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just ran this last night. i am still very very "green" to this hobby. heres a quick story/rundown: ive been very intrigued for the past 2 years or so. i was a troll for awhile on here, reading and learning. i wanted to ask what felt like millions of questions, but for the majority, everyon...

i have the brewhaus Essential Extractor PSII High Capacity and was wondering whats a good way to heat this. i have a electric single burner 1500w i bought of ebay and first time using it today and it already has broke. any suggestions?

on my 4th night tonight around 9PM east coast time. still bubbling away. im getting excited!

pitched the yeast last night, aerated for about 45min or so, and everything seems to be a go so far!

thanks everyone. everyone is very helpful

Thanks guys u r all awesome. What temp do u let this mash settle till before you pitch the yeast?

i apologize as i cant find in the search and i will keep searching, but if you guys dont mind i have a newb ?. as for aerate for an hour, what are you actually doing? are you leaving the lid of...stirring....? thanks, im gonna keep looking also EDIT found ppl saying to stir, mix or shake. for this r...

i just went and picked up 3 of the Barley boxes. something like 1.70 a piece US. im gonna try and make a run at this very soon


SO...a 20L batch would be:
17.5-18 cups sugar
20 liters water
5 cups cereal
10 tbsp. yeast

this sound right?

looks like im gonna give this one a go...sometime very soon. trying to set up shop here in this new place

so i have been trying to research for a bit now and i just picked up the Brewhaus Essential Extractor PSII High Capacity (for now, at least) and i think its time to try to make my first attempt at this new hobby. Any advice? I just want something easy to start out with, some sugar, water, yeast mix....

oh and to add, im pretty much only looking for some neutral spirtits.

sorry guys. i guess it doesnt really matter what size. i just dont want it to be big/huge and me not utilize what i have. once i get the hang of it, i probably wouldnt have more than 5gal wash at a time. i did try to look for like the "pony kegs" or the 1/4 kegs (i think its something like...

and rad, on ur design, could you have welded the faucet drain on there if you wanted and avoided the gasket?

you guys have all great advice and i appreciate it. The Nixon stone is what i would love to eventually do. Maybe its a good idea to make one, or more, and get the essentials mastered i guess you could say....... and i guess im a little confused on a pot size and using a heating element(s). from what...

just out of curiosity, how much mash do you make at a time usually?

so a 25L stock pot would be fine for an heating element?

whats the smallest pot size you would go with if you wanted to run a heating element with it? and for the money aspect, dont get me wrong i dont want to spend $1000 making one, but i dont want it to limit me with this still. and something like this for you element: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Wat...

your still actually look really good! what size pot do you have there?

Well been lurking for a little while now and figured i would make my first post. I am considered a newb when i comes to distilling, but am eager to learn. Ive been trying to figure now for months what i would like to do. I was very interested in just buying one and have it home, over and done with a...