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got a new 15 gal kettle with welded fittings got a 3 piece ball valve with it,do I take the valve off after each brew to sanitize

Hats off to spike brewing,not only did I recieve a replacement 15 gallon kettle in 2 days but he upgraded my order, and its gorgeous, anyone looking for a kettle needs to get with spike brewing :rockin:

finally got a chance to try my first batch of all grain {a holiday ale from more beer.com} spent three hours setting up garage for the boil,took my new kettle and put fire to it started the soak and found 2 pinholes in my brand new 15 gallon brewkettle, I got it from spikebrewing a recommended...

looking to upgrade from buckets,what all does everyone recommend i have seen these egg things looking at around 100 to 150,also looking to start kegging as bottling is too time consuming. a complete kegerator without corny's as a package $650 anyone have a link to setting up a keg system with...

I am purchasing a brew pot for all grain batches and i have a question I can get a 10 gallon pot that is 1.2mm thick for 170 or a 15 gallon pot for 180 that is 1mm thick, is the thickness of .2 mm difference should that be a factor in this decision I woul like the 15 gallon for 10 gallon boils...

Ok can someone please tell me the best book to read on brewing? thanx in advance

can I take any all grain kit or recipe,and just steep in a bag,basically use the kit as a biab

Switching to all grain and looking to get a couple of brew under my belt,where is a good place to get all grain kits, I am a newbie and dont really know anything about recipe's yet

is the biab system kits exclusive to the biab process ? or will every all grain recipe work with biab

question is with the high btu burner sp50 is it possible to still scorch the brew,on any burner for that matter, like my stovetop has a turbo burner the flame is covering the bottom of the 5 gallon pot I know about stirring but even at that can the brew be scorched?

before it goes bad

can the cold temp slow down the yeast process?

followed a brewers best pale directions to the T it states to not rehydrate yeast in bold letters,so i pitched it dry,its been 30 hours no activity no change in sg, all my temps were correct pitched at 70 degrees placed fermenter in 65 degree fridge, nothing ,I have been down this road before...

what is the perfect fermentation temp for standard ales? is each brew different?

getting everything together to start doing a full 5 gallon boil,my question is should I be starting with exactly 5 gallons of water or should i start with more to compensate for boil off? second;to use a seperate mash tun like a water cooler , or is the pot ok ,what are the advantages to using...

thinking of getting a larger pot for a 5 gallon boil and moving to the outdoors like this http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/review/product/list/id/6572/category/30/ any recommendations?

HIfolks havnt been back for a while, ready to try my hand at brewing again {been making wine only for a couple years] anyway my dilema in a few short words was the brewers best kits i was using made no reference to removing flame when soaking grains,also made no mention of removing from heat...

made a batch of belgian triple from a brewers best kit,remember reading somewhere about double pitching,is this neccesary?

I brewed a bb kit and love it do any iba fans recommend any other iba recipes or kits

what is the optimal time this should spend in the bottle,is the bottle conditioning time directly related to abv? or is it related to ingredients?