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If you want to do 10 gallons of the same beer just run it off into your two fermenters. Then mix them half and half in the pot in case the gravity of the later sparge is a lower gravity, boil then boil the second half. This way you cut out a second mash and just have two boils. NOTE: Not...

I average between 83-85% efficiency without any sparge. I just stir with the heat on until I am at about 165 degrees then pull the bag. I use a $5 pair of PVC gloves from Harbor Freight to squeeze the bag and leave very little behind and no burned fingers. Cleaning the bag is easy pull bag...

There are many benefits. Easier cleanup, no stuck sparge, save time without a sparge, crush finer for better efficiency, can squeeze every last drop out of the grain. I would add a valve to make it easier to drain but not needed to get started.

Pretty easy I have been thinking about making a bag to fit my old cooler mash tun for really big beers/batches. I usually just mash (BIAB) in my keggle but I can max it out with a 10 gallon batch. Here's a video on youtube. http://youtu.be/Vyz_zT_glDM

Just sew a bag to fit the bigger of the two coolers and your all set. It won't be single vessel but you should be able to do a full volume no sparge batches.

I was at the craft store with my wife and picked up a chalkboard for my beer fridge. Just curious what everyone includes on your tap lists. I am sure some here get pretty fancy. :mug:

Forgot to mention the yeast is going to generate it's own heat so if you can bring your fermentor up to about 14.5 - 15.5 C you should be good.

From what I understand if you place the brewbelt higher on the fermentor it will add less heat, lower more heat. fill it up with some water and try it in different locations and see what kind of temps you get. I wouldn't over complicate your first batch. I just got a brewbelt but haven't had...

Don't know anything about Phoenix water but I was just watching this video the other night. Four Peaks in Tempe uses an RO filter and build their water profile from scratch. http://youtu.be/G3pt0-9fWlo

58392 + 65 (total this year) = 58457

I just turned the timer on then duct taped it haven't been bothered since. :D

Works great just make your bag taper at the bottom since the opening on the keg is a little smaller. That makes it easier to pull the bag with out wort spilling down the sides.

I agree with most here get the biggest pot that fits your budget and I wouldn't worry about the basket. If you make your own bag taper it at the bottom or get a bag like wilserbrewer. You don't want a bag with corners like a pillow case because the wort tends to drain from the corners and it can...

See this post. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f22/converting-taptalk-448471/#post5749331

Well on my setup 17 lbs of grain would take up about 9.5 gallons. So I would just keep out 2 gallons of water for a small sparge. Just leave out whatever you think you are over in volume plus a little bit more.

Pretty much the same thing your patersbier batch is just a big starter. It will have some cold break and hops but not much since it isn't a highly hopped beer. You could actually just rack on top of the entire yeast cake but I wouldn't recommend that since you would be really over pitching and...

I did a quad that came out great by using the slurry from a smaller batch. Make Northern Brewers Patersbier then use that slurry. Sanitized a measuring cup and scooped up what I needed after racking to my keg and picthed into the quad. The Patersbier is a great recipe so you will end up with...

Go for it. As stated already a vorlaugh won't make much difference with trub. Check out this video. http://youtu.be/Vyz_zT_glDM Just get a voile curtain from wal-mart about $5 and drape it inside the cooler you don't even need to sew it into a bag. Even if you don't have a pickup tube just...

I went from a cooler mash tun to BIAB and will never go back. A vorlaugh sets the grain bed so you don't get pieces of grain going into your kettle. That can't happen with a bag because it's too fine of material for that to happen. My beer finishes crystal clear in the keg without any...

Is it any of the parts in this link? http://www.kegworks.com/beer/draft-beer/draft-system-components/faucets-shanks/hardware