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Thanks for the info, im just hoping to get by for a while till I can come up with something.

I have a standard 25' chiller for my 5 gal batches. Im looking at getting into 10gal batches. Is this something I really need to replace or can I get by for a while using this with my new setup? It takes me about 12-15min to cool 5gal of wort with this. Has anyone tried cooling 10gal of wort...

Lol :rockin:

If I want to keep the peace, ya. Im unemployed right now and we have bills.

My gf has had a few homebrews tonight, hopfully she remembers. I told her i want another primary and she says " how much is that" I say like $12 for a plastic bucket. She says "well why dont you just get 2" ok.... I then tell her I should get 2 15gal kegs and cut the top off and make a mash tun...

Someone gave me a amber ale extract kit. I didnt want to make it, I wanted to do something different with it. I doubled the recipe and gave it a shot. Used us 05, 2 packs. Og was 1.096 fg was 1.028. Beer is too sweet so I pitched 5grams of another dry yeast I had. Hoping it would clean up. Did...

Cool, I didnt hear anything about this. I heard a re release of top gun in 3d but not this.

Yup ive been using an 8 gal aluminum pot that I got on amazon for $29 free shipping. Full boils, works great!

Hehe ya, i still have to try and convince my gf that i need to get another primary for now. That means another brew day in my future.:D

For me, I do 5gal full boils in my kitchen. I use a 8gal kettle and I like big beers so a $40 cooler and $20 of parts to build a mash tun was cheeper then buying a bigger kettle. Theres no way I can get 15+ lbs of grain in my kettle to BIAB, and thats why i use a 3 vessle system. I have a small...

Haha thanks but my hydrometer is fine its just the sample tube.

Im a big DIY guy too, but i went with stirstarters.com. $45 free shipping and lifetime warranty. Cant beat it. Buy that one and make one for cheap and see which one you like better. Besides one of them might crap out soon and you will have a spare.

You gotta get on that!! If I dont brew once a week I feel like im behind...

No AK. Not today, lol. And thanks, I am excited to be doing AG now, just have to wait and see how they come out. I am excited to be picking up another primary though. I mean if im goimg to my LHBS anyways. Cant waste the gas for nothing, right?

So, I brewed my second AG batch tonight with good results, except..... I had my hydrometer tube in the fridge cooling a sample down to check my mash efficiency and when my gf came home from work aggravated, se whipped the fridge door open and my hydrometer tube with sample came flying out...

Did my first AG today. 5gal, full boil. Took 6hrs. 1hr for mash. 1hr for fly sparge. 1hr for boil. And I guess 3hrs double and triple checking temps and measurements, sanitizing and cleaning.

So im making a winter warmer for my first AG. My recipre called for 9.5lbs of english 2 row plus 3 lbs specialty grains. I got 12 to make up for efficiency loss for my first AG brew. Well all went perfect and I think i got about a 75-80% efficiency. I ended up with a 1.081 for OG on a 5 gal...

Im with you on the rinsing. How long does it take? 5 seconds, you see them on the counter and in the dishwasher, just rinse them out lol.

Im sorry to the OP your thread got hijacked. Let me help by getting it back on topic. My awesome gf gave me the idea for a imperial stout for st. Pattys day. She liked an espresso stout she tried before. So I might do an imperial coffee stout. Gfs/wives/swmbo they are all what we live for and...

Heh ya ive got 3 big beers coming out next and I cant wait. Next I will be drinking a double amber ale thats got a 1.096 then a dead guy clone thats 1.070 then a DFH 90min thats a 1.086 Cant wait!!