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Sure you can but I would not have used your DME and sugar solution to steep it in. I would of used just water and steep for a longer time unless you did a iodine test to see if you have total conversion. Then do a miny sparge and sloe drain off to get maximum yield off the grain. My concern with...

Relax and back away from the fermenters! A true Scottish ale needs time. I have a 90/- and a 80/- fermenting away right now. The 90/- (not really a true Scottish ale but who cares!) is 4 WEEKS in a primary and will go another 4 WEEKS in a secandary before I bottle/keg it! Ditto for the 80/-...

I am thinking of trying something simular and found your thread Yuri! I want to build a 15+ conical with bottom dump too! So have you got a batch in it yet? :D

Next time it happens, instead of bottling, try this: I had a porter stuck at 1.030 after 4 weeks, so instead of bottling I transfered the beer to a secondary. Then I took the yeast cake and washed it to seperate the yeast from the trub and grew a nice large starter to repitch. After...

Make a starter and find out. As long as there are some viable yeast in there, you can grow more!

Hook it up to the gas, and let sit for a week! (See above)

No, my wort is usually much darker and thicker! Other then that, it looks fine to me.

I just found Tom's Homebrew Shop and picked up a couple of kegs to get started in kegging. He is by far the cheapest source for clean, used kegs that I have found. Tom's Brew Shop I always hit up Stomp them grapes/ Hop to it off of pecos to get my specialty grains and hops if I need...

I am always trying to max out my 8.5gal pot that was supposed to be a 9 gal pot. Had I known I would of bought bigger and I will once the money becomes available. Fermcap is my friend!

I condition my higher gravity beers (porters, scotch ales....) for a full 2 months in carboys before bottling. That is why I have 6 fermentors, 2-8gal, 2-6.5 gal and 2-5 gal so I have flexability. My current porter is 6 weeks in the bottle so 3.5 months since brewing, and I have not even drunk...

And how long since you brewed it? Either way, still way to green for my taste. I am more patient then most. I rarely drink any beer under 3 to 4 months from when I brew. I mainly brew higher alcohol beers, so I go 1 to 2 months in fermentaters with another month or two in the bottle. I still...

I just got a beer calendar! It works as I needed a calendar to put on my fermentation chamber to keep track of my brews with a quick glance!

Yep, the corona type mills work but eventually you will want a roller mill. In matter of fact, I would sell my old mill for $20 including shipping as I have no need for it anymore. Why? See above!:tank::tank:

I got sucked in but survived!:p

I got the Ranco one on ebay for $45 and I had a old refrigearater extension cord to use. Works great as I need to cool in the summer and heat in the winter. No need for a belt, I just use a 40w light bulb and right now I have 14gallons fermenting away at 65f. The temps are in the single digits...

I started brewing in 1992. In almost 20 years of brewing I have only had 1 enfected batch! I descovered it from a medicine taste after bottling. I still had hope and aged the beer for 1.5 years before giving up and pouring out all the bottles. Moral, it can happen but not to likely. One batch...

If you are going to leave it alone for weeks with out any way to check on it, I would replace the airlock with a blowoff tube into 1/2 gallon of water. That way you would not risk the water in the airlock evaporating and leaving you with out the airlock protection. I use a gallon jug as my...

I just upgraded my 20 yr old immersion chiller made out of 25' of 3/8" tubing because it was way too slow for the larger batches I do nowadays. I just bought 75' of 3/8" tubing and made a new chiller. Now I can chill 10 gals of boiling wort down to 70f in 10 to 15minutes, depending on if it is...

Thanks for the chance! One never knows so I am in,

Yes there is always the risk, but I have done it before. But I had the beer to be, in my carboy, with an airlock on it. What happened with me was I brewed and my yeast starter was not ready. So I chilled fast and just waited for my yeast for a couple of days. My beer turned out fine, your result...