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I'm not sure about baskets, but I have a bayou classic kettle and have built everything. I'm using a voile curtain bag I sewed. It doesn't burn on the element (5.5kw ULWD ripple). I think the density is so low there's not a problem. When I used the bag inside the BC steamer basket, there wasn't...

Really enjoying this one a lot, and good feedback from folks at the homebrew club.

It's not quite fully carbed, but it's sure tasty already! I kegged early last week. I'm calling it a success.

I went eBIAB, built my own based mostly on Kal's design. I have a 15g pot so I can do double batches of average sized beers with a pourover sparge of a few gallons. Mine is currently in the garage on a stand with a hoist for the bag built in. I like it a lot.

I have gotten slightly better numbers from doing a pourover sparge. I also recommend having a gallon of distilled water on hand to top up after the boil if you need to (until you get your numbers figured out). You may not want to do this is your efficiency is already low, however. You can also...

Krausen almost all gone this (Wednesday) morning, so in went the dryhops at the tail end of fermentation.

It ended up dropping to about 140 over half an hour or so of recirc without chiller water running. Pitched half a packet (roughly) of yeast Saturday evening. Tuesday morning it's down to 1.026. I will say the active starter of 3522 I pitched in the other beer had a much more vigorous...

Once I've plugged everything in, Beersmith is giving me a pretty big IBU addition from 2 oz in the WP. I haven't played around with this in the past, what should I expect from that. It's calcing out to 96 total IBU; 38 from the 60 min addition, 28 from the 10 minute, and 28 from the whirlpool...

Reading up on hop choices, I'm finding Comet tends to be pungent and Azacca a little subtle. I may keep my hops at 2 oz additions with 1 oz Azacca, .5 oz Comet, .5 oz Citra.

I would sprinkle a smidge of dry wine yeast in the top of each bottle before capping. I used to do this anyway just to speed conditioning. From what I've read, these yeasts like having lots of nutrients and sugar and can be slower with low-gravity worts. Is it possible that a similar situation...

I'm seeing two quotes of my posts without any comment. Is there some sort of glitch going on?

That's the Voss kveik, right?

+1 to using RO water from a dispenser and adding in CaCl and Gypsum according to the water primer. I use Bru'nwater now, but I made good beer for a while using the primer.

I'm not worried about priming since I'm kegging these days anyway. I think I'll stick to the underpitch, just like I read about on the aforementioned blog and one of the larger threads here. It's just so darn different that it makes me nervous! I'm still looking at around 8 oz late hops with 2...

Thanks for all the replies Looks like we've got one for and one against the underpitch suggestion. Jayjay1976, did you still get a good esther production? I've got two empty taps, so speed is something of a consideration, but I can wait a bit for better flavor if needed. I'll be keeping...

I am in the mood for something hoppy, and I need it quick, and I've been interested in what I've read about these newly available yeasts. Hornindal should be here Wednesday, and I'm brewing Saturday. Plan is something like: 1.058 OG 150F mash 68% pils 20% wheat malt 5% carapils (may drop) 5%...

Did you get any notes of acetone. I think I've had that before. I think I scavenged a batch or two, but some were too far gone.

I just made a Baltic Porter on a Munich Dunkel cake, but I was thinking about doppelbock. Good luck!

Amber malt is nice in a brown ale, for future reference.

I used 10 oz in a recent bitter and it's not overwhelming. I don't have a ton of experience to say more.