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I was just thinking about a scotch ale/wee-heavy I just brewed. Part of the procedure I came up with (after a good discussion with the LHBS dudes) was to pull a bit (~3-4 qts) of the first runnings about halfway through a 60 min mash and throw it into a kettle to start boiling very vigorously...

hehe... well, as long as it's not the carcinogens making you keel over... :P FWIW, i've got a 5 gal. #7 water bottle kickin' around i've been thinking about using for a primary on short batches, but I've been chicken to try it for fear of chemicals leaching out and oxygen diffusing...

I've never used this ingredient, i'm not familiar with it's flavor profile at all, so i'm just gonna toss this out there as an abstract idea and those who know better can agree or disagree: What if you threw the balsam tips whole into a secondary, almost like dry-hopping, like you say? You...

I was going to say almost exactly the same thing for my own process, but Blender did the typing for me :)

Awesomesauce Thanks for the video Revvy! Looks like i'm off a-huntin' for a refractometer! (bro-in-law enjoys homebrew, so maybe i can guilt him into buying me one... :P)

Wow, thanks for the unanimous replies :D I have seen a bit of info that claims refractometers can be a bit tricky for hombrewers to use, since you have to correct for the fact that your solution is more than just alcohol+water or sugar+water, but a whole tasty blend of proteins and sugars...

Hey Everyone I didn't have any luck either on the forum or on google so far, but I was wondering if anyone has ever seen a "mini" glass-tube hydrometer for sale anywhere. I'd like to find one that's smaller than the typical homebrew-kit glass tube model that is so common, so that I can use...

700 + 6.5 (previous post) + 5.5 (my batch) = . . . umm... oh yeah, 712! I left it to condition in bottles a few weeks ... cracked one last night and it was brilliant! Thanks to Brandon O for the original recipe and all the other input from fellow forum-ites. Cheers!