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I use an actual 5 gallon bucket and not a cooler cause its cheaper so its not as insulated as I would like. The water temp should be 152F but I usually put it in at 160 to heat the bucket up. I then seal the top and wrap it in blankets. After an hour, the temp is close to 140F

I batch sparge in a 5 gallon bucket which I drilled a hole and added a valve in the bottom of. I add my mash water at the strike temp, and then seal the bucket and let sit for about an hour. By the time i'm ready to mashout, the temp has dropped by about 15 degrees. I cover my bucket with...

Thanks, I just bottled my first batch and when siphoning from fermentation bucket to bottling bucket a significant amount of hops were siphoned with the beer although much was settled to the bottom. Is this normal?

I made a recipe that called for cascade hop pellets. Of course they dissolved when I was making the wort. Should I try filtering a lot of the clumps of hops after fermentation and before bottling? or do I run the risk of also filtering much of the yeast so I will have a flat beer when bottled...