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It's almost always not latex any more (hardly anything in hospitals is these days due to latex sensitivity/allergies), it's a type of non-conductive plastic, though I don't know what exactly. It's not food grade(meant to suction to a waste container, not deliver anything to the patient) and...

No need to divide by .96, starting volume is cold water, ending wort is cold. You only need to factor in wort shrinkage if you're comparing a boiling measurement with a cooled one. For brew in a bag, you typically start with full volume and heat it, no shrinkage calculation needed(like you...

I have a 50 foot diy copper chiller, coiled it around a corny keg, and it's about a third out of the wort when I use it for 5 gal in my 10 gal bayou classic pot. I can't weigh in on the cooling time for 10 gal batches, but think that 50 feet is a good size for 5-10 gal batches.

without knowing the specifics of your fridge and AC, generally the compressors on AC units are stronger, so my vote is AC.

on a budget, get a sheet of 2 inch pink or blue foam from the big box store and some duct tape. build a box that fits over the door opening (with door removed) of your kegerator (assuming it is mini fridge style). slightly more expensive would be to build the box out of plywood and put the...

RDWHAHB, your beer will be fine. i haven't had the funds for an O2 tank/airstone, have aerated by pouring from a tall cabinet into a bucket on the floor, generally get 5+ inches of foam on top, and my beers turn out well.

my biggest time savers on brew day so far have been: crushing grain the day before, starting with hot tap water ( haven't found any taste difference vs brewing with water that didn't go through my hot water heater), using (propane) banjo burner. you could also try no-chill methods to cut out...

wanted to tack on an additional question- any thoughts on using vials with liquid yeast/slurry and storing at fridge/keezer temps? let's say 38-40 degrees w/out glycerine? assume these would have to be used after, ~3 months or so similar to white labs/wyeast store bought vials/packs? for a...

my first suggestion would be to sanitize the tap water (by boiling) prior to adding it to the carboy. second would be to replace whatever hose/funnel you use to transfer the wort into the carboy (unless that's what you meant by all plastic stuff replaced). would have to know more detail about...

so i've been reading up on the various ways of yeast banking, and am wondering what the more common techniques are? Seems there's two main camps, slanting on agar and freezing with glycerine. Both seem to have equal utility at 6-12 months, but it seems that glycerine freezing can result in...

the tubes will stand up to a 10 min boil just fine. the caps, however will not, the seal inside will melt.

any chance for local pickup? interested in one of the brewmometers.

Hooray another overpriced bucket.

stick it in the corner, in a few months you'll know what you want to use it for.

i'd guess it's supposed to be FWH and 15 min. FWH gives a smoother bittering when compared to 60 min addition, 15 min addition is flavor/aroma. you don't get much other than bittering if you do FWH and 60 min. I'd reccomend adding an oz or so at 5 min or less (or even flameout) if you like a...

the zombie dust clone recipe on here is a great malt bill to start from.

hey, i didn't exactly present it as a good idea lol.

if they're in the mash they're mash hops, if they're added once you remove the bag, they're first wort hops. my understanding is that mash hopping is only done for no boil, decoction, and turbid mashing. BYO has a good write up here http://byo.com/grains/item/2958-pre-boil-hopping

the amount of water you start with to get 3 gal of beer depends on your equipment's boil off rate and grain absorption. i would not use a 5 gal carboy to secondary 3 gal of beer, unless you can purge it with CO2. i know you didnt want to hear it, but why bother? you could sanitize a whole bunch...

thanks, i have heard great things about his bags, and am currently a BIAB brewer (homemade bags though), just exploring a largely unnecessary but still interesting possible project. :mug: