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I think the use of olive oil instead of oxygenation is a fantastic alternative. It is virtually fool proof versus the chance of contaminating the wort with the gas contraption. The chance of inoculating your wort with a "bad bug" using a sanitized toothpick to place a drop of EVOO into the wort...

I quit using any form of oxygenation and went to adding a single drop of extra virgin olive oil to the cooled wort. You dip a sanitized tooth pick into the olive oil and let the drop fall into the wort. That single drop gives the yeast the nutrient they need to grow that they would have had to...

[Rephrased -mod] These conversations about induction cooktops will get more prevalent. The only way to get the performance, control, and energy efficiency from electricity is by using induction heating over coil or even non-induction ceramic cooktops. Induction cook tops for brewing are...

I bought a used 10 gallon (5 gallon may be too small for "bigger" beers) Rubbermaid water cooler on Craigslist/ OfferUp. It drops 1-2 degrees over an hour. I picked the Rubbermaid over Igloo because the hole for the spigot is designed so a 1/2 inch stainless close thread nipple fits better with...

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John Palmer's book " How to Brew" is available free here: Introduction - How to Brew

What he said!!!!

I use 5 gallon paint filter bags from Home Depot. They only cost a few dollars each and I have used each one dozens of times. I use one in the mash tun and one to line my fermenter. It works great to filter out the hops and junk as you pour the wort into the fermenter. The pores as so small it...

I am going to build a new brew kettle using a 16 gal keg. I want to bolt a stainless steel wort chiller inside the keggle. I do not want the wort chiller to touch or rest on the heating element. Also, I intend to "expand" the wort chiller so it will occupy at least half of the height of the...

I converted to electric with a 240 volt 5500 watt ultra low watt density heating element. I use a Riorand 10,000 watt controller from Amazon to regulate the power. As the break happens and the foam heads up the kettle I just "dial" back on the power until it stops and hold it there until the...

Was there a reason you used a 1" to 3/4" reducing bushing on the yeast/trub dump?

"Kicking off" 2015 with a Shiner Cheer clone.