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Building IC for keggle. Mainly will do 5 gallon batches. 50' 1/2" copper coil. Considering putting in a whirlpool like on the Mr Malty site. I don't have a pump, is a whirlpool necessary? Is it just as effective to boil a spoon in the pot and occasionally hand stir the wort around the...

Congrats. Will be fun.

Copper tubing sales has immersion chiller kits in 25 & 50 ft lengths for 3/8 or 1/2 tubing. All fittings and coil for 50 ft 1/2 inch chiller is 65 bucks. Put that on the Santa wish list. Will build over the holiday...been awhile since I sweated joints, but it is easy and should be fun to do it.

1980. Hot humid summer night. Warm Schlitz. The only time I could not drink the beer. Ever.

Just had very good experience with Brew hardware. Answered my questions in a timely manner via E-mail and shipped quickly.

I am getting ready to cut the top off my keg to be used as a boil pot. I like the look of the keggles with the tops completely open (no rim to set lid on). From reading the forum it sounds like opening it all the way up also simplifies cleaning. Experienced folks, am I making a mistake if...

Pollard, man, I feel bad after posting my first batch. I am not sure what it is but I don't have any more experience at it than you. It may be fine as is, I am sure a real brewer will chime in shortly one way or the other. What type of yeast did you use? Also, don't get discouraged, it will...

I followed the directions to the T. Put it in the fermentor on 8/11. Mixed with corn sugar and bottled tonight. It is very good as is. I think with the carbonation and a few more weeks it will be lights out fantastic. Stoked. Thanks to all that post here...great to learn from you all...

Yooper with your option 4, when I add hops later should I push them down into the wort all the way? Stir them in?

I have a three gallon batch in a five gallon primary which I think was fine as it fermented and had a nice kreausen (sp?) on it and I am sure was filled with carbon dioxide. After 4 days the fermentation appears done and I want to rack to a secondary and dry hop. Problem, I do not have 3...

I probably recirculated close to a gallon. I then immediately drained again, I think I was supposed to let the grains settle for 10 minutes or so before draining. I also interpreted beersmith wrong. I added like a half gallon and recirculated and drained right away. Then did the same thing...

When I checked the tun about half way I was at 146. I did the calc on beersmith and drained some wort and heated it and dumped it back in that got it back to 150 but wanted 152. Should I have stirred that hot water in? I did not want to upset grain bed so I did not. I have 10 gallon tun and...

Do you just siphon thru the chiller?Plate chillers are hard to clean? For 5 gallon batches what size? I can make immersion chiller for about 30 35 bucks it looks like. Small plate runs?

I just completed my first AG today so I have no clue. Only thought is that the sugar did not mix well as you suspect or you went too light on the capper. My personal issue is that I fell short on SG. I am rethinking my mash. Look forward to seeing better replies. Congrats on your first AG...

Longer brew day but just as enjoyable (or more so). Learned to reread the stickies before beginning as I undershot strike temp due to heating the mashtun--got that one fixed for next time will overheat strike water and dump in mashtun then mash in when temp drops to hit what I need. Ice...

Thanks for the replies...it would be a three gallon AG batch, something I could boil on my stove.

Looking to brew my first all grain. I don't have the kettle volume so I am using beersmith to scale recipe. It is telling me to use .6 packs of yeast. Is there a detriment to using the whole pack that will affect the beer? I don't want to store the remaining yeast if I only use .6 of the...

I just finished my mash-tun. Followed the original directions. Got my washers at Fastenal. These would not fit over the middle (flat non grooved center part) of the nipple but held firm at the shoulder. This did not cause a problem. I used two washers on the inside and three on the outside...

Thanks for the tip on the labels and the site.

First one gallon mini mash IPA I left the sanitizer in the hose while starting the siphon and let it go into my bottling bucket. It kind of messed with the taste. Second one gallon mini mash was a hefeweisen. It was very good but one gallon is not enough for the effort or demand so I...