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It was suggested upthread that you squeeze the tad bottles to reduce headspace. But I did this with my brand new tad and it resulted in permanent creases in the plastic. :( Be careful not to squeeze these very much if you are going to compress them to reduce headspace.

I made a homemade stir plate from a computer fan. It has a small stir bar and works perfectly with those one gallon jugs pictured above. run it more slowly if you can.

Update the ph of the solution is yellow? My test kit directions don't go that low so I am assuming it is acidic. The scent seems to be coming from the lid. There is a rubber gasket around the lip. Could this be the source?

I had my bottling bucket sitting with 5 gallons of starsan solution (1 oz of starsan). When I opened it to transfer it had a strong rotten egg/sulphur scent to it. The bucket is fairly new with only a couple of uses to it. I scrub it out regularly after use and sanitize it prior to use...

That would be great. Thanks!

5 gallons of centennial blonde 5 gallons of witbier 5 gallons of robust porter 5 gallons of bavarian hefeweizen =9254

Are there events other than the Thursday night meets? Like ronshosti, Thursdays don't work for me but I'd like to get involved.

Thanks JDS for articulating this. I feel like using more water in the mash has given me the results I prefer. Though, this is just a gut feeling, nothing I have observed empirically.

I am confused now. Is it gallons or quarts. THe sticky reads 1-1.25 QUARTS for mash and .5 GALLONS for sparge. Is this correct? Colorado seems to think it is not...

I just did my first ag batch with this style of mash tun, It worked great. Thanks Skifast for the mod. (I ski fast too) Word Doug

Hahaha Nutcase, as if our houses don't already smell like a brewery. I made this recipe today as my first all grain. Thanks Jamil and Thanks Benedetto for the recipe. I'll report back on the results...

what would the proper vessel heat capacity setting be for this in beer tools? thanks for the help

I think I am going to give this a shot for my first all grain. I'll pitch on a WLP570 Belgian Golden Ale cake leftover from a (extract) belgian blonde i just made. Had to sub yeast at LHBS b/c they were out of belgian wit yeast. Looking forward to it.

I just finished making one of these tonight. A whole day of running around and less than an hour of assembly. Those ten gallon rubbermaids are a bugger to find in the stores. Thanks flyguy, you have probably helped hundreds to make the jump into all grain.

+ 5 gallons of Belgian Strawberry Blonde. 19,075