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pffft. SWMBO turned 29 for the 5th time back in August. Yeah it's all fun and games now, but I figure here in a few years she'll finally roll over to 39 the second time over night and have a meltdown or something.

Yes the 15-25% is hops only. Basically, bigger boil = get more bitter stuff from the hops so your beer will be overly bitter (or at least more bitter than the recipe calls for) if you do a full boil. RDWHAHB...it's easy, you'll make great beer :mug:

I leave mine in the whole time due to clearance issues in my chamber.

I've been kicking an idea around for electric heat which would work well for a compact brewery: a heatstick on steroids. Get a chunk of steel (such as a large bolt) and drill a hole through it. Run a copper tube through the hole. Build an induction heater around it (A big, high freq coil)...

indeed. Probably never worth starting a fight, either :drunk: (my mother is a redhead...WATCH OUT when she gets on the warpath).

It's been in the fermenter just shy of a fortnight? You're good for another month. Get those temps down if you can :mug:

Wohoo! Back in the air. 1.0 yesterday and 1.1 this morning. Getting an hour of flying in at sunrise and beating most of the office into work is almost refreshing. Almost. Ground reference maneuvers are coming along and my landings are getting back to where they should be. Close, so...

My little brother bought a clubman last year (he got the S at my insentience :D). They are indeed awesome little cars. I'd love it if they came out with that AWD model they've been tossing about...all rallied out with a bump eating suspension would be perfect for my drives to and from the...

Same boat here (maybe not quite 150 miles, but still). I look at it this way: for $7, Ed at Brewmaster's Warehouse weighs my grain, crushes it in his mill, packages it up nice, and ships it to my door. I balance the slight premium over wholesale with not having to hide large buckets of...

That sucks. Here's to a speedy recovery and speedy job search :mug: I was sitting on Central Expressway in Dallas on Friday afternoon at a dead stop (typical). I checked my review mirror and saw a red Ranger coming up on the Saturn behind me (also stopped) fast. I grabbed the steering...

I don't know that BiaB is mature enough it fit it in a little box just yet. Besides, why not have the best of both worlds? A bag is a better lautering medium than either a manifold or a stainless braid (more surface area, no stuck sparges), cost about the same, is easy to implement, and...

I don't know enough of the science to know what will happen with the grains sitting off to the side, but I'd like to step in with a couple of observations: 1) Three gallon batches will work fine in a 30 qt pot BiaB style. Check the can I mash it calculator to see what will fit. It will...

Welcome! This hobby ain't cheap, but it ain't about cheap either. That's not to say you have to spend a whole pile of money though. :mug:

Right on. A man should never have to remove his spurs. sigh. Some people.

I'm not really sure what to look for in a sample this old. What does unstable beer taste like, anyway? Very interested in the results.

I don't even use a blow off tube for no chilling in my ale pail...just a thermometer in the hole :D

If that's been working for you, then I see no reason to change it. Cooled wort is cooled wort 20 minutes or 20 hours after the flame goes out, no? :mug:

Have another pot you could "no chill" your top off water in overnight?

No, it doesn't. I BiaB in a cooler, though.

It can work. I've done two BiaB sessions also (third coming up week after next). I don't do a single vessel system anymore, but mash with the bag in a big cooler ($25 for a 60 qt cube). I like the double vessel system for a couple of reasons: 1) I burned a bag my first time which...