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Hi Greg, how did the nuruk making turn out for you?

Thank you very much for the reply. I am new to brewing water chemistry and still trying to wrap my head around it. It seems from what Cluckk is suggesting, you can acidify the mash to hit certain pH then add all your mineral contributing salts in the kettle. I have always assumed that minerals...

Martin, I read somewhere where A.J. suggested adding the calculated salt additions for both mash and sparge water altogether when you mash in. In brunwater, the additions for mash and sparge are calculated separately. Is it suggesting adding the salts separately to the mash and then to the...

Thank you all for the inputs. Spike: Are you saying that the probe will not be in contact with the boiling wort?

Hi Guys, I am considering to buy a new SS boil kettle. I do mostly 5 gallon batches but would like to be able to do 10 gallon batches as well. My question is if I go with the 15 gallon Blichmann Boilermaker but only doing 5 gallons most of the times, will I get poor efficiency due to the...

Great post, thanks! One question I have is how can we determine how many billion cells are in that 500ml slurry? We know one vial or smack pack normally range from 100 to 130 billions.

Great post, thanks! One question I have is how can we determine how many billion cells are in that 500ml slurry? We know one vial or smack pack normally range from 100 to 130 billions.

I was being told that Sweetwater uses Wyeast 1098 for all their beers.

ekjohns and krovitz, You both are using 5gal cooler, correct? I just built a custom heat reflective jacket for it. So, I will let you guys know.

He has a thermometer with 4" probe installed so it should be taking the reading right in the middle of the mash where the temperature should be most stable. The mash should be colder around the side of the cooler and I agree with you without stirring it, there is no telling. I made a reflectix...

Just to be clear, you were losing 4-5'/hour even with the lid filled with Greatstuff and foam pads placed inside the tun? I have a thermometer and ball valve installed on my cooler so that could also contribute to further heat loss. I have recently moved to Miami and it seems like the warm...

I read about drilling and spraying some foam in the lid but am concerned that the foam will not expand and dry leaving behind a gooey mess like many had warned. I did cut and make a foam pad, I cut it to fit the tun snugly that I have to push it down there. Hopefully, it will work.

ekjohns, When you rest your pad on top of the mash, did you manage to cut your heat loss? I have a 5 gallon rubbermaid cooler tun and I am losing heat like crazy, 7-8 degrees in an hour. I even double wrapped the outside of the tun using Reflectix from HD but It's not helping much. The lid of...

MRG, Nice fermenters! Where did you get those at, what size are they?

Do you still have it?

You are right. FGDB is the maximum potential extract so I should only be targeting 75% out of the 2 Row 80.5% in this case.

Thank you all very much for the replies. Second, please bear with me as I am quite new to AG. My first 3 gallon AG batch of Pale Ale was very close. The grain bill was as follow: 5lbs of Briess Pale Malt 2 Row (the FGDB is 80.5% of 37 points or 29.7ppg) .63lbs of Caramel/Crystal 60L...

Hi guys, John explained in his book if we want to get a 5 gallon of 1.050 wort, we just use the formula: 50 x 5 = 250points 250 points / 30ppg (anticipated yiled) = 8.33 lbs Is the 30ppg ("anticipated yield") the default value in determining the malt quantities? How to Brew - By...

I just picked up a 5 gallon cooler at my local lowe's for $20 bucks. I might not be able to make high gravity 5 gallon batches but 2.5 or 3 gallon batches will be no problem. 3 gallons is not a whole of beers but I can make more experimental batches with it.

Thanks for the reply curlyfat! I am switching to AG brewing and in the market for a mash tun. I am still debating whether to get a cooler mash tun or a SS mash tun. I love the capability of direct firing on the SS but also worried about the scorching problem. One of the solution i read...