing the carb stone. Looking at options it might just be easier to get a wand though.

Has anyone used the carb stone to oxygenate yet? Is it easy to put a ball lock connection on an O2 tank?

As someone who is also not gifted with DIY stuff I am not sure :(

I am using the inkbird 308! Works great! I also got this little pump to circulate the glycol while the AC is running (I just got an outlet splitter and plugged the AC and the pump into it so they both kick on at once). https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077955YC2/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Yeah mine is 5000 and it can cold crash to 36 easily. If I added more insulation to my conical it could probably go lower but I don't see a need.

I highly recommend building the glycol chiller. I am not much of a DIYer but this was super easy and saves a lot of money.

48 quarts I think it was. I have six gallons of water and 2 gallons of glycol in there

I followed this guide and used the same 5000 btu AC. It works great and was very easy. I didn't build the wooden box around mine. https://backdeckbrewing.wordpress.com

Sorry for the confusion I was trying to crash to 34 and my glycol chiller is set to 30. It's chilling the glycol down to 30 and cutting off the AC but then the glycol is going all the way down to 22 after the ac is off. The temp inside the fermenter is getting to 36 easy then getting stuck...