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I've been brewing beer for about three years now and decided to take a stab at cider. I don't have access to fresh pressed cider...Florida's not a big apple state...so I shopped around for the best prices for apple juice. I finally made my decision, but also saw a good deal, in my opinion, for...

I'm going to be adding a whirlpool setup to my 15.5 gal boil keggle. For those of you that have whirlpools set up in your BKs, where do you position the outflow? I'm trying to figure out the best position for the most effective whirlpool. Is starting the whirlpool at the bottom of the keggle...

Oh my! Where to start... I figured that after around 30 batches of extract things would go fairly smoothly. First thing I realized was that the LHBS gave caramel/crystal malt 20L rather than the 120L it called for. But I figured no big deal, I'd run with it. Makes the chinook IPA darker is...

Thanks, all for your replies. Tomorrow is the big day for my first all grain. Looking forward to it. Cheers!

Thanks for your concern, kombat, along with your insight. I made very certain the rims of the keggles were nice and rounded when I was finishing them up.

I've finally put together my single-tier, three keggle system. I have two pumps and a counter flow chiller. I'm hoping to brew my first all grain this weekend. As the title asks, how do those of you who have similar setups clean your systems after brewing? I was thinking along the lines of hot...

I'm about to do my first all grain brew using an American IPA recipe I came up with. I am plugging it all into iBrewmaster 2 and am at the point where I add the mash/EQ profile. I plan on fly sparging. My problem is that none of the profiles in iBrewmaster 2 say "fly sparge". From what I've...

Thanks for your replies. I will definitely make a few changes. I used as much crystal as I did because of what I was reading about the malt makeup of IPAs. Maybe it said the 2 row should be AT LEAST 90% of the makeup and I made it exactly 90%. As far as secondary fermentation, I've brewed about...

This is my first attempt at putting together a recipe and I welcome your feedback. I'm shooting for an American IPA. My goals were 6.5-7.0 ABV and ~70 IBUs. This is with a 7 gal boil and 5.25 gal batch. Ingredients are: GRAINS 11 lbs Pale Malt (2 row) US 1.2 lbs Crystal Malt 20L HOPS 1 oz...

Thanks, sfish! Every bit helps in my understanding.

Thanks, all. Yes, I do have the basic understanding of bitter early, flavor late, and aroma really late. I also use iBrewmaster II to keep track, so I can tweak my recipes as needed. But, as my all grain brew stand will be complete within the month, I wanted to start creating my own recipes...

For those of you who have created your own recipes, how do you determine when to add your hops? I know that bittering hops go in for the entire boil, for the most part (the longer they are in, the more bitterness they impart). But for aroma and flavor hops, how do you come up with 'put this one...

Does anyone know where I would be able to find a chart that compares malts by brand name? I haven't been in the game long enough to know which grains are comparable to which. Thanks.

I've been putting together a single tier propane keggle setup. I plan to do fly sparging. Those of you who use keggles, if you fly sparge, what are you using? Pictures would be appreciated. Thanks.

Have any of you with plate chillers immersed them in ice water? If so, was it helpful in bringing the wort temp down quicker?

I have a IIPA in primary at the moment. The recipe called for one week in primary and then transfer to secondary. The conundrum I have is that at one week it was still bubbling away and had a good thick krausen. I decided to wait another week to let the krausen fall. A week later and, while it...

BJ's. It's like Sam's.

I am looking to make a peanut butter based beer and am wondering if any of you have used PB Fit (from BJ's) rather than PB2?

Granted, I haven't yet looked at the link you provided, but my second keg was a Guinness and I just used a a chisel, as someone else suggested, to unscrew the fitting. Came out like a champ. I believe I had to play with the spear to line the keys up properly to lift it out, but had it out in...

Thanks for the replies. I've decided to make the 13.2 gal the HLT, as I can always add more water to it as needed. That way I have 15.5 gallons to play with in both the MT and the boil kettle; room for lots of grains and room for a full boil. I'll use the the keggle that I already installed the...