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I use Tango's method one with four roses yellow label. It's less expensive than JD (and a bit better imo). LHBS can also get fresh toasted oak chips that will still be sanitized from the toasting procedure. (I don't know the marketing behind this very well, but the chips at my LHBS are for wine...

I had a similar problem with a recent RIS. For mine, I kept my ambient temps at about 65, but my beer fermented so vigorously that temp in the bucket was well outside of a healthy range, crashing at about 1.028. I was able to get them started again though and they fermented from 1.094-1.018 in...

Sanitization is the most important thing. If you bleach rinse everything until you think the bleach is gone, then rinse it twice more. Don't get caught doing over-complicated recipes. Find a good recipe on this site or from a brewing mag and use it. Don't start with high gravity beer; when you...

I've only done all-grain brewing, so that is what I envisioned. My plan was to borrow and adjust some of the recipes for chestnut beer that have been posted on here, as even millet, sorghum and buckwheat are incompatible with the most sensitive person. If plastic is out, then I wont be using a...

Thanks for the help. I was hoping for some magic bullet for this. I can just get them to come supervise the cleaning of the parts and buy some separate tubing. Really, I just didn't want to have take apart and re-tape the rims tube.

I'll take your word for it. Does anyone want to buy a pristine Bayou Classics SQ-14? However, I am curious about what makes the KAB better so that I can make informed decisions in the future.

I have recently acquired both of these bayou classics models. Do any of the experienced users have any feedback about which is better regarding boil times (including ambient temps), LP usage, heat output, stability with keggles, longevity, maintenance, etc? I'm currently building a RIMS...

I am not personally an adherent of a gluten-free diet. However, I have several friends who have recently been diagnosed with celiac's disease. They know more about their dietary requirements than me, and one had been having so much trouble recently that she will not chance her intake with...

First, my experience is limited. Most of what I'm about to say is academic, not experiential, knowledge. I've only done this once and had a nice subtle flavor, but I added to an RIS, and the roasted malts and high IBU overwhelmed the flavor of the chocolate. I've heard of people getting just...

Daughter's boyfriend here. Floppy isn't exaggerating. My current sparging vessel is a 5 gal painter's bucket with a few thousand holes drilled in the bottom. We hang it from a ladder, pour the mash in and let the wort drip into another bucket before boiling. It's easy, but takes a long time, and...