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Hey all, first of all, thanks for all the feedback! I posted for exactly that, and I'm grateful to you all. Re: doug293cz and combat, I suspect that you guys are right, and when I ran this idea past the head brewer at MacLeod Ale in Van Nuys (shameless plug), he said the same thing. Re...

Hey all, I've just installed a proper false bottom into my mash tun, and as I already have a HLT and sparge arm, I've started fly sparging my mashes. Now, as I'll be shortly purchasing a nice little SS pump, I've begun to think about recirculation during the mash, and potentially during the...

That's a great point; the whole origin for my HERMS idea was that I wanted a way to essentially nullify heat loss due to inefficient insulation material, but I strongly suspect that you're right, that a FermWrap would do just as good of a job, and with no need for costly copper and pumps...

JosephN, I think that regardless of my mashing solution, I should put a FermWrap and controller of some sort near the top of my shopping list, for fermentation and wort souring alone. Though I do wonder - how much heat can these things produce? Could I maintain a mid-150s (F) mash, assuming I...

That is a solid idea, the issue of clogging definitely crossed my mind, and having a filter to prevent that might further strain the pump. In fact, if I had even part of the counterflow device below the liquid line, I wouldn't have to be as concerned about drawing off too much liquid from the...

Re: the RIMS/HERMS setup, I agree - one of the draws has always been that I can use whatever pumps/elements I buy in a 5 gal setup, even if I have to tear apart whatever I've built. Re: boiling water, in all fairness, a two-step mash that started fairly thick would be totally doable with...

Hey Everyone! So, I'm an all-grain brewer, and I've been brewing one gallon batches, 20+ by now, for about two years. While it may seem insane to stick to one gallon for so long, I'm at any point either living in a tiny apartment, or with my parents who have more or less placed a moratorium...