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But is my beer suffering because my burner takes so freaking long to heat up? It winds up being on that burner WAY WAY longer than 60mins, because it takes so long to get to a boil.

Hey guys! The weather just changed and I'm excited to brew some dark, winter beers. I'm looking to expand my setup this year. Currently I have: 2.5 gallon SS pot 15 gallon SS pot w/ ball valve Cooler mash tun March Pump and Counterflow Chiller 1 6 gal Glass Carboy 1 5 gal Glass Carboy...

Great! Thanks guys. I think I'll give it a go then with minimum equipment! This is good news.

Ok - so I've decided to get a 10g Rubbermaid drink cooler - they are selling them for $39 bucks at my home depot. I WAS thinking that I would buy 2 of them and fly sparge - don't quite know why I had that in my head. But then I read Bobby_m's great primer PDF on getting started with all grain...

Rock on! Thanks for the info!

Rock on! Thanks guys! Gonna pick up 2 of these at Home Depot tomorrow I believe. Then comes the harder decision of what to outfit them with! False bottom? Braided steel? But that's a question for another day!

DOH! Sorry for being so rude and not replying with a thank you sooner! Got side tracked! But thank you very much! I think I will get a 10g MLT, should the HLT match it in size? Or will I generally be sparging with less liquid so I could get a 5g? Thanks again!

So, I want to take the step and move to all grain. I saw home depot is loaded up on both 10 and 5 gallon drink coolers - the 10 are 39 bucks I think. Should I get: A. 2 x 10 Gallon 1 x 10 Gallon (MLT) and 1 x 5 Gallon (HLT) 2x 5 Gallon I want to be able to make 5 gallon batches for...

Cool - thanks for the thoughts guys. I think I'll try it out pumping into the CFC. Thanks for all the opinions. Perhaps this is a little tangential, but do you guys use a filter or false bottom in the bottom of the kettle to remove the hops? 9 times out of 10 I use pellet hops.

ahhhhh....right! Ok, looks like I'll have to pack all my brewing projects into one weekend! Will be fun.

So I'm going to get a March pump to move the brew from my kettle through a CFC (going to use bobbyM's tutorial) and into my primary. First, I'm wondering where in the series my pump goes: Kettle -> Pump -> CFC -> Primary? Second, I currently don't have a bulkhead for my kettle. It's...

Very cool! Thanks for all the recommendations. This is going to be a fun project.

wow - pretty great. On par quality wise with the Zymico? They look nice.

I'm trying to decide which weldless spigot to get for my SS kettle. I see the reviews for the: Zymico are quite good here. I have a gift cert to Austin Homebrew and I'm wondering if anyone had experience with their fitting...

Thanks guys. Appreciate the tips...the beer came out a bit undergravity...I'll keep my fingers crossed!

Hey Guys, I am brewing today and I didn't have time to make a starter last night and I'm looking to brew today. Should I throw a starter on my stirplate now even if it can only work for 4-5 hours before pitching? Or should I just chuck the whitelabs vial in at this point? Thanks in advance.

Hey Guys, I'm not sure the model number, but I have this analog, dial temp controller by Johnson: I have to admit - it's done a great job and holds a consistent temp - but I'm pretty frustrated, because the number on the dial doesn't correspond to the temp inside the fridge. Right now the...

Oh for sure, was posting it more just as a distraction that's related to beer.

This article popped up today for me on Google Reader from AdAge.com: What Your Taste in Beer Says About You Fairly interesting even though they lump craft brew into one category and that's pretty much all most of us drink - but still a fun brewstraction from the regular work day.

Rock on. Thanks so much guys.