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@trimixdiver1 I sent you a PM earlier today Could use a couple sacks each, MO and either Pils or pale ale/ 2-row

Yes, relative to the recipe you posted the corn sugar is an integral part of the boil/recipe and intended to be fermented. You will need to add more for carbonation at bottling time.

To answer your questions: Yes, that recipe is for a five gallon batch The corn sugar is for the end of the boil, you will need to determine how much more you will need to add at bottling time to achieve your desired amount of carbonation. To scale this recipe down to a one gallon batch...

Yep, similar experience here, I use the Avangard Pils as the base malt in probably 65% of my beers with a 60 minute boil and have never detected any DMS off-flavors...

Have you checked out the recipes for this at Bertus Brewery? He has two versions there, yours looks very close to v1.0. I plan on doing the v2.0 sometime this spring...

I use a SS ladle, SS canning funnel, either pint or half-pint mason jars and the white plastic lids that are available for mason jars. All get sanitized in a bucket of starsan. Transfer yeast to the jars using the ladle and funnel: ~75 - 100 ml if I am planning to direct pitch that...

Not completely pure, but about as close as you're going to get out of a fermenter... Technically the recommendation is to harvest once you are half-way to terminal gravity. You also need to leave some yeast in there to finish the job, so don't get too greedy :D I generally don't measure...

Yep, very easy to do and saves money to boot. I just ordered some WY1272, an american ale strain that's a top cropper as well. I hope it's as prolific as WY1318 :D

+1 Get some Bar Keeper's Friend scrub the kettle, basket and anything else you think would need it, setup and do your wet run test with 5 -6 gallons of water, then add ~80g of PBW, heat to about 150F and recirculate the entire system for 20 minutes or so. Drain and rinse, refill with about 7...

If you don't mind using PET bottles I really like the method shown in this video. I use it all the time now, works very well, very little foam and no need to readjust your regulator pressure :ban: Bought my carbonater caps HERE. I got a couple and have them set up with different lengths of...

1318 is known as a true top-cropping yeast where the bulk of the yeast cake lives on top of the wort. What you are experiencing is completely normal for this yeast. I've brewed 6 or 7 batches with it since September and really like it. I have a Speidel fermenter with a wide opening and harvest...

Anything metal on the element assembly, both the element and housing are at ground potential. The pot would be grounded mainly by the TC clamp as well as any liquid in contact with both the pot and the element.

I just read that the March pumps actually have two ports. On the Chugger it is simply a small hole on the end opposite of the pump head and it has a small internal channel that directs the oil down to the very end of the motor shaft. There is a small bump or protrusion in the middle of the...

Interesting, do you guys have the poly or SS pump heads? I had a SS center inlet Chugger prior to getting my BB system so I've never used the poly head pump that came with it. Aside from the recommended yearly 4-5 drops of 20W in the oiler port on the motor I've never had to do any additional...

They certainly look like they are made from the same hi-temp silicone rubber as the TC gasket Darin supplies for the heating element... I use an ArborFab basket for mashing, but use the original false bottom with feet to keep my IC off of the heating element. It's in for the entire boil and...

Most of my batches are in the fermenter for two weeks. At kegging time I started checking the need to purge/presence of O2 by taking the lid off then using stick lighter. Everytime I check, as soon as the flame gets into the opening of the fermenter the flame goes out, so I'm guessing there is...

Easy, some people are simply not in a hurry, like I mentioned before I could do sub four hour brew days with no problem, but I have no need or desire to. I brew almost every Saturday starting in the late afternoon, it's actually relaxation time for me, beers, music, cigars it's an enjoyable...

For most normal gravity beers I get 78% - 82% mash efficiency and ~ 70% brewhouse, with a BIAB setup. I actually get slightly better mash efficiency (85%) on bigger brews (1.070+). For those brews I increase my boil time which increases my total water volume, this allows me to reserve a gal or...

If your priority is to have the shortest brew day possible then I suppose it is defeating the purpose. Lucky for me that's not why I BIAB :D I could certainly get it down to sub four hours if I wanted to, I just don't have the need to...

Usually around 6 hrs, most normal beers are 60 min mash/75 min boil...