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yeah boil was already 90 minutes. I'm not so sure I wanna heat up water again. I'd rather just go back to mu equip. I looked up various reasons for excessive boil off in here in HBT. It seems its (boiling down to :)) 1) thickness of kettle and, 2) BTUs used with 3) a marginal effect from...

Oh man. I brewed a 6 gal batch last night. ( i always do a little more for these types of instances) I used a new 10 gallon kettle for the first time. This one is stainless and my normal one is a 10 gallon aluminum. I lost 2.6 gallons during my boil. So frustrating because my o-gravity was off...

Yeah Beavis, I turned on the heater and that thing does get super hot. I did order those ferm wraps but they aren't supposed to be here for a few days and I'm supposed to be ramping the temps with these yeasts (Belgian and a Saison). I think I'll set the probe in midair and just manually plug...

Yeah Bobby that is a great response. I have been torn between the side of the fermenter and mid-air. The side of the fermenter could be the closest to the actual wort temperature without being in it. However, when you're trying to acclimate the wort for the first time it could end up running a...

Hammy I like your advice. I am so afraid to strike gold again on the next attempt. Also, before I do I want to pay my beer karma ahead of time and post these pics for anyone looking to do this on their own. As you can see, I drilled (where the screwdriver is inserted into the fridge wall) the...

I tried converted my Kenmore TF to a Keggerator and everything was going as smooth as planned. Looked great took pics...posted a secondary inside and high. Then went to go drill for my line. Made the pilot hole in the back corner below the bottom shelf line (was trying to be discrete with...