BobbyFromNJ (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The intent of a full boil in my case was simply practice for converting to all grain. I think the batch you seen in the video was my last extract batch. I agree, you don't need to do full boils for extract.

KingofNH (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

"People invest WAY too much in homebrew." It's a hobby! The whole point of home brewing is to try new ideas, retry old ideas, and share ideas to get the perfect brew. I don't see an 02 tank as too steep an investment for such a fun hobby, or did you mean the 25 cent aquarium aerator?

KingofNH (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I prefer to avoid full boils. It does help to disolve the malts and avoid "bite" at the end of a normal sip, but it also, as stated, depletes O2 in the water. I like the idea of an O2 injection, but thought I'd add my 2c. After a 2/5 part boil (2 gal for a 5 gal brew) I box the whole brew (5 gal) between a clean bottling bucket and my fermentation bucket. I've had good success. Still, I love the O2 tank. Great set up.

cro200 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Man, I got a plate chiller (the shirron), It ROX... Very good chiller, adds much more pleasure to homebrewing... Adn "trying to aggitate the wort with wort chiller?"... I think you would be increasing the risk of contamination. If you dont want to aerate you can use the Olive Oil/Flax Oil technique... there are many sources talkin about that... Thats what I have been using latelly.

BobbyFromNJ (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Would you care to quote some sources for you information or are you being anecdotal?

Cannile (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

People invest WAY too much in homebrew. While using an immersion wort-chiller, if you aggitate your wort with the wort-chiller, you will add a sufficient amount of oxygen to your beer. Using an oxygen tank and an aquarium diffuser stone is completely unnecessary.

BobbyFromNJ (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

KGMartin is the tool, but I'm pretty sure that's what you meant.

SolomonsJim (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

That jnmccra person is a tool. It's a lot easier posting insults than it is to make informative videos, so thanks very much for your efforts!

clinteg (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Or your could just read a little and figure out why certain ingredients are used. I brewed 2 extracts and have already made the jump to all grain with excellent results. I think 10 batches of extract is probably a little much unless you just like doing extract a lot because it's less time consuming and less variables involved. All grain isn't that hard, but there are both easy and hard ways to go about it.

Gjoker321 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Don't mind the naysayers, they do seem to be jealous of the attention. Besides, anyone who says they know definitively how to make beer doesn't understand they are playing with dynamic living creatures in this wonderful adventure of brewing.