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It’s all mainly in water temperature and then on chiller design/size. Fall to spring in Michigan my 18”/20p will chill 5gal to my set temp of 65F in about 2.6 minutes. In summer it takes 5-7 min to get to 68F. It will cool to about 2F above whatever temp the inlet water is. Love that thing!

Return. Get a real SS one.

I would be afraid of a WIFI failure and the smart plug to stay on heating/cooling. Does the plug as some programmable timer that would work offline to shutdown?

I did an excellent Maris Otter & Willamate SMASH with US-05. Some day I may try a different hop/yeast.

5lbs of malt for one gal of beer? :-O I like the recipe but proportions are definitely odd.

Looking at my brew pictures I would say it is close to that. Maybe a little more. In my water volume calculations I use 0.9g but I know it is less. Again, after doing so many brews I have a set of numbers that I put in the water volume calculator based on my process losses. It is very...

I have found that even if the display temp swing 6°F my actual mash doesn't swing more than 2°F. This is what I do to achieve my average of 91% conversion and 77% brew house efficiencies. - I crush between 0.043 to 0.048 (latest). You can see pictures below. I mostly use 2-row, Munich, Maris...

So I couldn't resist and added 1/2 oz of Kahlua to a pint of my stout. It was not bad but it totally took out the good beer taste and complexity so I didn't like it. Maybe I added too much. If I were you, I would buy a good craft stout and add the Kahlua and see if you like it before committing...

I never use a bag. I know some do to use finer crush. But I'm happy with my efficiency using the tub. I have used up to 0.043 but didn't make a difference and was iffy. Once I did 0.038 and got bad stuck sparge. I do squeeze the grains at the end and use recirculation pump among other things to...

I get on average 91% conversion efficiency with 0.048 crush with my process.

I assume you mean sparging by adding water at the top of the bazooka tube and it draining from the bottom of it. Correct? For my normal brews it drains super quick. Because of that I do not dump the water. I slowly sprinkle it on top of grain. Sometimes if I use oats or wheat I could get kind of...

Cool. Maybe like Abuelita chocolate? I have a great friend who lives now in Puebla. On OP, I forgot that Kahlua is less creamy. I'll try adding a little on top of a very good stout I have on tap now to see how it feels.

Just curious, what is the Mexican part of that stout?

Suggest to read this thread that is just a little below. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/is-adding-baileys-to-my-stout-before-secondary-fermentation-a-good-idea.687011/

Could people be confusing skunking with oxidizing? Open beer will mix quickly with O2. I guess I drink mine too fast as I have never experienced that.

Agree with this. Just because it sounds like it will taste good doesn’t mean it will.

Did you crushed the grains? I assume it is done fermenting and bottled and you are tasting it? Or your comment is from measurement?

Another vote for these electric units. Usually the Mash & Boil gets a big discount on black Friday so you have great timing now. I got the basic one and added a cheap Amazon pump upgrade. Have done 63 brews. Normally get 90s mash efficiency. Easy to clean and simple to use. Especially indoors in...

Everything you can. Only have been doing this for two years (63 brews) and still learn a lot and keep reading the Beginners forum :)