Owly055
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I once told a girlfriend who's life was coming apart in every conceivable way and who was praying constantly over it that she wasn't listening to God. I told her that God was hearing her prayers, but she wasn't hearing what he was telling her. She was doing all the wrong things because she thought they were the right things. Insanity has been described as doing the same thing over an over and expecting different results. God was telling her she was doing the wrong things, but he was speaking in results, not words.
I said this only partially "tongue in cheek". I'm not a particularly religious person, but I do believe the answers are usually in front of us if we take the time to look for them. God may or may not have a hand.......... take your pick.
In brewing, I've been stubbornly ignoring these answers in terms of equipment. I have stubbornly continued to brew 2.5 gallon batches, on a weekly basis using BIAB in a 20 quart stainless steel Walmart $12 dollar stock pot. It means I have to sparge a gallon or so of water, adding complexity and work to the job. I've been wanting a 5 gallon stock pot to get by this, but I wanted one with a port for a valve, so I can do a BIAB RIMS system. It all adds up to more and more money. I also have a shortage of bottles. I use flip top EzCap bottles, and they are expensive. My recent experiments have demonstrated to me that I can probably accomplish an entire brew cycle in under 2 hours instead of the usual 4.5 hours. I made the decision early on NOT to brew big. I don't want to handle 6 gallons of beer. I don't want large batches, partially because I don't have a lot of space, and partly because I love to experiment.
Well, I finally "listened"........ I'm cutting back to 2 gallon batches. I can I believe easily complete a 2 gallon brew in the kitchen including getting out the equipment and cleaning up in 2 hours or under. I can't do this with 5 or 6 gallons, I can with 2.5 but it adds an element of "struggle" to it. With 2 gallons, I can do my new procedure seamlessly and easily with no additional investment. I can do my RIMS using a siphon fed pump sitting on the stove top, and I don't have a valve and stuff hanging on my pot, meaning I can use it for other things. I simply don't need fancy stuff to make good beer. I just need to take my own long ago advice and "listen to God" ;-) He sent "a little bird" to whisper in my ear that I do NOT have to mash for an hour....... or even half an hour, or even 15 minutes. I laughed... "ha ha ha.... who ever heard of such a thing", and I set out to prove that it was nonsense. It wasn't!
Listen to God............. Sometimes that "little bird" that whispers in your ear is right!!
Howard
I said this only partially "tongue in cheek". I'm not a particularly religious person, but I do believe the answers are usually in front of us if we take the time to look for them. God may or may not have a hand.......... take your pick.
In brewing, I've been stubbornly ignoring these answers in terms of equipment. I have stubbornly continued to brew 2.5 gallon batches, on a weekly basis using BIAB in a 20 quart stainless steel Walmart $12 dollar stock pot. It means I have to sparge a gallon or so of water, adding complexity and work to the job. I've been wanting a 5 gallon stock pot to get by this, but I wanted one with a port for a valve, so I can do a BIAB RIMS system. It all adds up to more and more money. I also have a shortage of bottles. I use flip top EzCap bottles, and they are expensive. My recent experiments have demonstrated to me that I can probably accomplish an entire brew cycle in under 2 hours instead of the usual 4.5 hours. I made the decision early on NOT to brew big. I don't want to handle 6 gallons of beer. I don't want large batches, partially because I don't have a lot of space, and partly because I love to experiment.
Well, I finally "listened"........ I'm cutting back to 2 gallon batches. I can I believe easily complete a 2 gallon brew in the kitchen including getting out the equipment and cleaning up in 2 hours or under. I can't do this with 5 or 6 gallons, I can with 2.5 but it adds an element of "struggle" to it. With 2 gallons, I can do my new procedure seamlessly and easily with no additional investment. I can do my RIMS using a siphon fed pump sitting on the stove top, and I don't have a valve and stuff hanging on my pot, meaning I can use it for other things. I simply don't need fancy stuff to make good beer. I just need to take my own long ago advice and "listen to God" ;-) He sent "a little bird" to whisper in my ear that I do NOT have to mash for an hour....... or even half an hour, or even 15 minutes. I laughed... "ha ha ha.... who ever heard of such a thing", and I set out to prove that it was nonsense. It wasn't!
Listen to God............. Sometimes that "little bird" that whispers in your ear is right!!
Howard
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