You don't want to be thrashing the shit out of your boil. I'm not an expert by any means but I've read a couple of times that too vigorous a boil will damage the proteins in the beer. if your boil is sufficient that all of your wort is at 100degrees and all of your wort is moving around, I think tha...

Aah, simply buying bigger plastic cubes sounds like the smartest and simplest option. Thanks :) So forgive me for the silly question, but "no chilling" is basically putting your (very) hot wort into an air tight container to allow it to cool naturally with no exposure to air, correct? It just saves ...

kahlerisms, Don't worry about whirlpooling! Thanks Bob. I think I was just after a little reassurance that whirlpooling wasn't a critical step. I no chill (N/C) everything. Trub (hot and cold break) hop residue. All goes into the cube and it is separated (mostly) when I decide to ferment. I guess t...

Hi Guys I'm planning on building a keggle very similar to this, with the electric element. I wonder how much of an effect the tap/thermowell/element will have on whirlpooling though and if this is a significant hindrance to this kind of keggle design. The bent intake pipe in the photo above might en...

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