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If you store it or it has been sitting as a cake for a while after primary the yeast will go dormant. Make a starter again with it the day before pitching.

And so it begins! :cross:

Yer over filling yer fermenter, me thinks. ;p -b

I just made an oatmeal stout with 73% base malt and I feel that if you go much lower than this you are losing quit a bit of fermentables.

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My first ag system was one keggle and a cooler tun. Gravity feed from keggle through cooler tun, collect in bucket and repour into keggle for boil. I used to set it up on some stairs with good results. Helps to have a buddy to help you lift. Keggles are good, but ideally a sandwiched bottom...

I have my controller probe duct taped to the side of my fermenter. I have tried using a thermowell, but unless you have a jacketed cooler I dont think its very responsive. So now its duct.tape. I feel as though it takes into account your ambient temp as well as your ferm temp this way. I keep...

A copper manifold works good, with slots made from a hack saw. I would put a spring in the braided hose to keep it from crushing, otherwise it's likely drawing sweet wort at the coupling/ bulkhead.

I think all the fittings are standard tri-clamps. I'm still waiting for my conical from stout tanks. Got the word that i wont be seeing it until the end of August. That means a 5 month wait for me. So maybe take that into consideration too.

If you do two brews in one day you could 'harvest' the water off your wort chiller for your second mash.

I direct fire and only burned my mash once, when i inadvertently had 3/4 of my burner clogged with mash schmeg and burned the hell out of a small spot on my mlt. Other than that i recommend that you simply stir like crazy as long as your heating... Your modules sound doable, and i think it...

My keggle bulkhead is just above the first weld where the bottom skirt is affixed to the actual vessel. Any lower i think you'll have some problems. A dip tube is key.

I sometimes make a 1 gallon starter and cook up 13 gallons of wort on a 15 gallon pot, this gives me 14 gallons in the fermentor, and maybe 13 or so gallons of beer between 3 carboys. In your case, I might fill 6 carboys half way and than add your second batch 24 hrs into ferment. Essentially...

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I hope those poles are at least 2 ft the ground. Those hops will be a big time load on your stucture. Maybe some guy wires would help? I second the use of twine, or rather i use steel wire, the twine did not hold to the weight. First year wont show much growth probably. You...

Good info, thanks, dmfa200.

I started with liquid yeast and then i started harvesting and making starters but now im just rehydrating a bunch of nottingham and pitching new each time. For $2/ pack its way cheap and it works very well. Much easier than the hasstle of a starter and probably just as cost effective...

Short answer: leave it in primary until you reach your target gravity. Then secondary, bottle or whatever. This might mean you need a wine theif or a turkey baster, but checking your gravity is an necessary part of homebrew so get on with it already.

You want either argon gas or an argon/helium mix.

Maybe make your dip tube come to a 90 degree elbow and suck off the side of your keggle?