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Yes you can. In Australia it is quite common to use a ~10 gallon urn (often a Birko or Crown brand) for the boil. Also commonly used for BIAB and HLT. I did my first batch using a Crown urn for BIAB and I love it!

I think the effects of using a strainer pot may reduce efficiency. When a bag is hung, the resultant compression of the grain helps drain the bag. This might be replicated by vigorous squeezing in the strainer, but likely not as effective.

I brewed a partial IPA a few weeks back, 4kg BIAB and 1kg of DME into 16L. Hopped with magnum, followed by perle, willamette and cascade in the last 20 min. I made a starter using bottled split starter of a vial WLP001. The yeast was a few generations old, I made a 2L starter from the vial...

My opinion (I am a chemist) is there would be a difference. Whatever conditions used to remove the last bit of water from DME will also likely remove other volatiles, e.g. Flavor compounds. I think both LME and DME are processed under vacuum ( so they are not heated to remove water) but to get...

Keep in mind that specific heat capacity is energy per mass. The volumetric heat capacity is probably more relevant in this case. Water has about 3000 times the heat capacity of air in a given volume.

Hello All, I only get a chance to brew once a month or so, and I have a 6 gallon better bottle. I usually do 10 days in the BB primary, dry hop in primary, then another ten days or so til bottling. I've been thinking about getting a second 6 gallon BB, and leaving brews in the primary for...

I agree that your OG reading was likely off. A pound of DME would not increase it that much, and attenuation that high is quite unlikely. What is the predicted OG once you take the DME into the calculation?

I have brewed this kit a few times with good results. My latest had the 1.7kg kit, 1kg LME, 1kg sugar mix (500g dextrose, 250g DME and 250g maltodextrine). I did a 20 min hops boil in about half the bag of sugar mix. 15g cascade at 20 min and 15g at flame out. The LME, rest of sugar and kit...