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I have been rolling the barrel once every week or so. Peeked inside a couple of days ago and there is still a good amount of bourbon inside, I would guess a pint +.

Thanks for the warning but it is metal. I saw the metal looking, plastic ones for sale. When I cut this one and also when I crimped the end, it is for sure metal.

Cool, thanks, I look forward to doing that on my next batch Saturday.

What do you mean by 'add rice hulls around the braid'? I plan to add them to a my grain bill but how do yours stay around the braid with stirring and such?

I agree with creating a good grain filter. I am going to try the 'slowly draining the vourlof' think and then fully open the valve and see how that works.

HI Recent convert from Brew In A Bag to a 70qt Coleman Xtreme with a stainless braid cooler. On my 3rd batch and have had trouble with my draining of mash. I seem to get a gallon or so and then the runnings basically stop. I have to jack with the braid with my paddle to get things going...

OK, had a good brewday but also, a lot of learning with the new setup. On the first 'no sparge' batch I mashed in with 12 gals, filling the cooler to the max once grain was added. Only got 8 gals of first runnings so I added 3 gallons of sparge and only got 1.5 gallons out of it. On the...

Thanks much, worked like a charm.

Just breweda big RIS and forgot to add lactose. Have cooled but not pitched yeast. Can I just reboil a quart or so, add the lactose, chill and pitch yeast? Any help is appreciated. Thanks Lakedawgs

That is freakin' brilliant! We planned on a small beer from the 'no sparge' batch, but this is the way we will go. I still plan to run the #s on the 'sparge' vrs 'no sparge' batches, (taking the added sugary strike water in to account), so I can determine the best method for the third batch...

I realized the 10% absorption error via another poster later in thread. Makes a big difference for sure. Reason for the odd size batch is that a buddy and I have bought a freshly dumped KY bourbon barrel. My share is 20 gallons. With the angels share and wanting to be on the heavy side I...

Are you saying a 'no sparge' batch will likely give the same #s as a small sparge?

Really looking forward to start mashing and sparging in a cooler but my first 3 brews will be monster stouts so I want to have my #s and thoughts in the right direction from the start.

I like that idea so far. I was thinking 10% absorption not .1 gal/pound of grain, thanks for the clarification, big difference.

So you lower the qts/per pound formula a bit for big beers, that is really interesting. Is that simply so you can have a bit more sparge water or something else?

I thought about doing a partigyle but this 8 gallon batch is the first of 3 I am doing for my share of a bourbon barrel addition. Unless I hear different I think I am going to strike with about 8 gallons (just under 1qt per gallon), and sparge with about 3.5 gallons.

I have been using the BIAB method for a couple of years with good success but am moving to a cooler for mashing and batch sparging to improve my efficiency. I have read a ton but cannot wrap my mind around the strike and sparge water volumes for a big beer. We are using a 70qt converted...

Picking up a 53 gallon bourbon barrel Friday. Been doing some good research but have some questions about conflicting things I have read. The barrel was dumped of bourbon about 2 weeks ago. We will fill it with fermented beer in about 6wks. Concerning not letting the barrel get to dry, I...

HI My brew club has a couple of barrels we have aged a few beers with good luck. 4 of us want to buy a fresh bourbon barrel and barrel age a few beers. Looking for some input on the proper brewing order for different styles. RIS Belgian Strong Porter Brown IIPA Pale Ale We are not...

We are planning a whole hog roast on a horizontal smoker for a brewclub party in a couple of months. Can someone tell me, roughly how long a 45-55# split whole hog be on the grill? I, personally, don't think our grill will be large enough. Also, any tips, recipes, thoughts would be...