Sight Glass Option: It's typical in the oil industry to use a ball float attached to a rope that goes over the lip of the vessel and is attached to a counterweight hanging on the outside of the tank. The rope is approximately the same length as the height of the tank (plus the size of the pulley, et...

I've been buying lots of different craft beers and I've decided that the main thing I like is session beers that are brown to pale, lightly hopped. So I tend to brew these on a regular basis. Nut brown ale, cream ale, and an orange honey wheat are my top ones so far. Otherwise I try different things...

I switched from the traditional 3 vessel system to BIAB after having a stuck sparge on my 2nd all grain batch. Never going back. Depending on my mood I might do a normal BIAB, a mini BIAB, or a MAXI BIAB. Sometimes I put the bag in my 5 gallon cooler so I don't have to worry about heat loss. Bottom ...

You can buy a water hose valve for $2-3 at home depot. remove the push button valve that came with the cooler, replace it with the water hose valve. You may need to drill out the plastic cooler a bit. Wrap the valve in teflon tape and screw it into the hole. Surprisingly enough it doesn't leak. Now ...

I have the exact same unit, ran the same experiment, came to the same conclusion and the same solution. I discovered a safety switch on the heating element that you need to hold down but a paperclip worked great. It holds 7.5 gallons and works fine for a standard 5 gallon batch recipe. Question: Hav...

First BIAB tomorrow ...