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So, I picked up a 3 gallon measuring bucket from home depot today. It has the same base diameter as the 5 gallon buckets, and fits snug inside the mash pipe. Drilled some 1/16 holes in the bottom. Behold the fly sparge bucket...

I feel your pain. During winter I brew in the kitchen, and in the warmer months I brew in my garage. I heat up my sparge water in a stock pot on the stove in my kitchen, then bring the whole pot out to the garage and pour from a pitcher. Not ideal. I'd eventually like to warm my sparge water...

Thanks! I heated my sparge water to about 172F, knowing it would cool off by the time it hit the grain bed. I aim for 168F.

So yesterday was brewday and I tried a few different things to improve my efficiency. I stirred the mash 3 times total, and fly sparged by removing the top screen above the mash and slowly pouring my sparge water evenly across the grain bed. At the end of the day my efficiency was 74%, up 10%...

65L isn't available in Canada. I also haven't ventured into large grain bills yet, so the 65L really wouldn't be of any use to me. I also have no need to brew more than 5gal batches. I may be making it sound like I'm having issues with my unit, but I'm really not. I'm just trying to optimize it...

That top pipe separation would be a PITA, and it makes sense to get it out of the way with larger grain bills. Have you found that stirring your mash has increased your efficiency? My BH has varied from the low 60's to low 80's. I'm planning to stir the mash a few times and see if that makes a...

How much lactic do you usually end up using in the end? Do you add any salt during the boil, or just at kegging?

I've heard of people plugging the overflow pipe with a stainless bolt before. Is there any advantage or benefit to doing this? If the top screen is on during the mash then there shouldn't be any grains ending up in the kettle if it overflows. I don't understand why everyone dislikes the overflow...

Hey everyone! Going to try my hand at brewing a Gose soon and will be using this recipe: Breakin' the Law Gose Recipe :: Great Fermentations I've done a bunch of reading and have noticed that there's two camps between using acidulated malt in the mash after conversion (as per the above recipe)...

I've heard people having issues with hop utilization with hop spiders and their Robobrew. I'm assuming you haven't experienced this? Also, does it get in the way of the chiller?

Sometimes I get rigorous boils, sometimes I don't. Using the 120v version I make sure there are no big draws on the same circuit while I'm brewing. Next upgrade will definitely be the jacket though! I've also noticed the false bottom doesn't seal completely around the edge of the kettle...

What kind of BH efficiency have you all been getting? I'm averaging around 66%, and have gone from 61% to 74%. I also noticed my boil was weaker today, resulting in less boil off and a lower OG. Do any of you use a jacket (OEM or DIY) and has it made a difference in the strength of your boil?

Funny you should ask! When I measured my freezer I thought I could fit 3 corny's no problem. I get the whole thing built only to find it's just a hair too small for 3 kegs. That was frustrating. Had I known this I would have gone with the next biggest size freezer.

I brewed this for the first time in March and it's been lagering in the keg in my cold storage for a month. Tapped it the other day and I must say it may be one of my new favourites! First time brewing with a proper German yeast and I love it.

It's time to brew, and given the quarantine and LHBS closures I only have what I have. I've only ever built one recipe on my own before and I'd like to try again with a simple SMaSH. I'm planning to do a 5gal batch using 2-row as my malt and Ekuanot (Equinox) hops. I have 2oz of hop pellets...

MacGyver'd it! Made a rope out of pipe cleaners and attached to my aquarium brush. Voila - dip tube bore snake! It's all clean now. Thanks everyone for your help & input!

Update... So, after further inspection it turns out that rough surface I felt was actually very fine, hardened mold. It was on the liquid dip tube as well, and even on the inside after I checked it out with a flashlight. I took some #0000 steel wool to the inside of the keg and voila, mirror...

Thanks for the replies! I plan on cleaning the whole thing out again with oxiclean and barkeepers friend and will make sure everything's dry before I hit it with starsan. Aside from soaking the dip tube in oxiclean I haven't cleaned it. I don't have a dip tube brush, but I will do my best to...

I can't remember if I did or not, but I'm thinking no. I'll give this a go tomorrow and see if it makes a difference.

Hey all. I picked up a used corny keg a month ago and noticed it smelled like mold/mildew and there was a small amount of beer swirling in the bottom of it. Previous owner said he hadn't used it in a couple of years. I tore the whole thing down, replaced all of the o-rings, filled it with...