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I've been playing with Roggenbier lately for an interesting change. They are similar to a German Weizen/wheat beer but use malted rye instead of wheat. It's been an interesting experiment over a couple of batches and I definitely have some more playing to do. You might give that a shot for...

So I have been wanting to brew a baltic porter with a bit of a twist and basing some of the flavors on a favorite Russian Black Bread recipe which uses Rye, fennel, cocoa powder, coffee powder, and dark molasses. I also really like Komes Baltic Porter which is heavy on the anise/licorice flavor...

In case anyone cares, the truly flat pot got boiling quicker and a much harder boil this morning. With the lid off it was able to maintain a harder boil than the old pot with the lid 3/4 on. Still not amazing with the weak burner, but definitely stronger and at a level I'm ok with based on...

Picked up a flat bottom 12 qt today. Next brew day is next weekend since tomorrow is my wife's bday, so I'll know by then. I might get impatient and just boil a couple gallons of water this weekend just to see what happens. I did some digging and most other glass tops I looked at did have a...

Yep. extract with steeped grains for the kit and for any future recipes unless I get a more vigorous boil going. If you feel the couple mm of raise in the pot does make that huge of a difference, I'm all for swapping it. As I mentioned, I was going to try that anyway since I can pick one up...

Yeah, for $12 a burner like that is worth a try as well. I just found specs for my stove and supposedly I've got it on a 2K watt element, but it is possible that between the glass and the couple millimeters the pot is raised, more heat is lost than I would expect. Your suggestion to modify...

Yep, I'm getting very famliar with that book. I should buy a physical copy just to support him. I end up reading a section or two of it every time I google some question or concern I have and probably have had 5 tabs open to different pages of the online version of the book at all times for...

Probably not cheaper, at least not for a decent stove (and my wife is a hardcore baker and cook, so I wouldn't go cheap), but ones that would at least do that trick for me can be had for cheap enough that it is something I am keeping in mind. As to the efficiency, right now we have the...

Thanks! I'm a software developer/engineer and we've got a saying "Build one to throw away". You can read all of the documentation and manuals and examples you want. There are always things which sound difficult but are simple to deal with once you do it, others which sound simple and turn out...

Excellent. I'll probably go ahead and just leave the current batch in the primary and go pick up another 2 gallon fermentor for batch #2. Waiting won't be an issue - the kit instructions said to wait 4-6 days in the primary and then another 2 weeks in the secondary. No difference there...

Which is still faster than my current junk stove can get 1.5 gallons to boil and 1.5 gallons is all I intend to be doing for now. Bigger batches need to wait for a different house. I'm currently using the cheapest glass top range Home Depot sold in 2006. I'd seriously consider just replacing...

Ha, I just re-read the recipe for the 100th time today. The hop weights are grams, not ounces. Now they seem considerably more sane. They came pre-packaged at the right amount for each addition, so I didn't have to pay attention to get it right... just open a packet and drop them in. When...

So, knowing that I'm super hands on (moreso than average) I decided to take the somewhat risky approach of actually completing a brew day and then asking questions after I see what went wrong, what I want clarified, etc. I apologize for each question basically being a short novel to read. I...