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I have no idea what the cold break is or what it looks like or what to expect or even what causes it yet. I have been catching Snippets of it in conversations but nobody really has explained it or the chemistry behind it. I got Palmer's 4th edition book headed this way and from what I hear that...

Amazon brings me Palmer's book the fourth edition on Tuesday and I will read it and then hit you guys up with more questions before I do my first Brew have a great week

So for me it looks like on this first batch everything from the Brew Kettle is going into the fermentation bucket

I asked the guy at the lhbs if I needed a hop bag when I bought the kit and he said no because I'm using pellets

I sure am glad I'm asking the right questions.

Yeah I noticed that thanks. I'm just trying to ask all the right questions before I pull the trigger and start this batch.

So you're suggesting I scratched the whole straining idea? What is that going to do to my yeast cake in the end if I want to save my yeast?

At least this way if I strain it I picture in my mind that I am eliminating a lot of the hop material from the pellets

My kit has three hop additions. One with 60 Minutes of boil remaining and 1 with 0 minutes of boil remaining and then a dry hop addition. When it comes to my second hop Edition which is at flameout I want to whirlpool the 30 minutes and then cool. So after my 30 minutes is up that's when I plan...

I am working with very basic beginner equipment for my first batch. I am going to use a fermenter bucket as my primary and I'm not going to go to secondary fermenter. What would happen if I took my boiling Wort at the end of the boil and poured it through a sterilized sanitized stainless steel...

unwanted molecules in your sterile environment

They told me it is highly more regulated then your regular oxygen and the highest quality you can get without having a medical license thing to get it in other words it is I guess one step lower than medical oxygen but higher than the oxygen you use for your torches

I was able to because we are close to the big military Air Base here in Spokane if that makes a difference. I got a down at oxarc

Am I supposed to skim off the hot break at the beginning of my boil or let it fall back in

Okay you guys when it comes to the hot break at the beginning of the boil am I supposed to skim that off or let it fall back into the boil

I just love all you guys it's amazing how much stuff you know

Aviation oxygen is different and handled different than regular oxygen is why I don't use a filter. I would recommend a filter on those little Home Depot canisters or the O2 canisters for oxygen and acetylene torches

I did the same thing when I started making Mead I bought the book titled the compleat meadmaker and they gave some pretty basic information but where I really started to shine in making Mead is when I got on these forums and found some real professionals with some updated protocols it gave me a...

Well I just ordered Palmer's how to brew book 4th edition figured it couldn't hurt to put off Brewing my first batch for a few days till I read the book. I decided to do that when I noticed that it is possible to overcook or undercook your beer and I need to understand what that's all about as...

Well when you think about it those big conical Brewing primaries I see online with the trub trap on the bottom if I understand it correctly that is a 1 vessel fermenter and they don't use a secondary. I don't have one of those but I will use the bucket and not use a secondary. Then you guys are...