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I’ve seen photos of it done before. Depending on how big of. Abatch you’re using you could be fine. 25 lbs of grain soaps up around 30 lbs of water. Add another 12 gallons of water and you have 121 lbs. 79 pounds is an additional 10 gallons of water. Depending on what kettles you’re using you...

Not if you put foil over the top of the flask. Bacteria will only get in if it is left uncovered. See the experiment above for the reasoning. Bacteria can’t come from underneath to get in.

Aim for 2.5 volumes instead of 2.2.

Contractor garbage bag in the garage trash can. The trash bags are cheap if you buy them at Costco but you can find decent deals on “$—/bag” and realize it’s costing you $1 or less to dispose of everything and save a lot of time cleaning up for cheap. Throw all the paper towels, grain, hops...

I have my own mill set to 0.037” and I’m hitting 75% mash efficiency calculated by beersmith and 70% brewhouse efficiency so I’d LOVE to get 90+% mash efficiency and 75-80% brewhouse.

Better microscopes are going to get you better resolution for counting cells. Buy what you can afford.

I wouldn’t consider 0.1 ounces/gallon significant for priming sugar. Sweet thread revival though.

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If you make it up towards the Reno/Truckee area let me know. I believe we talked previously. I won’t make it down until one day in March.

Also, since I don't have to climb stairs and most of my brewing equipment lives where I brew it makes things easier. Moving everything from the garage to the back patio on a nice day makes it a little longer of a brew but pumps make moving wort MUCH easier on your back. Also keeping my keggle...

I don't get sore but I'm also young. I try and overlap as many things as possible. I start brewing early. I setup my keggle to heat my strike water while I'm making coffee or breakfast. While the mash is going I heat strike water. Moving the full mash tun isn't fun so I bring the trash can as...

Buy a freezer. A mini fridge won't get cold enough to be much below 30F. I know from experience. You're going to run the refrigerator 24/7 and it won't get any where NEAR zero degrees. Unless you're talking about getting to zero degrees Celsius.

Create a larger starter. 5 gallon starter batches should work well. My club did a brew where everyone brewed on their systems, fermented at home then filled the barrel and aged it. Came out great.

What I do is add the total volume of water needed to mash to my kettle and modify that water to what I want. Add the first step, bring water to a boil, add second step, bring water to a boil etc.

I did the BIAB thing for a long time. I currently have a 3 vessel 10 gallon setup which includes two 10 gallon igloo coolers and a half barrel keg for a boil kettle. I've made a total of two 10 gallon batches so, no, a 10 gallon setup won't hinder making 5 gallon batches. It's actually easier...

Without knowing the temperature changes I'd say let it rise naturally. Without knowing when you plan to increase the temperatures I'd say to use the heat pad. If you're trying to heat it up towards the end of fermentation the yeast might not be producing as much heat as you want. If you're...

Off topic but where did you get those bottle lables? As for too much foaming when beergunning, I've found adjusting the CO2 volumes helps. Sometimes it needs to be more than they suggest. Sometimes less. Each system is different.

Bumping an old thread because I'm having a problem understanding mine. I have the brewing test kit ($19) but I don't have Magnesium included in the tests available and I don't have Magnesium test strips. Is there a different test I need to purchase?

Two business cards will get you in the ballpark too but for $10 I went with a feeler gauge from an auto parts store. If you need bigger than 0.035 you start adding a second feeler gauge.

17 cubic foot upright can hold 8 or 10 kegs. You won’t have to open the door very often. It’s also easier to load/unload kegs out of an upright. Add to it the entire door can be used for storing bottles or glassware you have my preferrred choice. I have a dedicated kegerator from...