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First brew day tomorrow using my 15 gallon Chapman. Will mash in on a cold WI morning with temps below freezing. It will be interesting to see how the mash temps will hold over 60 minutes. will let you know.

Anybody use a Chapman mash tun?

Today I am considering a SS BrewTech mash tun. I need to determine which one, the 10 or the 20 gallon. I will look at my brewing history and determine in general the volumes coming out of my HLT. I like the idea of mashing with all the water rather than additions. I am finding my brew day gets...

First of all I want to thank you for the time you took to communicate. Your response is very thought provoking. I do believe the time has come to move away from mashing in a cooler. A direct heat application sounds like the right approach. I am going to add some background. If anything this...

Long time user of a 100qt Coleman Extreme for batch sparging. It was ok when I brewed 15 gallon batches. I recently moved to 11 gallon batches and would like a new cooler. The Coleman now seems too large for grain bills of around 30 lbs. I now mash with 9 gallons and sparge with about 12...

Greetings I need to scale my recipes from a 15.5 conical to a 14 gallon conical. Anybody now what I should set my BeerSmith software for gallons into fermenter?

Thanks, Have you tried placing an ad on FB Messenger? Put it out to at least Menomonie, WI. There is a strong HB club there.

Highly likely I will place an order, but just checking in first. Anybody have experience with Kegco? Or, this chiller? There is not a lot of info out there, but it looks like a good product at a decent price. Thoughts?

I would like to know how much Cane Sugar in how much water to provide the correct medium to carbonate a 12 oz bottle. I want to carbonate 24 bottles of an ale.

I have a conical with 15.5 gallons of beer. It has a racking arm that I can attach a bottling wand. I usually use two carb tabs to a 12oz bottle to carb a few bottles for gifts, parties etc. Must transfer beer to some kegs but would like to bottle a couple of cases or, 24 bottles and...

I have been building my brewery in stages from a five gallon extract brewery using my kitchen stove. I have been upgrading all of my equipment and now want to take the brewery to the next step. I am currently brewing 15.5 gallon batches in my plastic conical set in a converted frig. I built...

Thanks for the responses. My budget is open. I am an experienced brewer that looks for a yield of 15 gallons. Having built much of my equipment over the years, and proud of that, I am now upgrading in a systematic way. I planned a strategy to get me to my brewery capacity within a dedicated...

Hi Currently using a DIY plastic conocal with ss sight glass and fittings. I yield a 15 1/2 gallon batch using a converted refrigerator as a fermentation chamber. Would like to upgrade to ss. Any recommendations? Still want the same volume. Thanks

My EZ Water Spreadsheet indicates I need grams of Gypsum for my 15.50 gallon IPA. I will also be adding 1 gram of Epsom Salt and 1ml of Lactic acid. I do not have the Gypsum on hand as the original poster did not. He was advised the Gypsum can be added when the beer is kegged. I will do...

I use a blow off tube simply because it is easy. At times my brew day produces 16 gallons of wort, therefore I may have more volume in a 15 gallon vessel. So, I apply the tube just in case.

I do not understand why people are trying to make this conical more complicated than need be. I have used mine long enough now to appreciate how simple it is. I have no insulation around my cover. I do use a blow off tube but open the cover almost daily to look at how the fermentaion is...

I take it you have a temp controlled system. Check out the temperature at which your beer cools to when pitching.

Anybody make their own coasters? I have six house beers that I have designed labels for. I would like to use each label to make about 25 coasters for each style of beer I have. Any ideas on the material I would use and the process to make the coasters?

I did purchase the MM 3 and have used it for about 70 lbs of malt crushing. Love it. Fast with an exceptional crush at .039.

After seven years it is time to leave my Barley Crusher go. Tired of dealing with it. Am looking to upgrade to a Monster Malt 3. There are very good reviews but many are dated. So I m asking the community to give me some quick feedback. Before I commit a couple of hundred bucks I...