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I had written an eloquent and beautiful response and posted, then…changed my mind. Once posted I newbed out and couldn't figure out how to delete the post on my mobile, only edit it. So that's…the rest of the story.

Many extract brewers can't manage a full 5 gallon boil. You really only need to boil around the 2.5 gallons unlike you would for all grain because you're not extracting the sugars in the mash. It's already done for you, you're just using the heat and time to utilize the hops and to break the...

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S-04 is a typical Octoberfest yeast and it'll do fine with 3 weeks. Just try to cold crash if you can.

The last time I made this, my second attempt, turned out Awesome! I'm drinking a beer right now, bottled from keg, over 100 days ago and I'm in love. I had a couple sitting around and after having this tonight I'm ready to brew another lighter beer. Here's my recipe: Sweetwater part deux...

Any problem with stuck sparges or excessive grain passing through with slits that size?

Did you just hacksaw those slits? I'm going to make a copper manifold, already have the material, and now I'm just trying to figure out the slits. I've also got an angle grinder that I was thinking about using, I've got a metal blade that is 1/16" thick that would surely zip right through the pipe.

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