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I calibrated during the specialty grain steeping, using a traditional liquid thermometer. I was surprised to see that among the 3 I was testing - a cheap analog dial 12" probe, the liquid, and the new digital one - the dial one was off by about +10 degrees F, and the liquid and digital ones...

Hello, I am relatively new to homebrewing - been at it for about a year now, still doing partial boil extract batches, moving to BIAB soon. I recently purchased a kegerator and am for the moment using it as my fermentation temperature control chamber. I use a 6 gallon glass carboy for...

And of course dry hopping would be straight into the keg then, right? I understand from the guy I bought my kegs off of, that you can buy a "fermenting top" or lid that has a hole drilled for a bung, through which you can pass the airlock. Presumably you could dry hop with a mesh bag to help...

So Keith, you cold crash in the keg then is that right?

You think one of those cheapie dorm fridges is up to the summer heat challenge? I guess it only has to maintain @ 65 degrees F for most ale yeasts. Lagers might have to be more of a late fall/winter proposition.

Thanks Keith. I may give that a try. I guess the other things to consider are that a) it is not blazing hot (i.e. summer time) year-round (I live in L.A.), and b) I'd only have to have the chest freezer running when I am actually fermenting a batch. Good food for thought, thanks. I suppose...

Yeah, that was my conclusion as well. If anyone here has any experience with that please do tell.

No, I am not sure ...

I wonder if I could put a chest freezer in my storage shed (not air conditioned and blazing hot in the summer ...) w/ the Inkbird. Do you think a standard "civilian" chest freezer is up to the challenge? I looked and they are quite affordable, both used and new. If I can cram it into our...

Thanks again for the reply! The other thing I want to mention is that I went all out and bought a 3-tap kegerator. So potentially we are talking 3 kegs worth of beer in there, eventually, at any given time. Recognizing that in that scenario, I may not have room for the carboy. Assuming I...

Hey IL, thanks for the reply. My plan is to NOT invest in additional gear at this time. I simply can't have a separate chiller for the fermentation right now. Given that, what do you think? Otherwise, I have to only have 1 keg at a time, fully drain it, then and only then brew another batch...

Hello folks I am pretty new to home brewing, and I've recently purchased a Kegland kegerator. My main reason for the purchase was to have a way to easily control the temperature of the 5 gallon glass carboy I use for fermentation. I love the kegerator thus far for this purpose, as it has...

Thanks man - yeah that was kind of my assessment as well. I was curious if there was some kind of secret to dealing with this sort of situation.

Greetings HBT, I recently made the MoreBeer Haze Craze IPA extract kit. Finally got it bottled last night, can’t wait for it to condition so I can try it out. However, this kit had so many dry hop additions that there is a huge trub-y mass sitting atop my nice clean yeast bed. Please see the...

I have been trying to understand how this works exactly. I have two glass carboys that came as part of my kit, a 6 gallon and a 5. Per advice from forum members I left my first batch in the first carboy for the entire duration, never using the smaller of the two. If I wanted to harvest yeast...

Just purchased this kit as my second-ever homebrew batch. Sounds like a good beer, I am looking forward to brewing and drinking it!

Any concerns in terms of what the curtain is made of leaching into the wort? Just curious ... I love DIY / repurposing stuff for uses like this!

Now this sounds like a promising middle path, thanks for the suggestion. I recall my Northern Brewers' American IPA kit had a rather small "specialty grains" component that used a cheesecloth type bag for steeping those grains. I suppose that I could buy a larger one and see how it goes with...

Modified my original post to be more explicit. Understood that BIAB is for all-grain!

Howdy HBT forum members! I am a new home brewer and I am considering the BIAB approach for future batches. I thought I'd seek the counsel of this board before I purchase more gear. I brewed, bottled and have almost finished my first batch, which was an American IPA made using an extract kit...