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im in! :mug:

I'm in.

Just bookmarked your blog. Thanks again for all the information. I hope this helped the OP.

Possibly, but I would like to just wash the protein off the top cropped yeast and store it. Since I only brew about every other week. Then I would make a starter from what I have stored when I'm ready to brew.

Thanks for the info WoodlandBrew! I'll check those links out.

I had this exact same thing happen to my last batch. The OG wasn't as high as yours only about 1.050, but I had a little over 5.5 gal in a 6.5 bucket. So only 1 gal of head space. Needless to say there was a ton of blow off into a jar of SS. After about a week i saw that nice thick layer of...

I had the same issue with mine. After a couple months of waiting with no carbonation I decided to go against my better judgment and force carb with a keg. It did the trick and the beer tastes great even though it was introduced to oxygen for the pour from the bottle to the keg.

I was woken up this morning by my wife telling me the lid to my fermenter had blown off. I've been brewing for about a year and a half now and have finished about 25 batches; yet to have this happen though. Anyways after cleaning up the mess I'm sort of happy, the batch is still fine, and I feel...

Thanks for the input. It did look like it might not hold a keg very well. SQ14 is half the price which is a definite plus with my finances. Also sounds like the 10 inch burner flies through propane, and can be difficult to manually control temps without a PLC.

I have done BIAB partial mashes with great success. I think I would get upper 70 to 80 % efficiency. I just never could do a full AG BIAB because my boil kettle is only 8 gallons, anything more than 6 lbs of malt and my kettle would over flow. Also I can't use the keg, because my burner is too...

One more thing I think I failed to mention. I work the night shift, so to get this mashtun finished and do an AG batch I had to for go sleep. I've been up now, for 27 and 1/2 hours, all for the love of the beer:tank:. Now it's time for some sleep!:cross:

Just finished up the first batch. Brewed an IPA, I got about 52% efficiency. I know that's horrible, but I'm not complaining. Having to make a false bottom out of a pie pan on the fly, I'm glad I got over 50%. Definately planning on getting a real false bottom in the future. I think my...

Lets see how this sun visor holds the temps.

It's a pie pan.

Well this is what happens when your LHBS doesn't have false bottoms. We'll see if this works.

Well after about an hour of tinkering and an ungodly amount if plumbers tape I was finally able to stop all of the leaks. Held 15 gallons of water for about 20 minutes, i think it should be good. Now off to get my grain and home depot to make my false bottom.

Yeah i was slowly getting that going slow was better on the second hole. I would take a water break when it started smoking.

The first hole went great, but the second one was a pain in my@ss. Hopsalot You are definitely right about the bazooka filter. I'm on my way to home depot now to make a false bottom. Hoping to do AG tonight if this thing holds water.

NCGrayson I plan on mashing in this keg. Just ordered everything I needed from bargainfittings (1/2in bulkhead, thermometer, bazooka screen, etc...). I'm then planning on making a cover with reflectix radiant barrier to hold the mash temps. Saw some posts on here that made it seem pretty...