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Worry wort sounds liek such a brewing term. All my brews look like that. just clumps of proteins and yeast looks like to me. They'll settle out within a couple weeks. Here's the first youtube I found when I searched for "high krausen"

Nice! No pic of the new SS braid? :(

But there's still no FG listed. Not even estimated/predicted/desired FG.

Welcome! I started earlier this year too. I used to live in Lincoln and I miss it. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Beer!

When I got my first computer, I worked at Ponderosa Steakhouse which all the employees called "Pondo" for short. My name is Chris so I've used pondochris for a screen name on and off since then(2006).

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Final Gravity is usually reached after 4 days in primary so it's not a good indicator of readiness. Usually I let them go a month in primary. I then give it a taste. sometimes I bottle if it tastes good. If I get any hint of the yeast or doesn't taste good I rack it to secondary and...

those grains look so good I just want to soak them in water and take the resulting juice and boil it up with some hops. That's what I'd do to those grains.

Brew what you like! I teach guitar and beginners who learn to play a song they love always stick with it. Same thing here.

How long did it ferment before you racked? Was the cider clear? Depending on the yeast and apple juice I've used I've had some pretty terrible tasting/smelling cider. No matter how bad it tasted I've just let it age and it all ended up tasting fantastic. A little searching will lead you to...

Yours! Lower boil off rates could be attained via taller/narrower kettle I think. Ambient temp shouldn't have much effect but relative humidity can. As long as you are collecting the right amount of wort to get you to 5.5 gal. post boil I'd say you're on the right track.

I use a Bazooka Screen I got for $15 at LHBS. I've done a few oatmeal stouts using 2lb oats and never any rice hulls, never a stuck mash or sparge. I batch sparge.

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Did the steel rust at all?

Galvanized duct metal is coated in zinc. Zinc melts at about 900 ̊F and vaporizes at about 1650 ̊F It is non-toxic so the fumes won't hurt but I imagine once the zinc burns off the steel underneath would rust pretty quickly. Steel melts at approximately 2,750 ̊F but I doubt the...

Looks Pretty Cool! (pun intended) How high do you fill the tun with water during fermentation? I would wager a guess that excess headspace would decrease cooling efficiency. Just as excess headspace during mash usually causes faster heat loss. Do you leave the false bottom in during...