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Now it is the fermenter, topped up to 23 liters and sprinkled a package of US04 yeast on it. The temperature (according to the stick-on thermometer on my bucket) was about 25C which is higher than I'd like but I couldn't wait anymore. I have to leave for this weekend and come back on sunday...

I am in no shape or form an expert but to me using liquid oxygen is like swatting a fly with a frying pan, way overkill. Yeast is a relatively simple organism, a damn microbe, not a human or animal. Its oxygen requirements should be very, very tiny. Shaking and stirring should be enough...

Well... that would have been too smart solution for me. :oops: But its now boiling and first hops have been added. After this I leave it to cool overnight in the kettle. I cannot use the wort cooler yet vecause I lack the necessary pipes and also because I should have gone to sleep over an hour...

Yeah the loosely attached bag was what caused issues. I tried to pour a little bit and stir but the bag kept slipping. So I had to speed things up a bit so I could free my other arm for holding the bag and stirring with another. I'll buy a bunch of clamps the next time I am out in town, this...

Yeah I completely forgot to test that. Since I am starting boiling from 25L I have severely less boiling water than needed, so this is a winged up partial boil. After this I will stick to strict 5 gallon recipes and measure an accurate boil off rate, no more guessing.

A little update, done mashing. I do not want to brag but after seeing those crazy pulley systems on Youtubes I was a bit worried for a second. For nothing really, honestly compared to stuff I lift at work that bag weighted nothing, easily up with one hand and strainer under it with other. Bah...

The set is here and I am now in process of mashing. I was actually quite worried if I made a poor purchase, considering the kettle is basically a fermenting bucket made from heat resistant plastic and with a small heater element drilled into it. But to my surprise, it heated the water up into...

No it does not. When the gasses are left on their own devices with no draft they will mix, you proved that with that video of yours, I am not questioning that. What I am questioning is if one gas has power behind making it move from one place to another then the other other gas will NOT go...

Assuming you are talking about plastic bottles, that is seeping through the plastic directly into the liquid, and thats something that takes many months or even years to happen. When fermenting, there is a draft going away from the fermenter so oxygen would have to "swim upstream" to get in...

If the beer was still fermenting and outputting CO2 then I am pretty sure the oxygen cannot get in, the pressure is slightly higher inside the fermentation bucket than outside of it so the gasses are being blown away from it through the blow off tube. If the fermentation has stopped and pressure...

A little bit of both most likely. If it were light DME the sweetness is not as pronounced but alcohol is going to be higher for sure because you added more fermentable stuff. Does not mean its going to be bad though. As a fan of high ABV beers this may turn out to be a happy accident fingers...

Good point.

I have thought about using a funnel but what about sanitation. I could spray the bezeesus out of it with Starsan but wont that make sugar stick into the wet surfaces and clump into the funnel?

With the 0.75 fliptop bottles that I have the hole is so small that there is no way to just ram them in. I use them for mead though so no need for sugars.

A little tip. If you are using plastic bottles use sugar cubes that people use to sweeten coffee or tea. I use recycled Latvian 1 liter PET beer bottles and for low carbonation I use two cubes and high carbonation I use 3 or maybe even 4 cubes (smaller pieces). Extrapolate from that depending on...

When the equipment arrives and I start brewing I'll post in this thread. I have been binge watching BIAB videos and learning everything I can in theory, but usually no theory survives the first contact with practice. Its going to be ugly and amazing at the same time. :D

Well, they have other bigger starter kits that also come with this set and they say it is for 5 gallons so... I ordered it. The basic one I linked, not the bigger one. And together with free English Pale Ale all-grain kit. So I am now officially getting into the all-grain game, finally! :ban...

I was thinking lately, which is usually a bad idea, that maybe I should go big or go home. I was seriously considering getting an All-In-One solution, either Brewster Beacon or Brew Monk depending on which is in stock. My wallet would hate me and it would be years before it would pay itself...

Thanks anyway, you have been very helpful. I now know much more than yesterday. Few blank spots remain but this little project of mine will happen eventually. :mug:

Jeebus! :eek: I knew allgrain would have high initial cost but possibly cheaper raw materials BUT I would die from alcohol poisoning long before it would have paid itself back. :p Yeah I know its about love of the beer and not about the money but I always think of price vs performance. Anyway...