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Wow!! I'm in.

1057. My second this year.

My grandfather used to work for your grandfather. Of course the rates have gone up.

5.5 gals blonde ale = 3542.5

First try at an Oatmeal Stout. Pretty tasty.

In 1978 my friends and I would regularly pay $6.00 for 6 BMC. We lived in a dry county and never knew what we would get. Just handed over the money and got whatever the local bootlegger had. Can't imagine paying over 20.00 for 6 hot buds today.

Just finished a 5 gal Oatmeal stout. The BIAB bag I got on on your holiday deal was fantastic! Fit my kettle like a glove. Thanks again.

761 + 5.5 = 766.5 oatmeal stout

If you do a sparge you would want to add it to your boil and work your way down. I have seen where some use water to top off like extract but I don't have any experience doing it that way. Not saying it is wrong just never used that method.

From John Palmers How To a Brew. "Sparging is the rinsing of the grain bed to extract as much of the sugars from the grain as possible without extracting mouth-puckering tannins from the grain husks. Typically, 1.5 times as much water is used for sparging as for mashing (e.g., 8 lbs. malt at 2...

I think one of your biggest challenges will be mashing full volume in your 30 qt pot. You might could use the maxi-BIAB process to compensate but that would require another pot. Being able to mash using your full volume really simplifies things tremendously. Other than that you will need a bag...

Welcome. From Concord NC myself. Good luck on your first batch. Don't stress on things like I did starting out. It's only beer.

Can't go wrong with Brew Pal. I love that I can build recipes on my ipad and they show up on my phone. No extra charge synced to iCloud. When I go to the LHBS I can use the recipe as my shopping list.

RO water works great as well. I get mine from the local walmart machine for 38 cents a gal.

No. You bring in you own jugs and fill. I have a couple 5 gal and several 1 gal. Only pay for what I need.

+1 on the walmart water machine. I'm on well water and don't like the beers I've made using it. RO gives me a pretty stable starting point. It is also very cheap at only 38 cents a gal.

+1 for cold crashing. Beer is much clearer after the first couple pulls.

Been using one on my freezer for almost a year. No issues here. I would not hesitate to purchase again.

Unfortunately the panel is not deep enough to mount the heat sink vertically. I will keep in in mind if I decide to move to something larger. Thanks.

Oh. Don't forget the thermal grease between the SSR and the heat sink. I've read a lot of posts where people have fired their SSR in only a couple minutes.