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Full size boil is better for a number of reasons, but mostly for better hop utilization.

That's great... I always think it's awesome when folks go into business for themselves... good luck..!

Go for it man... Masters in what? I'll be your friend... :D

it works, thanks for your help...

I've uploaded a few pictures to my gallery here at HBT, but I cant seem to figure out how to post them within a thread... I've clicked the "insert image" and copied and pasted the URL but it doesn't seem to work. Am I trying to do something that can't be done? Do I need to find a place...

Now you're very close to the "style" if that is what you are looking for. I would add all the hops at the begging like you said in the last post, that will give you the style bitterness, ...Irish Red has low to no present hop aroma anyway. Don't forget to come back and post in a month...

If you don't need your bottles for something else just box it all up, tuck it away somewhere, and forget about it. I've done that with a few of mine that were less than ideal, some darn right bad, that after forgetting about were quite good 4-6 months later. Fermenting in the upper ranges can...

Stylistically, I'd have to say... no. According to the BJCP style guidelines... Ingredients: May contain some adjuncts (corn, rice, or sugar), although excessive adjunct use will harm the character of the beer. Generally has a bit of roasted barley to provide reddish color and dry roasted...

Awesome... Welcome to the forum!

I have two of the 525s and they are great, I wouldn't ever buy any of the cheaper faucets now, especially after using the Perlicks for a while. I could be wrong but I think they both are pretty much the same internally, they both have the forward seal... way better, more sanitary than the...

not me... why? :mug:

I don't know what I did with mine... Have you got a problem with it?

I've both fermented and served kegs in my chest freezer (keezer) controlled by a Ranco, though not at the same time. The Rancos are pretty easy to use, especially if you order the wired one, if you don't you can wire it yourself with a heavy extension cord from the hardware store. The later...

Ive used both... but I really like my 10 gallon Rubbermaid round cooler with a false bottom. Pros: works well with a perforated false bottom, which eliminates channeling (your sparge water taking the least path of resistance and not rinsing all the grain during runoff). Cons: sometimes the...

I use a 10 Gallon Igloo cooler for my MLT. Because it is insulated I'm not loosing that much heat from the mash itself, so the HERMS isn't working that hard. I've never measured the output of the MLT but I have checked the temp deep in the grain-bed and found that it is usually 1 or 2 degrees...

+ 1 for letting it sit longer... Besides Revvy, isnt a Jedi for nothing. You are far enough along though to slowly let the batch warm up a few degrees over the next few days (from mid sixties you say?). Just dont let it cool off too much after the bulk of the fermantation is done. If that...

Like Sawdustguy said, if you are going to use it to regulate the mash it should work fine. Your setup is very similar to mine, only difference is that I have 25' of 1/4 copper submerged in water. The key to the whole thing is to put the temp probe in the return near the MLT, that way you never...

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Po boy HERMS

If you've read Palmer's book your on the right track, most kit directions are geared toward the newbies that haven't read a book like Palmer's and would probably be overwhelmed with the details. Hang Glider is right on with the difference between mashing and steeping. However, your Lager (I'm...