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The 7.0 GE from home depot fits 4 on the floor. A bunch of people, including myself, bought them over the holidays for $160 delivered. In the process of converting mine this week.

So how much of a difference will there be between a 20 minute addition and 20 minute whirlpool (assuming the whirlpool temp is pretty near boiling)?

I went through the same thing you are when I got my set up. I found that trying to piece everything together was a pain and really time consuming...and it turned out that it was cheaper to order everything through keg connection. They are really helpful and can build custom orders for almost...

I did this exact method last night on my stove. Mashed, sparged and ended up with ~4.25 gallons of 1.045 wort pre-boil. I ended up using 1lb of DME to boost the gravity since I didn't think I could mash more than 9lbs of grain with that amount of water (turns out I probably can). During the...

Just wanted to let you know that I used this calculator last night. Since the Ohio winter is upon us, I decided to experiment with doing concentrated all grain boils on my stove top using ~4 gallon boil. I did a batch of Janet's Brown. Mashed 4 gallons, dunk sparged in 1.5 gallons. Ended up...

The left hand milk stout is awesome and not that hard to make. Especially at a small scale. Even my non beer drinking friends love it.

Kegged this today after aging in a secondary for 2 months and crash cooling for a week. It's really, really good. Mine has more ginger than the great lakes version and it's definitely darker in color (closer to Breckenridge Christmas Ale). Can't wait to sip this on Saturday and compare with...

Yeah and they're charging and EXTRA $13 shipping and handling on top of their 50% packaging markup. 2 pounds of hops came out to $54.80 shipped to Ohio which might amount to the worst deal on earth for hops. No thanks.

Any idea why FreshHops.com thinks 8oz is .72lbs? Are they really this bad at math or are the 1oz packages really more like 1.5oz? If not $43 for 2 pounds of hops plus shipping is a terrible deal.

Since you're only mashing 7 pounds of grain you may try using a pasta strainer or colander on top of the kettle to set the bag in while it drains. This should keep the dripping wort in the kettle and off your floor.

The first BIAB I did was a mash with about 6 gallons of water + 2 gallons for the sparge. Efficiency was about 65%. I've since started doing 8 gallon mashes with no sparge and a 10 minute mash out and my efficiency is 80%+ on the last 4 batches. You might also try a longer mash, like 75 minutes...

Thanks Revvy. Do you think it's fine to leave them under pressure until they finish? Any chance this will kill off the remaining yeast? I've got to crack open the Christmas ale to add some ginger and cinnamon in a few weeks but I'll seal it back up and age it til December. The milk stout I'd...

Thanks for the help guys. I think I'm going to go ahead and keg them. I'm worried that if I leave them in the carboys they'll get oxidized with all the sloshing around or they'll spill all over the back seat of my car. I'm not sure which is worse. I've got extra kegs so I think I'll build a...

To make a long story short: Poor brew planning and an earlier than anticipated move date has left me with 3 batches of beer in primary that I need to move across town. The first batch is a milk stout brewed 3 weeks ago that is taking forever to finish. OG 1.068 Anticipated FG 1.020...

I have a DWG of this pump. Send me your email in a PM and I'll send it your way. I don't have enough posts to put it on here. :mug:

This has happened to my milk stout as well, no krausen. I did get some really good activity in the blowoff for the first day or so but it came grinding to a near halt way before the intended FG. Its been slowly dropping over the last 2 weeks. At this point I'm hoping it doesn't stall out (its...

Test batches that you won't drink for at least a year? You have more patience than me!

I brewed this about 2 weeks ago and it has been the slowest fermentation I've ever had. Hit 1.068OG it's only down to 1.040. I took a reading last friday and another one today to verify that it's still dropping, but man it's taking it's time. I pitched the wort over an existing cake of US05...

If you're concerned about cell count, just suck up a little trub with the transfer. You'll get some more yeasties that way. Personally, if you're transferring this early I would think you have more than enough cells. I've bottled beer of that gravity that had sat in primary for over a month...

Personally, I wouldn't do it. LHMS is already quite sweet, I would think the vanilla would make it even sweeter tasting. I find vanilla is better in a more coffee oriented dry stout. Maybe split the batch and test it.