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I've only brewed twice at my new (new to me) home which has ground well water. The first batch was a beautiful amber Kellerbier recipe I learned to make while living in Germany. It turned out great for the most part, but was a bit more malt forward than I expected, and almost flat tasting...

We filtered last weekend through a cloth. It was a nightmare. We ended up switching over to our brew bag. That was also a nightmare. Wasted 1 hour trying to keep the liquid flowing. We brewed a heavy Bockbier and it had a lot of cold break and other Proteins, so we had a very thick sludge of a...

This too.

I was asking a similar question. Seems like a good plan.

Kellerbier with a modern inspiration. (Bottle is UV protected)

Wow, that was a great study. Mash out is planned, so I will go with room temp water. It will increase the time to reach the boil, but I don't think too much time will be lost. Thanks for the great feedback.

Follow-up question due to another equipment restriction: What is the consensus on rinsing/sparging with non-heated (room trmp) water?

I think it should be useful for that too. More examples:

Yeah, I've read the Brülosophy trial, but I think a closed lid would cause significant boilovers and surely reclaim some unwanted DMS. My brew style choices always have a large portion of Pilsner, which carries a lot of the DMS potential, but then again the Brülosophy trial used a recipe with...

For electric kettles, getting that rolling boil efficiency could get improvements from a chimney. Are any of you using chimneys without DMS problems? See examples below:

Yeah, I wished it would have worked with just one, but I had to double up. Cap is from Fässla Brewery in Bamberg, from a Bottle of Zwergla.

Fun, cheap, simple build. I just stacked multiple magnets on each side of the fan hub until it was high enough to be close to the lid. This was much easier than trying to elevate the fan housing, plus MOAR Magnetism!

Thanks for the quick feedback. I finally got my brew bag through import/customs today. 6.50€ import fees on a $30 mesh sack.... Group brew day is coming up soon. Probably 3 or 4 kettles going at once with 3 or 4 different regional recipes. Gonna be a good fall!

I am a little limited on equipment (size) while I am temporary out of the US, and I want to use my brew bag to fill in my equipment gaps. Let me know if this plan is crazy. Batch size target is 20 L. Style is Franconian Bockbier Grain quantity is just over 6 kg. My electric kettle can only hold...