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@Rivenin, That is what I hope this turns into. At least maybe a quarterly thing. We'll see what happens. Force carbing today. My beer is tasting not so much like an ESB... kinda strange. I have a couple others I'm bringing as well. SO, it looks like so far we have: Rivenin Lamminis Dustin...

OK folks.... I need a final tally of who is coming next weekend the 21st at 3pm at the Muddy Rudder in Sellwood. I hope to have a good showing as for this. we'll see... I will be bringing a my version of the ESB yeast beer. a pale, and a belgian golden strong. and maybe something else I find...

from what I can see it's about 5 of us so far. But, no one really has confirmed.

I'd go bigger than 48 qts but there is no right way to do this hobby. If you think it will be enough for what you want to do, go for it. I could do most of my beers (5 gal batches of course, doesn't work for 10 gal) in my 10 gal drink cooler. But, when I wanted to do barleywines I had to use 2...

I've done no sparge batches and you are looking at 55% efficiency. Just plan for that and you'll be fine. Just remember you'll need a large enough MLT hold full volume and all your grain. 15lb grain bill and 8 gal water is next to impossible to fit in a drink cooler.

If you want to go top of the line... Check out Cabellas and their bear proof coolers. They are awesome! Spendy for a MLT though. Any decent coolers works great. I've used Coleman extreme coolers to great success. Get something at least 60 quarts though, you need the space for big beers. The...

RIS's tend to be different animals than other high abv beers. At least in my experience.

call up BrewBrothers.biz and ask for a 15 or 20 gal pot with false bottom, Thermometer, and ball valve. 200-250 depending on all the options you get. They are AWESOME pots and best prices around. They also come with flat lids so you could set up a fly sparge unit on the lids pretty easily.

it's tough to know from a picture if that pizza rack is stainless, aluminium, or just chromed steel (might be hard even in person, especially if it's from china). If it's the first 2 you shouldn't see any rust. and they'd work just fine (Just boil the aluminum one in water for a bit. I'd BKF the...

big beers take a long time to bottle carb. I've had RIS's that have taken 5 months. The higher the ABV the longer it usually takes. and Big dark beers take forever it seems. It's nothing to do about taste. it's actually getting them to be carbed takes a while.

Chill it down... rack it off after some time... wah-la!

it's probably going to take far longer than 3 weeks to condition them... no matter your method of choice. i'd tripple that time before I popped even the first one.

chances are you'll clog your chiller. I'd forget the bags and get a false bottle then you'd have no worries at all. just toss stuff in the pot

sometimes there has to be a tasteoff... a number of local comps near me often have 300+ entries. Imagine having 30+ entries in a certain catagory. if the initial judging is done by 3 sets of 2 judges (10 beers being an awful lot imo) you could have 9 beers move on theoretically to such a taste...

I would go get a platic 6 gal bucket. they are cheap and then you dont have to worry. Your sanitation seems fine so you most likely wouldn't get an infection but for the price of a 10.00 bucket it's not worth it to me. But, it's your process, do what works for you. cheers

I've fermented many batches in that temp range you shouldn't worry. do your best to keep the temp higher, but yeast is wonderfully resilient. If you are hoping to get flavors from your yeast, you will get less of them at lower temps.

I'd use an oz or 2 of dehusked carafa III works like a charm and doesn't impart that roasty character like the roasted barley. Also since it's dehusked it doesn't have the astringency of say a black patent.

All are welcome. 3pm muddy rudder. :-) should be fun!

That is what I do... the time isn't an issue... it's actually filling 150+ bottles lol not looking forward to it :-) it works great and lessens grain to glass time. I think i get a bit better head retention with a natural bottle carb, but there isn't too much trade off. make sure bottles and...

i've got 4 fementers full and getting ready to fill my buddies stainless 10g conical. :-) and all my kegs are full as well.. not looking forward to all this bottling coming up :-(