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You will have to compromise somewhere. Personally, since I think fermentation temp is the most important than I would make that priority one and than base my beers off of that until you get another freezer. That or go with a cheap ice/heat bath setup for fermentation and use the freezer for...

you didn't answer his question. No airlock activity, wouldn't worry about it.

You cant be serious? That is a top 5 beer for me...easy. No, I tend to agree with and I think Stone is losing a bit of ground. For example, their coffee milk stout is terrible. TERRIBLE. never would have said that 5 years ago about any of their beers.

This guy should also get a mention! http://www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8&products_id=334 Took me awhile to find this guy so posting it for those that are still looking. I would have gone STC but dont trust my DIY skills. Been using the auber for awhile now...

I agree with all of the above:D I know my two cents were very helpful:mug:

Hmm, sounds like I need to do better:tank: thinking this will be my next step and hopefully I get better beer:off:thanks guys http://www.love2brew.com/Articles.asp?ID=675

How do you recommend purging a carboy with co2.

That is usually why I rack into a 5 gallon glass secondary with as little headspace as possible. Unless you are doing a pressurized transfer I am not sure that being to careful about oxygen is worth the effort as it's pretty unavoidable. My big beers have always tastes better with time but...

Stating what has already been said but this is generally my process: Depends on the gravity of the beer but in general none of my beers go less than 14 days. I mostly brew in the 5-7% range and let it sit in primary for a month. Bigger beers I age in a 5 gallon glass carboy for usually...

Seems like a whole lot of work for something a cooler does a great job at. Why not build a gravity system and still use the cooler mashtun. Longevity won't be an issue, entry users of that system that have no issues.

I wonder if the gas setup would do a better job of stabilizing temperature in the mash. Probably not a big difference since we are talking steel here but one heat source is outside the mash and one is inside the mash. Any first hand experience on accuracy of mash temp to ToP controler with gas...

Alright, that is what I am talking about! Thanks

Raspberry pi seems like a lot of work to figure out if I need a heat source in my freezer. At this point I may just have to get up at various points in the day/night and write down the temperature reading inside freezer. Cost effective but I do lose sleep :) Yes, I will be using the stc1000...

Any suggestions on a thermometer for my keezer that has built in memory. I am trying to decide if I need a heat source and I need to figure out how low the temps are getting at night.

Thanks guys! Some good points and I hadn't thought of smaller batches for bigger beers. Ultimately I think I just need to go back to batch sparging. I had read about the time savings with no spare without really thinking it through and while it will save some time it's really not enough.

History first: extract brewer to all grain. Life gets busy + kids and I went back to extract to save time. However, that was back when no sparging really wasn't a viable option. My question, with no sparging, I am concerned that I won't get the temperature gradient needed to extract the...

Y'all are crazy but I guess that's why there are so many beers out there. Different strokes for different folks

Still a good deal. I'd just get the cheapest two and brew 10 gallons of beer. It's not that extract taste bad or anything.

depends:D On the taste I want and the yeast I am using and what stage it is in ;) Generally speaking though I stick to the lower end

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