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no idea the quality, but costo near me sells honey for $2/lb. That may or may not suit your needs.

Shoot. I thought this thread was going to be about how to receive a gift of money from the government to buy a RIMS system. Guess i'll have to fund my own now.

Curious, does that come out to 100% efficiency? Seems quite close.

ditto this. it sounds like you already bought equipment, but BIAB is really easy and REALLY cheap. stick with it. good times lie ahead. FYI, I think doing extract can make fine beer, so that's not the point of my comment. To me it just feels a little more fun to start with grain.

Great, thanks a lot sean. Please post the results of your 8-9 gallon IPA when you're done with it. BTW, that just gave me an exciting idea. My setup is capable of full volume boils (6 gallons) on the stove. If I do ice-chill, i could possibly brew 10 gallon batches using this method. :ban:

Good questions BFB. What i did on my last batch was to boil 2 gallons of water, then put them straight into a sealed, sanitized fermenter and freeze the whole block solid. Keep it closed until brew day, and then siphon the just-boiled wort straight into that fermenter with the big block of...

could you check shipping to 06095? i only need one for a single false bottom, right?

any more detail on the Ph meter? i'll take dibs. i can arrange shipping to CT

i have the same report as skies (except no dented handle.) Very good guy and i'd do business again. I was surprised by the no nipple b/c i'd never seen that before (and i didn't ask.) So there's nothing that can be added now for a diptube? I'll try to think of something, but maybe i'll...

i tried a hop tea once and got a real grassy flavor. so be careful, might want to test before going for it on a full batch.

An update on the procedure here. I just brewed today and chilled 4 gallons of wort with 2 gals of ice and hit 90 deg in a couple mins, exactly as specified above. I might try the 2.5/3.5 next time. Any disadvantages to the less than full boil other than lower hop util?

I have somewhat the same experience with Guinness as OP. I don't think it's a bad beer now, it's just that i used to drink it ALL the time, and now i probably have 1-2 a year when i look at the beer menu and there is nothing else palatable. It'll do in a pinch, but not a go-to beer.

doing a dopplebock starting in 4 hours!

OK, thanks for the help on that...like i said, first time, so i didn't even know the process. I'll check out Mr. Malty for the proper rates and see if he's got any more info on the basic technique. No need to mix then.

I am brewing a doppelbock this weekend, and i am planning to ferment it on the yeast cake of my Vienna Lager brewed with w34/70. But just for good measure, i was planning to pitch another packet of saflager s-23 (i don't have any more 34/70.) Is there any problem with having 2 lager yeast...

i'd be willing to buy the chiller off the auction winner if he doesn't want it (and is an HBT'er)

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could you post your OG and FG? I'm curious how sweet it turned out. thinking of doing something similar.

you have a pm

BIAB is very easy, no doubt. Golddiggie, hope you are putting that group buy grain to use! I think you can go with a finer crush for sure, but 80% is pretty efficient anyway. I think my crush is in the .027 neighborhood, have to check again tonight to be sure.