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Awesome, that's pretty much my situation, thanks!

I guess as long as your boil vigor us the same, the type of metal doesn't matter, makes sense. But the diameter difference will have a different water surface area for evaporation to take place, so if the diameter is the same, the boil off rate should be the same. Good talk guys, I think I got...

Just ran the numbers on that calculator and I don't trust it, it was off by a half gallon for my keggle. Maybe adding the specific btu's into the calculation would give a better idea. I'm pretty sure climate affects it also.

AL conducts heat differently than SS, so I figured it would effect the boil off rate. I've also read that the surface area of the pot affects it. I have a marking that I use on my propane regulator so I'll be boiling the same as I always do.

I'm using an 8 gallon 14" wide aluminum pot to brew today and don't have time (or propane) to calculate my boil off rate, I was wondering if anyone with similar equipment could give me a ball park idea of what my boil off rate will be? I live in a pretty warm climate, (sacramento) if that helps...

Awesome, that's good to hear.

Brewed this yesterday but had to use American Wheat yeast 1010 because I couldn't find kolsh, any ideas how it'll turn out?

I want one so bad!!!

Yeah that's perfect for me. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Oh man I'm definitely buying that!! Thanks for the link!

Once I get this project done I'm going to build an electric rims, does the STC work for that? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I'm set on the STC now, but damn flashing that firmware sounds hard! I'm familiar with Celsius so that's not a big deal to me. I'll have to do some more reading to try and make more sense of flashing that firmware. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Seeing all those kegs in there does give me an idea of how many carboys I can fit though, probably 4, which us more than enough. I was originally thinking of building a cabinet with a mini fridge but that was my concern also. I did the math and realized it would be more expensive, I was...

how many carboys do you think I can fit in a stand up freezer? I wonder if I could build a shelf half way up to double the usable space.

Damn that's a nice setup, so the act works just as good as the Johnson controller? That makes me want to use a stand up freezer! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I'm going to build a ferm chamber and so I need a pros/cons list on these things. Johnson controler vs stc-1000? (I may have to add a heating element eventually) Build a fermentation chamber out of wood and a mini fridge or convert an upright freezer? If I do use a mini fridge, are...

I couldn't wait and I tried one, it's been almost 2 weeks in the bottle. Most of my beers seem fully carbed in 2 weeks, but a usually a little green. this is the recipe. 12 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 89.3 % 8.0 oz Carafoam (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 3.6 % 8.0 oz...

I did brew it, it's in bottles now and I will let you know how it turned out in about 2 weeks when it's ready to drink. I don't think I can really give you any insight until then, since this was my first time using honey malt. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I went over my last brew and sure enough, my overall efficiency wasn't that bad, I'm sure now that it's because of the fact that it was a 5 gallon batch vs this recent 2.5 gallon batch, The percentage that's taken away from efficiency due to dead space in the equipment makes a bigger difference...

Ok, this is all starting to make sense now. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew