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Hi Thughes, Thanks a lot for posting your build and most importantly comparing using a blanket to using recirc and your comments on the two as well as the difficulties you had with the basket. I have read over ALOT of build threads and people just tend to go one way or another but dont really give i...

For those of you who who want to control their element but want to be "cost efficent", buy a DIY kit from dragonstills.com Basically its just a big dimmer switch to reduce the strength of your boil. http://www.stilldragon.com/diy-controller.html It controls a 5500w element and is only 54.25. To use ...

I strain using my biab bag as well. I just toss the bag in for the last 15 mins of the boil, much like people do with immersion chillers. Havent had a problem yet.

To avoid the bag clogging, i find sloshing the wort around in the bag keeps the strain going rather than just squeezing.

brickbrewhaus Actually this is 1 full boil 5 gallon batch. I split the batch between 2 pots. If i did something like a maxi-biab or a partial boil biab, 2x 5 gallon would be easy in the 3 hrs. Alternatively, I have done 2x 5 gallon batches by starting the second batch 1 hour later and mashing on the...

I considered no chilling in kettle, but figured that if im doing 10 gal batches, a 20 gallon kettle with 10 gallons of liquid is hard to move around, also due to the high mass, difficult to chill. Also, I am planning to go electric and insulating my kettle to make keeping mash temp easy, an insulate...

What do you think of using the compressor and cooling plate from a mini fridge to make a custom box to temperature control the pot in while it is primary fermenting? Im thinking since i am working with 10 gallons, the weight of the pot will prevent me from easily lifting the pot into and out of a fr...

I tend to find removing trub before primary fermentation to be a pain in the ass and end up removing too much liquid anyway. I like to brew once a week on Sundays, i figure i can just transfer to secondary before brewing every week. Maybe install a rotatable drain tube much like are in conical ferme...

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