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Hi guys, I have a quick question about recipe sizes. I have a recipe for a standard 5 gallon batch. If I wanted to do a 3 gallon batch (for a 3 gallon keg), would I just use 3/5 as much of everything? Do I need to use one of the beer tools to figure it out? And would the same apply if I wanted...

I am also looking for unfinished wood tap handles that I could paint myself if anyone knows a place that supplies them.

False alarm, she's going steady already.. Just didn't have my tube in tight.. :( should be fine though.

Well, it's official, I am well concerned, just got home from work and I am not seeing any action. I am concerned my blow-off tube (which going into a 1" hole in my lid) might not be tight so the air is escaping around the tube instead of through it? I am going to try and tighten it up and see...

Are the two beer lines the same length?

Thank you so much for the information and great explanation. I've been meaning to pick that book up and now I feel even more driven to do it.

Also, while I don't consider his word law, Jamil Z has written that he thinks all the yeasty magic happens in the first 12-18 hours. I have no issue with running it on the stir-plate longer next time and I will try it out for sure.

Yea, it was less than 24 hours ago, but usually I see activity the next morning. I am not concerned, just wanted some validation of my process. Thanks a lot. I did do as much swirling through-out the day as I could remember to do and shook it up really good after adding it to my fermentation...

Hello, I made a starter for my Oatmeal Stout using 1968 London ESB Ale. I forget the exact size, but I think it was 1.3 Liters. I made my wort with DME (boiling for 15 minutes), cooled it down to about 68 degrees and threw the yeast in. I put foil on the top and stuck it on my stir-plate...

I have a 1" OD blow-off tube and a 1" hole in my bucket lid. It doesn't seem quite as tight of a fit as I'd like. Any suggestions? Thanks.

this won't work as well because the foam is 2" thick and my wood is under 1" thick I believe. If I took a few piece of wood cut to 1" x 1" x 2" I could cut 1" x 1" holes into the foam and place the wood through there and drive through that and into the collar I think..

Any reason I couldn't do the same thing with some wood cut the same way?

I made and use this tun as well and it is awesome. It holds temp great and I haven't had any stuck sparge issues using the stainless steel braid at all.

Here's a picture of what I have done: http://i.imgur.com/ccQtX.jpg So It's just a collar with 2" foamboard insulation around it. The problem is I didn't leave myself any wood surface to screw my regular or manifolds into. What are my best options? I know I can remove some of the foam easily...

I have been having a lot of success getting the ladies to drink and enjoy Jamil's Ordinary Bitter (my first All-Grain beer and it came out great).

Thanks guys. So the special carbing stuff is just to either quickly carb your beer or to keep it for a long time?

So just right from the tap?

When using a carbonation cap to make your beer mobile do you need anything special to fill the 2 liter from the keg?

Well the calculators are telling me to shorten it.. I have no issue with buying more tubing to fix it if I have to later, it's a learning experience... So far so good though.