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Doug, I could very well have my terminology wrong. In videos I have seen, they set the grains basket up top, let drain, and then add probably half the sparge water then stir it a bit. After that drains, they added the remaining sparge water, stirred again, and let drain down. I looked up the...

Thanks BrewDude for the great info.

Thanks TwistedGray!

Wow, that’s a saga. Glad to hear that your brew came out well! Can you stir the grains during sparge effectively with a whisk though? Or you don’t bother doing that? I might not.

About to get a Mash and Boil, and I want a stainless spoon for stirring both grain and the boil. What length of spoon should I get? 21” and 24” seem to my options. Jackson

Hello again, I'm about to acquire a Mash and Boil, and I'm pretty excited. I've never done an all-grain, only extract, and the M&B seems pretty user-friendly. After extensive reading (staying up till 3am several nights in a row), I've got some questions about achieving desired efficiency...

FlyGuy, great info! I have some questions related, and some unrelated, but I’d like to post them in a separate thread. If you get a chance, please see that because some of my questions come after reading your post in particular. Jackson

Thanks so much, I’ll get on it! I was given three 1/6 kegs, and might be acquiring another, for free which is why I’m now into kegging in the first place. Appreciate the info, Jackson

Hello all. I’ve been brewing for a number of years, but have always bottled simply because I have a paranoia about gas canisters.... yes, seriously. I decided to bite the Co2 tank (like Jaws) and get into kegging. I have no idea what I’m doing. I just put the beer into primary fermenter so I’ve...

Thanks ba-brewer. I did get new poppets, too. Thank you for the detailed tips on soaking the small pieces. I don’t think there’s any Co2 pressure left in the kegs though.

Thanks very much! I will remove the posts and lid, and soak them in oxiclean overnight, then sanitize as well. Like I said, I purchased new o-rings for each post and the lid too, as well as some kind of lubricant they advised to put on them. As for the dip tube, keep it in the keg while soaking...

A friend donated to me a couple 5-gallon pin lock kegs that he hasn’t used in years. I gathered it has been something like 8-10 years. There is a tad bit of beer left in one, and the other is almost half full. Besides questioning my friend’s sanity for leaving a keg of homebrew unfinished, what...

Thanks for all the advice. Sounds like leaving it in primary for a bit longer will clarify it enough for me. I'll just wait till I get back next week and oak it, then bottle after a couple weeks.

I'm putting in secondary to clarify, and add some oak

Hello group! I'm so glad this resource is here for newbies like me. I've had an ale in primary for 5 days and fermentation has slowed down. I'm leaving town until Monday and just wondering if I should rack to secondary now or wait and let it sit on the yeast for another 5 days. Traveling in July...

Thanks to all for the encouragement and advice. I used a blowoff tube with my last brew and good thing, it was an extremely active ferment. I tried to use it this time and discovered it wasn't airtight, so I put my airlock on it instead. The tube must have a leak or something. My primary is a...

Hello brethren of the brew! I'm on my third brew and totally enjoying the newfound love. I use vodka in my airlock, and tonight I saw that it had dropped below the "fill line" in my three-piece airlock. So I topped it off. However, I think I put in too much. The little piece inside is touching...

Hello faithful friends, Today I am going to measure gravity of my fermenting brew, so obviously I need to sanitize my hydrometer tube (or just the hydrometer if I submerse it in the bucket). But this weekend I will be racking to secondary... Question is this: if I make a 5 gallon batch of...

Hello all, I am adding oak chips to my secondary, first time for everything! I was told by my LHBS to let them soak in vodka or bourbon for a week (until they sink). Wondering, is this going to cause any strange ethyl-like flavors in the brew? I am looking for a little oakiness, 4 oz of...

As I said, placed some electrical tape around the grommet (on top of the lid of course), and I've got great fermentation happening from the looks of it. Thanks all!