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So getting excited to play around with my new toys, did one ale kit out of the gate to test things out and wasn’t too bad. I don’t have a kegerator/keezer or anything rigged up yet (everyone wants $1000 for a beat up old fridge!) so I’m fermenting at room temp. The ale surprisingly was...

Yea something like that would definitely do the trick. Or even a tripod that you can stow away when not brewing, that’ll give you the convenience of not having to brew in the doorway!

I’d say the pulley setup would be a very wise decision unless you’re physically capable of lifting the bag and holding it there while it drains, or have a helper to put a grille or something on top of the kettle to rest the bag on while it drains Sparging seems to be (like everything) a whole...

First batch pulled out of the g4 and stuffed into a keg the other day Still got to get things set up properly but this test run was a success all in all. I wasn’t set up with cooling on the g4 yet and like a dummy I did this batch in the house where it inevitably got ignorantly hot outside...

I’m not sure what you expect them to do. It takes time for everything in there to heat soak. If they were to move the sensor to the top or whatever, I guess you would see the lower temperature there, but the temperature down by the element is going to be way higher. Then you’d be whining that...

That’s pretty cool. Not to be a cheap prick, but unfortunately the shipping is worth more than the tap is so I may pass on it for now lol

So I’m new to the whole grain milling for brewing deal, but I do have large roller mills for feed grain. They only have one driven roller, but are laterally grooved When they wear out they do exactly what you describe, slip, and the throughput is absolute garbage compared to new or re-cut...

No no no. That is you you create an infinite loop lol

I’m in northern Alberta, quite a bit north from Edmonton!

I thought the goal was to match your drinking to the production so you don’t end up with any beer sitting around too long 😂

No I get it, like I said I had no intention of using it in 110v, just wanted to put it out there that if someone does purchase one with the intention of doing so, they know what to expect I believe the element is the same between the 6.5 and 10.5 so it should be enough to get a good rolling...

I’m just starting in the hobby and bought an anvil 10.5 Overall seems to be good enough quality for the price point. The recirc pump seemed more than powerful enough One thing I found is that running it on 110v for my test batch, it barely was able to boil 24L and recovery time was horribly...

Yea I’ve looked around and they definitely aren’t expensive. I just don’t want to go through the hassle of getting a spot prepped for them and a lattice to climb if they aren’t going to produce anything! Probably would have been a good idea to have them in the ground 3 weeks ago too, but I...

Just curious if anyone farther north has had and luck growing them. I haven’t really put any thought into it, but it would be cool to grow my own just to say I did! We’re usually in the low 50s for chu, so we come up about 10-15 heat units shy of the southern prairies and likely anywhere else...

We got rained out yesterday afternoon so I figured I would have a quick go at playing with this thing Overall I think everything went ok, when I bought the gear I also got a couple extract kits to play with for the first few batches. All went good, no major issues other than the foundry leaves...

Bought a 10.5 a couple weeks ago, still in the box yet, haven’t had time to even look at it. Hopefully by this time next week I will have a chance to play around with it. Lots of good tips and tricks in here, I’ll be keeping them in mind for sure!

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! 😂

Water 😂 haven’t taken my goodies out of the box yet to start my first batch

I’m just getting into the hobby but I have a buddy that’s made a few cheap kits years ago and he used swing tops. They weren’t the best for taking out and about on an adventure compared to a crimped cap as their was the odd casualty during transport. But then again, no glass bottle really has...

Still waiting for the new toys to arrive. They’re supposed to be here this week, but it looks like weather is going to delay this project as we will start seeding in the next couple days. Probably be a couple weeks before I get to play with it now 👎 Edit: It’s official now. Beer from the...