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www.brewersfriend.com Go to the beer recipe calculator and input your grains for predicted og. I brew biab and get better efficiency than I'm supposed to. I think it has something to do with grinding my own malt with a corona type mill.

I'd just brew it normally and not sweat the OG. Pretty sure you will be fine, maybe even higher than predicted without a dme addition.

What are you making and what is the grain bill?

Exactly what I was thinking.

Here's one more view you might recognize. As you know it's not a frog, it's a lion with a helmet.

My biab is modified. I use disposable grain steeping bags. They are about $.25 each purchased in bulk and a typical 5.5 gallon finished batch uses 3 bags. I don't like going over 3# per bag. During a step mash I simply use my giant spoon to stir and keep the bags off the bottom when the...

Very nice. Did you visit Reichsburg while in Cochem? Even though it's not original it's one of my favorite castle tours, the medieval dinner is a lot of fun. Sorry for being part of the derailment of your thread.

My experience is that no matter how much I want to speak the language most of the time I'm answered in very good English unless I'm somewhere off the beaten path. I'm not fluent but have many words and phrases down pat and understand enough to travel and rely on it if needed. I brush up prior...

Don't forget the Mosel! A trip from Trier to Koblez is a good way to spend a day or two. A local delicious specialty is Schwenkbraten.

One more to the "do you agitate the chiller every few minutes"? It makes a huge difference. Something that also helped me was having two chillers linked in series. The first chiller goes into a bucked of water with some ice in it and the second goes in the wort.

Hi Teddy, welcome to the forum. I wish you luck and will make one suggestion that you didn't ask for, sorry in advance. Try Joe's Ancient Orange Mead. It uses common ingredients and will be drinkable. Joe's Ancient Orange Mead Sugar wash will make alcohol, I'm pretty sure it will also make...

No diet cokes. Or please keep up. The urban dictionary has a very dark meaning.

I'll report back when they arrive. MB put the order out to June 4 delivery. I'm usually 2 days at the most with free shipping. They must be slammed.

It sure doesn't but they are advertising them as a fit so I'll have faith in it for now.

Aluminum tank. I ended up using an A111 viton oring. It should hold until I swap tanks again. Morebeer has the taprite parts, 2 for $1.99. I have 10 in my cart but don't want to pay $7.99 shipping and don't need anything they have in stock to bump it up to $59 for free shipping. Now on to...

So I had a replacement oring that is properly sized but it just isn't right, the groove in the regulator is square and deep. It will still work for now, just passed the soapy water test. In the meantime I'll shut the valve down between pourings. Next step is to order a few of the taprite...

Some investigation reveals a small drilled hole in the o ring groove so I'm either going to have to get the taprite specific washer/oring or find a replacement.

I can remember @bracconiere posting something similar awhile ago. Today I found the co2 cylinder empty, it should of been mostly full. Kegs aren't leaking. The "permanent" oring is smashed flat and the b nut was just a little over finger tight. My theory is that a very small gas leak slowly...

You have to measure to know for sure and take the regulator and hoses into account. In my case a slightly larger than standard fridge fits 3 cornies, the 10lb cylinder, and I have a place to coil picnic taps, hoses, and have enough room for the gas line bend radius'. A 20lb would of been my...

Still on picnic taps here. Next purchase will be a chest freezer and another temp controller to get out of the spare spare fridge in the garage (other spare is for fermenting) and into the brew equipment room. Then I will start to think about taps. Bought my 10lb aluminum cylinder from a...