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Anyone out there in homebrew land have a recipe similar to Patagonia Amber Lager?

20 lbs maybe.

20 gallon spike with Utah biodiesel basket. 2 years and probably 100 sessions mostly 5 gallon batches. Can easily do a 10 gallon higher abv batch with several gallons to spare. Did a 5 gallon imperial stout with a 35 lb malt bill. Used extra mash water and extended boil. Used the whole volume...

So in February 2018 I decided to make some significant changes to my life most notably my relationship with food. I have several friends who have adopted the Keto lifestyle and it has improved their health profiles immensely. Going back further in time say 30 years I was a 6’2” 185 pound post...

Wow. That’s a long probe. That’s what she said. Sorry. Couldn’t help myself. I had assumed that the probe was farther back in the t fitting setup. That looks great.

How have the temp readings been on your controller relative to the actual kettle using a thermometer? The temp probe just seems to be out of the way and not in contact with recirculating wort.

I’ve always wondered why so much importance is placed on a recirculation port in the kettle or lid in a single vessel system. A port in the kettle limits the diameter of the basket that can be built. The simplest solution is the recirculation tube laying directly on the mash bed. No parts and no...

3.75 to 4 hrs in the spring and 3.5 in the fall. 38 degree vs 62 degree ground water. 4.5 if I’m drinking while brewing. 5+ if I’m drinking with friends and not paying attention at all. Ha.

I’m about half and half. When I want to have people around I’ll send a group text out to those I know will enjoy it and lend a hand. I’ve had after work happy hours/brew nights as well. Those are fun. I look at it this way. If I want to be precise I brew alone usually early am on weekends. If I...

I have 2 brewer friends who are ditching their 3 vessel systems for single vessel ebiab like mine. 3 1/2 hr brew day start to finish (including cleanup) and consistent efficiency from cream ales to imperial stouts. I’m 60+ batches on this and it has yet to let me down. Brew boss controller...

I just went with s05 for the second running and used 1/2 oz of cluster at 60 and 30 for the hops. Winging it. It’s churning away right now. Shouldn’t take long that’s for sure. RIS is going crazy as well after a short lag period. I’m keeping it pretty cool so it was expected.

Brewed the original recipe up yesterday on my ebiab basket setup. Used 19 lbs of 2 row, crystal 120 instead of special b. Got the wrong yeast so I decided on the fly to use a pack of Safale be256 and an sf04. Who knows what’ll happen. Good bad whatever. I just like the process. Managed to hit...

I have 1 1/2 tc at 9 o’clock, 1/2 pt at 6 o’clock for the drain/pump, 1/2 npt for whirlpool at 3 o’clock, and half 1/2 npt at 12 o’clock for temp probe. No recirculation input at the top. Wanted the basket to be as big as possible both in diameter and height to maximize grain/water contact.

So in essence you are just doing a recirculation with a tube on top of the mash bed and not using the center tube/lid? This is exactly what I do. I just purchased a basket with a handle from arbor fab at the beginning and bypassed to cofi basket altogether.

I usually set my strike temp 2 degrees above mash and it works itself out over a few minutes of recirculation.

So your preboil volume was 7 gal and your post boil volume was 6.5? Was that before or after chilling?

Definitely chiller envy.

If you’ve been a good boy for a while the sugar has locked those up. Don’t sweat it. Pull harder.

I prefer my hydrometer set. Refractometer just seemed too inconsistent.