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Background: 3 vessel plus HEX eHerms. Vessels are Keggles. MLT is max 13 gal volume Want to streamline processes and time of brewing Willing to sacrifice a little extra grain if it means faster brewday I'm interested in trying no sparge brewing on my next beer and only boiling (light gentle...

Thanks for the props, all. Not what I was expecting or intended. Back to the business at hand... @RM-MN, indeed BIAB is a great method. If I had to do things over again... but I'm well past the point of no return on my rig. In theory, I designed my rig so that I can start mashing another...

ESB is a solid option. I’m just torn wanting to try some of the cryo hops - which were just coming out around the last time I brewed - versus keeping it simple as I try to wrap my head around all the complexities of a brew day on my over engineered rig. I didn’t post a pick, posters to this...

You might be right. I also realized that I have about 3 gallons worth of 1 quart mason jars filled with yeast starter in my fridge from a split batch I did almost a little before the last batch I brewed. I'm guessing it's exceeded its shelf life. A simple malt bill would do the trick to...

I thought about making a holiday beer for gifting, but think I need to get my skills back in check before forcing my beers onto others. My wife has become quite fond of a new local Perry, and there's plenty of fresh apple and pear juice to be had in my vicinity. Just doesn't really qualify...

Thanks! I do love me some of the "Kaiser Kolsch", but I reserve that for the Summer.

Hello Again HBT Members. It's been over a 1-1/2 years since I've last brewed, and this after building what I thought would be the ultimate rig to carry forth my hobby. Life has a funny, and sometimes sad way, of getting in the way. Anyway, I cleared the calendar for this weekend alerting the...

@Dolmetscher007 , I too am a classic over-thinker and pondered this same question years ago. As already stated above, the detrimental effect of "shocking the grain" to enzymatic activity is minimal. Our hobby is one of constant exploration and adjustment. There are so many ways to skin a cat...

Understandable to dump rather than throw good money and effort after bad given the expense of NS hops. Another option would have been to boil for 30 minutes to sanitize and then transfer to sanitized mason jars for use as future yeast starter wort. Typical starter wort OG is 1.040 so generally...

I started a thread on this couple of years ago wondering the same thing. I posted my results and tips, along with others. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=472210 OK for doing a bit more than a hydro sample or a quick check of flavors. Certainly not for an entire batch. No...

I think the key, as with anything in life, is knowing your limits and finding ways to work smarter as others have said. I'm 46 and keep in good shape, but I still am tired at the end of the day. I had microdiscectomy 10 years ago and find staying in shape is the only way I can avoid pain...

I am afraid we are all being had. True Beer (TM) is nothing more than another one of InBev-ABs attempt to legitimize themselves as the True creators of Craft beer. The evidence I present clearly shows Anheuser-Busch has been utilizing the Mallard method all along. The acquisition of Goose...

The beauty of our hobby is that there are so many different brewing options to cater to every brewer's individual preference, concerns, goals, budgets, and time. This means we also all have very strong opinions about our preferences and approach. Both RIMs and HERMs can work fantastically...

I'm by no means an expert or chemist, so others with more "real" knowledge please chime in, but my basic understanding of what's happening is that certain yeasts strains and under conditions (ie very active and warm fermentation) yeasts produce more phenols for the chlorine/Chlormine compounds...

@Omahawk, it's likely too late now, as primary fermentation has completed since your original post, but for anyone in the future who stumbles upon this thread having also failed to "use the stupid checklist" ;) my advice is to really control your fermentation as much as possible. The Band Aid...

Depends if you plan to solder/TIG weld or use a bulkhead. For solder/welding you want a clean hole sized very closely (.005) to the OD of the fitting being welded. For this the hole punch works best as it is consistent size, clean edge, and does not work harden the surface. If bulkhead then a...

...Neither does my wife! Takes 20 min to chill 5.5 Gal. Still too long in my book. I re-use a whole freezer full of the glycol freezer packs I've been collecting along with the brick of freezer ice that always accumulates in the ice maker. I also save 10 Gal of the RO waste water and chill...

Not much to show on TIG porn. Towards the end of the build it all went quickly from fab to paint. Here's the only pics I have of welds. No back purge or walking-the-cup welds. My TIG welder is great so only have a little sugar to polish after.

I don't know about "gorgeous", to me it still feels like Frankenstein's bride. I found a picture I took of the manifolds before welding. It 's easier to see how they are laid out. The manifolds with threaded nipple pipe are the HLT/MLT/HEX/HERMs (Pump 1) supply and return manifolds (top left...

Sorry for the long delay of my reply. Been a busy Summer and haven't brewed in 5+ months. I don't have any diagrams and have been thinking if I can redo these to an easier layout, but in general I am pleased with the compact and sanitary design of the manifolds. I marked up pictures of...