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You have all got me thinking about the Cube E now.......

Due to the great reviews it has on this forum. But I am open to having my mind changed.

Thanks for the advice. I have decided to go with the BrewHardware 240v 15G BIAB option with Topsflow Pump, Blichmann Brew Controller (when back in stock) and a 'Short and Stocky' immersion chiller.

I am relatively new to homebrewing (9 months and have made about 30 5 Gallon extract brews). I am looking to get into BIAB. I have been looking around and trying to compare electric brewing systems. I think I need more than a 10 gallon kettle as I would like to brew big beers occasionally. I...

I am new relatively new to brewing. I used to sanitize my bottles with Starsan. But after reading John Palmers book, I now put them in the oven at 340F for an hour. I allow them to heat up in the oven from cold to 340F, then cool slowly in the oven after. Any opinions on this method? Seems to work.

Thanks for all your replies. What I have recently done is to put ice and water in the sink to initially chill the wort. Then I use 3 x gallon bottles of water that I have put in the freezer for a couple of hours and use that as my top off in the carboy. With this method I got the wort down to...

We are in the same situation my friend. I started about 8 months ago and have been using kits and a mix of Carboys and Catalysts. At least a Catalyst makes secondary fermenting easier and safer if you need to do it. I too am looking at conical fermenters with a closed system. I have been using...

I am new to brewing and have been using kits to find my 'sea legs' and they pretty much all recommend a secondary. Good to know from the experts that you do not need to use one except for longer term aging. I was always concerned about this extra step causing contamination.

Good idea about using both sides. Thanks.

Funnily enough my wife was doing some Googling and found the same thing yesterday. I had started my own by that time, so now I'm 'acquiring' ideas from those and incorporating them into my own :)

I have been cooling my 5 gallon kettle (with 3 gallons of wort) by putting ice in a sink with water. I live in AZ and in the summer cold water is not easy to come by. My local brew shop suggested it is okay to put fresh ice (made from filtered water) directly into the wort to cool it. Any...

Thanks for those spreadsheets they are great. It gives me something to aspire to :)

Thanks for the response. Those are just checklists rather than a 'diary' of what happened during the whole brewing process. I will keep looking/start creating my own. Thanks again.

New to the forum. Good to meet you all. I have been brewing for about 6 months and am still working with Brewers Best and Craft-a-Brew kits to 'learn the trade'. My first 6-8 batches were perfect and could not wish for a better quality at this early stage and from kits. However recently I have...