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Imperial IPA All Grain please

Just realized I never posted after the brew. Manifold worked great! I think it cleared the wort faster than the braid did, but it could just be that the braid had degraded. Either way, very happy with the results. I also noticed I never mentioned we upgraded to a plate chiller on this setup...

I went with the camlocks because it kept things simple and let me move the hoses around quickly. I'll admit it can get a bit busy shuffling connections on brew day, but it's good enough for me.

I got mine from Costco.

Time for an update. We've mangled the mesh screen in the MLT from stirring the mash. I decided to try making a manifold instead of replacing the screen. Here's what it looks like now. Took a couple of hours to make using a hacksaw and CPVC. Going to brew with it next weekend.

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I used to top off with bottled water from the fridge. Not as cold as ice, but less prone to contamination. You could go as far as freezing a gallon jug, but that's not easy to work with.

Your temperature should be fine. Different strains of yeast like different ranges, but you're in prime ale territory. I ferment most of my ales around 64.

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So many cool ideas in this thread. I got the inspiration for my build here, so thanks for sharing. I went with two coolers and a shelf. You can see more of the build here.

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Yooper's dead on about the fundamentals. My biggest improvement in beer quality came from better temperature control during fermentation and doing yeast starters to get the pitching rate up. Having said that, somehow extract still felt a little like cheating. We made some great extract...

Finally put the splash guard on. I used an empty jug that had washer fluid in it before. It was about the right size and easy to cut, but a little flimsy. We'll see how long it survives before I decide to try something more substantial. Final cost ended up around $1250. I was surprised...

Brewed on the new setup for the first time today. I didn't think about it before the weekend that we would be brewing the day after National Homebrew Day. Nice. Took a lot longer than I expected, mostly because the process and equipment were new. That and we'd never done 15 gallons before...

For the record, I have to say Loctite 567 is some pretty good stuff. I put it on the threads I mangled and was able to rescue the parts. You can see from the pictures that it's not screwed in as far as the rest of the fittings, but as long as it doesn't leak I'm a happy guy. I put together...