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80L will be fine. Plus...you don't have much of a choice!

I think that is your problem. I'll assume you are boiling in a pot without a drain valve, and no wort chiller. When you are done boiling set your pot in a sink full of ice water to cool down. Use a sanitized spoon and give it a good spin to draw all the trub (spent hops) to the bottom. Keep...

I assume since this is your 2nd batch that it was extract right? Did you whirlpool the wort after the boil, and pour the clarified worth through a strainer to remove hops before it went into the primary?

Why didn't you use a long spoon to get it out?

That sounds like a lot of wasted beer. Are you sure your volume measurements are right? Did you really start with 5 gallons? Did you let it sit for a few days after fermentation to let the yeast sediment settle and compact? Are you racking from the primary to the bottling bucket, or trying...

That's a pretty good description of the difference I can see. I don't have temp control, just whatever temperatures my basement provides, and it is cooler now so maybe that's it. Thanks!

I haven't brewed many beers with S05, but it always seems to behave the same for me with normal strength beers - slow fermentation with a small krausen. I have a normal strength brown ale fermenting now, and it blew the airlock off and krausen is running down the side of the fermenter. Is this...

Thanks. I just kegged after 8 days and the beer was very cloudy. I think I'll wait 2 weeks next time I use it. Too bad its not like S-04...you can keg a perfectly clear beer in nearly 4 days.

How long does US-05 typically take to completely ferment a normal strength ale (1.050)???

Hops need to be boiled to extract bitterness. Boiling for five minutes does extract some bitterness, but not as much as 60 minutes. At flameout the bitterness is negligible, unless you really load up. I think some brewers do late hops only, but you need a lot. 2 oz at flameout is not the...

I was pouring homebrew with my club on Saturday at a local beer fest, and I got blasted. Sunday was not a good day, and I felt Monday would be a good grace period. It is a Sanyo mini fridge that I converted. I never touched the thermometer in 2 years. I guess it could be bad? I did have...

I just went to pour a beer and got nothing out of the tap. Fearing an empty CO2 tank I opened my fridge and found my two kegs frozen solid. I have had my kegerator for over two years set at the same temperature, and have never gotten below 40 degrees, but somehow since I poured last two days...

I know one step is not a sanitizer, but it is all I use for my fermenter, plate chiller, hoses, and kegs. I have never had a contamination problem. I pour about a half gallon of boiling water in the kegs to loosen all the gunk, then add a gallon of one step, seal, shake, wait 10 minutes, and...

I'm thinking of picking up a sack of Bairds Pale Ale Malt from the Country Malt Group. Does anyone know how this compares to say Muntons Pale Ale Malt? I usually use Muntons, and I think it is Pearl barley. Country Malt has T&F Pearl Pale Ale Malt, but I read on HBT that it tends to have a...

I made mine with brass and I haven't had any problems that I know of. I never had the doc say my blood test came back positive for lead.

I'm going to upload photos of my setup

I made a drink cooler mash tun about 5 years ago and have not had a single leak. I found that a rubber bung from a 5L mini-keg fit perfectly in the hole in the cooler left from removing the plastic spout. A 1/4" brass pipe nipple fits perfectly through the bung - and it is threaded at each...

I say forget the braid over copper and just go with the braid. Get a long SS braid hose, rip out the hose, and make a loop that goes around the bottom of the cooler. Attach each end of the braid to the ends of the copper tee where the copper goes through the cooler wall. Secure the braid to...

Holy crap dude, that was easier than doing a few slices with a hack saw?