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I posted a few months back about an idea I had for filtering and aerating wort post-boil using a pump and strainer. I've made a few batches this way and they've come out great. I had another idea that I wanted to float out there. Flame out. I fire up the pump and the chiller. When it gets...

Hello! I'm using a March pump to recirculate the mash in my brew kettle. The input comes from the kettle's weld, and the output goes through the tubing which I put through the top of the kettle, dropping down into the wort. It stays pretty well in place with the lid on, but last night, I managed...

While brewing a batch this week, I had an idea. After boiling, I have a March pump that I was running while using my immersion chiller to circulate the wort around and speed up the process. While it was hot, I was being careful not to splash to avoid hot-side aeration. That got me to thinking...

I've been dealing with horrible mash efficiency, and I tracked the problem down to the fact that I was using untreated RO water, mistakenly figuring it'd be better. I decided to try tap water, so I called up my local water department (Findlay, Ohio) and got the following numbers: Hardness...

I had a late-night brainstorm that resulted in a mostly automated brewing process. Unfortunately, I'd underestimated how difficult the fluid routing would be. Essentially, I have 7 junction points to control. Three of those have two inputs, three more have four inputs, and one has five inputs...

I'm about to do my first BIAB brew after many no-sparge cooler mash tun brews. I've often seen people say that you should use the full volume of water in the mash, but (a) that seems counter-intuitive, and (b) I only have an 8 gallon pot. First, my goals are (in order of importance): making...

So I've been doing all-grain for awhile now, and I have 7 AG brews under my belt. Every single one of them has been drastically under the target gravity. Example: last night, it was a brown ale. I mashed 6.25 lb 2 row, and about .4 lb each of 40L caramel, carafoam, and chocolate malt in 3...

Hey all! I'm brewing a hefe tonight, and I realized I forgot the rice hulls, so I'm concerned about a stuck sparge. I did some brainstorming and came up with an idea. I've got a cooler mash tun with a false bottom. I also have a giant grain bag that would fit all the grain easily. What if I...

Ok, so I have a 5 gallon Igloo mash tun (the yellow round one, with the red top) with a false bottom. I thought it would be big enough, but I keep running out of room, so I'm considering stepping up to 10 gallons. The question: can I use the same conversion hardware in the 10 gallon cooler? I...