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COME ON!!! Nobody took this and ran? I am disappointed. On topic. I am amazed and salute all the clever solutions. I waited until I bought a house with a full basement to restart brewing. Of course in the winter I had to hear " Why is the beer upstairs in the closet?" Hello...we don't heat...

Congrats on the good fortune. Don't sweat going AG. I got back into brewing after a 10 year break and jumped right into from only doing extract before. Beer wants to be made. It's hard to mess it up. No... needs to be made! With all the info (and opinions) flying around here you can't help...

Wow. What a difference 70 degree days make. I had to turn down the gas on my cheapo turkey fryer. Never thought that thing would get too much boil. Happy brewing!!

Oh yes. So far my processes is add sparge water. Give the mash a gentle stir. Wait a few minutes to settle. Vorlauf as needed. I use some tin foil when returning to the mash. Then drain. I think my first batch had too much gunk due to the slots in the copper manifold. I made them with a...

Just got my second all grain brew in the fermentor. SH2B. Wanted to say thanks for all the incredible information on this forum. I definitly could not have done it with out you. One tip I did want to pass on that I learned from my very cloudy (but tasty) first beer. Even when batch sparing...

Mmmm! Nothing like the first few sips of warm hose water on a hot Florida day. Takes me back :)

Hi gang, So I decided to pick up brewing again. Did a few batches in my college days. My lovely and wonderful wife got me an NB kit for Xmas. Of course not knowing any better she got me an All Grain recipe. Needless to say that made me say screw extract and I have dived into AG. Took a bit...