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1/24/2012 -- What does "w/spigot kit" mean? It's not explained in the description of the 8 gallon steel pot that is described as 8 gallon stainless steel pot w/spigot kit. Would this mean a hole would be punched in the side, with a 1/2" spigot kit to be put in?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes, that's it.
We punch a hole and install a bulkhead fitting, as well as a 1/2" npt brass spigot.
12/21/2011 -- What is the gauge of the stainless steel on the 8 gallon brewpot?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: The wall thickness is 0.8 mm
5/17/2010 -- what is your phone number?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: We can be reached at (425) 355-8865
Our toll free order is (800) 850-2739
1/26/2008 -- I live about an hour (if traffic is good) from the address on your website. Do you have an actual store or is everything here based solely online?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes, we have an actual brick-and-mortar store in Everett, WA. People actually walk in and buy stuff!
Our address is:
Homebrew Heaven
9109 Evergreen Way
Everett, WA 98204
Here is a video of our shop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1a5fKvv8XI
Heck, you can actually call us on the phone, too! It's 425-355-8865. A person will actually answer as long as it's business hours!
11/5/2006 -- I live in Seattle, can I come and pick up the bottles in Everett? Do you have a "brick and mortar" store?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: You sure can. It is literally made of bricks and mortar, in South Everett. Our address is:
Homebrew Heaven
9109 Evergreen Way
Everett, WA 98204
425-355-8865
Hours are 10-6:30 M-F
and 9:30-5 on Saturdays
Here is a video of the place:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1a5fKvv8XI
Take a look around!
10/8/2004 -- I am a novice and have only brewed 3 5 gal. batches. My instructions say to boil 2 to 2.5 gallons of wort. Am I correct in reading that you suggest to boil the entire 5 gallons?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Correct. No idea where you got those instructions, but we recommend boiling the full 5 gallons (or more).
Using a small brewpot (or less than a full volume boil) causes a "concentrated boil", if you will. Many inexpensive "kits/recipes" put this in their instructions, but it is bad advice.
This concentrated, sugary mixture will easily carmelize with heat, causing a darkening of the beer, as well as a poor breakdown of the malt sugars. Without a good breakdown, the yeast will have difficulty fermenting them. The result then is a high ending gravity, sweetness to the beer, and loss of alcohol.
The effect of the concentrated boil also affects the hop utilization. A thinner boil will cause a better breakdown of the hop compounds, a thicker one doesn't allow this. The effect here is an under hopped beer.
We recommend no less than a 4 gallon brewpot (16 quart), but a 7 or 8 gallon is better. That way you can start with a volume of about 6 gallons, and after evaporation caused by the boil, you end up yielding about 5 gallons. We don't do this to sell more brewpots. We do it because it makes better beer.
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