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So far I think this little fridge is going to work fine. I plan on using it for Ales, but I'm sure it will be fine for lagers as well. It will be interesting to see how it does this summer , when my garage heats up to 100°+. I am going to have to make a drain pan of some sort with a drain...

So far the only temp control I have is the one that came with the mini-fridge. It has an aluminum thermocouple that is about three feet long. I moved the sensor to the middle of the fermenter, and turned the setting to "1" of 7. This is the lowest setting. It chilled down to the low 50's...

Time to move the fermenting "ale pales" out of the hallway closet. The temperature in there is not controllable and is steadily approaching 70° F+. After studying several under the workbench fermenting cabinets, I decided to design and build one on the shelf in my garage/brewery. I scored...

Well I brewed my first AG brew this weekend. I had several problems. My mash got stuck in the cooler. My efficiency was very low and as a result my OG was only 1.040 instead of the target of 1.065. I am going to try this manifold again this weekend. I am going to drill the holes up from 1/16"...

Well I brewed the All-Grain version of this recipe yesterday. It was my first all-grain brew ever. I do not know where to begin to figure out what I did wrong. This beer is not going to be good. I achieved 48% efficiency(for some reason I was expecting 75%+). My starting gravity was 1.040. The...

1.3 qt/ #s grain? thank you! Here we go.

What would be the preferred strike water quantity to grain ratio for this recipe? I have 11.5 lbs of grain. My cooler mash tun drains dry on the test run.

Thanks for the recipe, I really enjoyed it. We did a taste comparison between a Widmer Broken Halo and a fresh home-brewed clone. They were very close in flavor, and color. The home brew version was voted best every time. I am going to brew it again, today. This time is going to be an All...

Thank you for the comments. This forum is awesome. I plan on batch sparging. I guess my concern is with the drilled holes instead of cut slots. The tubes are drilled on the lower sides only. It should create a suction down to 1/2" of the grain bed. My grain is crushed by my LHBS (Home brew...

I guess I need to learn how to post images

Just finished building my cooler tun. The manifold is made from 1/2" copper. Instead of cutting slots, I drilled 1/16th" holes 1/4" apart on the bottom half of each tube. It is installed in a 50qt. Coleman cooler with a stainless ball valve. I have never brewed an...

The waiting is over, I am kegging the Broken Halo in the morning. I can't wait to try it.

It has been almost one week in the primary (Ale Pale). I am waiting patiently. I will give it 10 days, then transfer it to the secondary (Carboy). At least then I can look at it. For my next batch, I am going to use a carboy primary, so I can watch the action in the primary. When I made my...

The Broken Halo is in my primary. Thanks for the recipe. I could not find Horizon hops, so added .25 oz additional Magnum to the bittering. I used the extract and steeped grains. My SG was 1.062. I hope that is close enough. Also my IBU Calculations came up to 54. Is this splitting...