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This is a great beer. I made my third Hot Chocolate Stout a year ago using as close as I could get to this recipe. In August I uncovered a half-full sixtel, it is still seriously awesome. I didn't actually use real vanilla beans, I had a bunch of "food industry grade" vanilla extract lying...

I'd been thinking of adding a coil just like this, but I was worrying the weight of the coil would be too much for the plastic Speidel lid. Is it no problem, or did you make the coil tall enough it rests on the bottom?

The other thing to watch for in older homes is whether the wiring is Romex or knob-and-tube. I've seen more than one house fire because a bunch of very reasonable 5 or 10 amp draws on "separate circuits" eventually summed up to 40 or 50 amps on a shared common. If you've got knob-and-tube, even...

I get that. But I also read somewhere above that the basket doesn't filter as well as a traditional grain bed ... that the wort remains cloudier. So, as I asked, why not combine techniques? If at mash-out we slow the recirc right down, wouldn't the grain settle into a traditional grain bed...

Hi all, I've been lurking on the site reading the excellent discussions for a while. Glad to be here. This thread has been very interesting. Even if I didn't understand before, by now I really understand that brewing in a bag or basket is very different from a traditional mash. I get that...