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Awesome, thanks!

For my next batch I was going to experiment with racking a porter or stout onto boubon and bourbon-soaked oak chips in secondary. I've never left beer in secondary for more than a few weeks before, nor have I ever put alcohol into my beer. Could I prime and bottle as normal without...

I bottled 5 gallons of it a week ago today, can't wait to try it!

Perfect Brewing is AWESOME!

Thanks Denny! And thanks for clearing up the tannin issue for me, that makes a lot of sense.

I'm a pretty new AG brewer and haven't attempted any decoctions yet, but it's my understanding that (and I know I'm oversimplifying) a portion of the mash is taken out, boiled, and then returned to the main mash as an infusion. When you take some of the mash for the decoction, do you scoop a...

Sweet. So not an issue for SS, thanks!

Hey all, I recently bought a 9 gallon stainless steel kettle to use for AG brewing on my outdoor burner. I rinsed it out with warm water before using it and then brewed an IPA which is happily bubbling away right now. I've since seen posts on here suggesting that water should be boiled...

I had that same capper that came with my starter kit and it broke the very first time I used it after only 4 bottles!!!! One of the "wings" snapped clean off, I guess I didn't know my own strength! I used it as a perfect opportunity to upgrade to a bench capper and haven't looked back since.

Thanks everybody! I'll take a gravity reading tomorrow, and if nothing is going on I'll re-pitch.

Hey all, I brewed my second ever AG batch on Sunday night, an IPA (OG 1.068) and everything went great right up until it was time to pitch the yeast. Earlier in the day I had activated the Wyeast slap pack but after about 6 hours it had only swelled a little bit. I'd used Wyeast packs...

That makes sense, thanks!

Thanks for the responses! I edited my OP to reflect this, thanks! I'll try filling it fuller to see if the water weight forces the flow, that'd clear up my curiosity about whether or not weight forces the fluid through the braid and uphill to the valve. I'm not sure if this will give me...

Hi Everyone, I'm trying to figure out the dead space in my mash tun but not sure how to calculate it. I have a converted 15 gallon igloo cooler with a stainless braid in the bottom. I figured the easiest way to find this would be to add water to the empty cooler in 1 quart increments...

Nevermind, I'm a moron, I think I figured it out. The spring goes under the shutter. Duh.

Hi all, As the unit comes assembled except for hose attachment I recognize this is possibly the dumbest question in the history of the forum, but here goes: What the hell do you do with the spring?! I get that you place the shutter over the base of the burner assembly and then screw the...

Great bar, I love Firkin! They have the Furious there pretty regularly, and last time I was in they had the Surly Bender cask!

Ah, gotcha. Thanks!

Wow, that looks awesome! I have to ask though, why the fan perched over the kettle?

Thanks, that's good to know!