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I have been doing home brews for 3 years and am looking to up my game. I currently do my wort boils in 2 stock pots that are about 10 L each. I am looking to get 40 to 50 L pot - either a stock pot or a turkey fryer. Any recommendations whether I should get stainless steel or aluminium?

This thread is very timely, since I plan on starting a Festbier this weekend. For my malts, I was going to use Pilsner with about 10 % Munich and 3 % Aromatic. I am debating as whether to use a bit of maltodextrin or wheat for head retention. After reading the comments above, I am thinking about...

I would never buy ice. Just freeze a couple of 750 ml soda bottles filled with water in the freezer and add them to the water in the sink that is cooling the boil pot. For some additional chilling, I add a couple of handfuls of ice cubes from the freezer the kettle (which I have to top up to...

I am surprised by your comment. I have had many Napoli style pizzas in Italy, Europe and even North America, and have never had one that I would call soupy. Always just minimal toppings and crispy. Is this a New York thing?

I am the family "greenhouse"! About 100 tomato plants (12 varieties including numerous heirlooms) and about 50 peppers (8 varieties). I grow them for our kids and for the in-laws who have a much sunnier garden than we have. I generally only keep about 10 tomatoes and about 8 pepper plants for...

That Vienna-Mosaic SMASH Pale ale sounds yummy, Bobby M. What was your mash temperature and hops addition profile? I haven't had a good Vienna since I was last in Austria.

I have my conditioning right now for a couple of months, since I found that a raspberry beer made last year really improved after resting for 4 months. My cherry recipe was pretty simple 1 kg 2-Row 1 kg wheat malt 0.12 kg Crystal 15 Mash at 154 F. 25 IBU Hallertau Mittelfrau at 60 min Ferment...

I agree that M84 was slow in starting. I had to kick it up to the upper 50's F to get it going then keep it cool afterwards.

I am surprised a bit by some of the comments that dry hopping are a pain to do when transferring and take extra time. Maybe I am doing something wrong. I just add the hops to a cheap dollar store polypropylene mesh veggie bag, drop it in the primary for a few days then pull it out when I get...

I started for about 15 years with a COS (Cheap Offset Smoker) bought for $150 from a Home Improvement Store. The metal was thin so it had horrible temperature control even though I wrapped it with pink insulation, but it did help me learn how to cook. Then as a retirement gift to myself, I...

An Augustiner beer...I'm jealous. I have great memories of brews in their Munich biergarten. Unfortunately, we can't find this brew north of the border in Canada.:no:

Sorry, I clicked on the wrong link, here is the Ranier Beer ad that I was referring to

Of course, my 2 all time favorites are : Schiltz "You only go round once in life, so you've got to grab for all the gusto that you can" (my life philosophy!)..and, my favorite for its simplicity...

And who could forget their classic "Hey Mabel" commercials

But dear....I only had one beer...hic!:yes:

+1 I use 1 liter plastic bottles so I never need to handle more than 20 at a time. Makes the cleaning and filling much less onerous.

I also mash and boil in a smaller 3 gallon pot. I have thought about mashing and boiling in 2 vessels to do an all grain, but have yet to try this since it feels like more work monitoring two temperatures, double the number of hops additions etc. Last year I did a high grain mash in a bag at...

That was my first thought also when I saw this. Travolta - yes. Garr - maybe. Cusack - dunno.

My duh moment, On my first batch using a partial mash, I added my grain to my kettle, mashed it at the suggested temperature, boiled with hops for an hour, topped to 5 gallons with water. When I checked my SG, it was very low, like about 1.03 instead of over 1.050. I added a lot of DME to bring...

I don't feel so bad now. I thought that our prices were higher here, but our LHBS sells 1 kg bags of grain (as well as 25 kg sacks) at the equivalent of $1.27/lb for 2 row and $1.72 for pilsner. And those are 80 cent Canadian Dollar prices!