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I use a 150w attached to an old computer fan to disperse the heat immediately. Works nicely in my full size side by side fridge (fermenter). All mounted to a scrap plywood board so not as easily tipped over when I move it around. I'm guessing there's 25-30 cubic feet it needs to heat when...

Thanks! Bad choice of words on my part, just meant this was from my last cook about a week ago.

Any opinions for a good yeast for a 7% Chocolate Stout? I prefer to use White Labs. Thanks!

Last cook on the Ooni oven. 65% dough hydration. Stone temp 825° Just over a minute. Love that little oven.

Just mash/sparge water & mixing with StarSan.

OK, hoping that would be your answer based on my research of using honey in a recipe. So if looking for more "sweetness" in the recipe (and not higher gravity), just up the honey malt percentage and forget the pure honey.

I see you add 2 lbs of honey at the end of the boil. What does that do for the finished product? Thanks!

I’d put the Rakau in at flameout and use the others for either a single or double dry hop after fermentation is done and a soft crash is complete (drop as much out of suspension as possible). I used to whirlpool but don’t bother anymore with my Hazys, I think you get much more out of the hops...

Good to hear. Placed my order! Looking forward to taking over that part of the brewing.

Does is say anywhere on the mill which model Crankenstein it is?

@GoeHaarden and others in this thread who have the 3GT......do you still like it? Any issues or regrets? Pretty sure I'm going to order one but just checking in. Thanks!

Just poured at one over the weekend. It was held at a local brewery. The general public purchased a tasting glass for $15. They could "sample" all they wanted for 2 hours. With the glass purchase, they received a sheet with all the beers to sample from. Each person got up to 3 votes (there...

I think I'm convinced. Will probably get a mill before my next brew. More research, not I gotta figure out which one!

I am circulating the water through the HLT to maintain temp, although once it runs out, it may be cooling in the mash tun? Not a bad idea to check therms for accuracy.

Thanks. Adjusting Brewfather is a good plan.

Never considered they screwed up the grain amount. Definitely can't rule that out. Guess that's where weighing & milling my own grain comes in! Thanks for the other thoughts.

Interesting. I guess I always thought fly sparging had to involve some device that created something like a rain shower above the grain. My Autosparge maintains 1-2 inches of water over the top of the grain (at least until the sparge water runs out...by the end, the grain bed is completely...

@doug293cz Quite informative and educational! Thanks for that! Guess I have some work to do! It appears you've ruled out relatively low pH, which is good to know, but will need to be more careful with my lactic acid additions in the future. My Sparge process / lauter efficiency is where it...

OK, been keeping track of that the last 5 batches. Just checked notes, all within .25 gallon of each other.

The -16pt batch was almost the same exact recipe as the other 7 before it. Just rotation of different hops and slight changes in grains. All 5 gallon batches.