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I use a blow off tube regardless. Probably overkill sometimes, but I just want to be safe.

It was a traditional ESB. A 3 gallon batch. - 6.6 lb. of Maris Otter - .15 lbs of C-20L - .15 lbs of C-60L - .15 lbs of Special Roast - .5 oz of East Kent Goldings at (60) (20) (5) Lallemand Kveik Ale Yeast.

Not to state the obvious, but I freaking love homebrewing!!!!

Yeah, hadn't really thought about doing that before. That'd be cool to try!!!

Oh, for sure. I've moved to 3 gallon batches already. That seems to be a nice amount for me. I was more thinking of for a holiday beer where one gallon may get me by. If I don't like it, I haven't brewed so much that I don't want to drink it.

Yeah, that might be something I could do. Hadn't even thought of that really. Thanks.

Ok. Yeah, I've been using the BIAB Calculator and I'll have to remember to plug that in for sure. Thanks. I don't use a false bottom, so hopefully no issues there. I do like the idea of fermenting in a smaller vessel however. One, to prove your point and two, I'd like to keep my larger...

Hey everyone, I'm wanting to maybe try to brew some kind of specialty beer for the Holidays. However, I don't want to brew a huge batch. Are there problems or situations that I need to look for if I brew say.... a single gallon batch on a 5 gallon system? Maybe, during the boil...

Thanks. Yes, that's the calculator that I used. My target was indeed 3 gallons. My target water in my kettle before mash was 5.06 gallons. I did count for boil off. I did a test run the night before with plain water to figure my boil off rate. It was about 1.1 to 1.2 gallons, but in...

Ok, so here are two pictures of my fermenter with my brew in them to gauge the trub. This picture was taken Saturday morning after brewing Friday night and before I pitched the yeast: This picture was taken this morning, Wednesday, after roughly 96 hours into fermentation. There is...

I have an 8 gallon kettle. I was doing 5 gallon extract batches, but that was producing too much beer (I'm for the most part the only one drinking it) so I thought 3 gallon all-grain batches might suit me better. I may even move to 2 or 2.5 gallon batches. I'm having a ball brewing and want...

Looks to me like you have it all set up nicely and figured out!!! It seems like I had read that before... that I "want" a fine crush. That's why to my untrained eye that I thought it looked about right. I'll definitely add a photo once it's finished. Cheers.

Much obliged. Good luck to you as well.

Really appreciate you sharing. I'm all ears at this point. Trying to learn as much as I possibly can. Appreciate the vote of confidence. Can't wait to try the brew that's for sure.

Thanks for the compliment. I appreciate that. Looking forward to reading your post. Yeah, I've seen some pretty elaborate pully systems. Some look like they may require an engineering degree to hook up!!! Just kidding. I've thought about rigging something up, but I just gave the strainer...

I would really like to have a pot with a false bottom and a valve. Maybe one of these days. I know I could convert mine, but I'm just not that confident in my fabrication skills to do that just yet. ;-) The grain may very well have been too fine. It was almost like bug dust in some...

Really appreciate the compliment. Yeah, it didn't take me too long to figure out why my temp was all wacky. I learned my lesson on that one for sure. I thought about a paint strainer or just using a fine mesh strainer and putting it over my funnel for transfer, but if adding all the trub...

Thanks a bunch. I had a ball and enjoyed snapping the pics for documentation too. Yeah, everything I've ever seen or read talks about leaving as much sediment and trub behind as possible, but if it's really no big deal..... I'll not worry too much about it right now.

Yes, I did extract before. That makes total sense now then. I guess I wasn't thinking about all of that trub being taken care of at the factory. That makes me feel much better. As of right now, I'm not going to be harvesting my yeast. Maybe in the future once I get a better handle on things...

That sounds like a plan to me!!! I'll just dump it all in then. Like I said, I've always had some, but never this much. I guess it just shocked me when I saw how much it was. I'm cool with it as long as it ferments correctly and I can siphon off the top (which I've never had any trouble with...