Jim's Beer Kit

Id also go with whirlpool/dry hop rather than late boil hops

i managed to do it even with a plastic euro fermenter. Used barb for blow off out of the top, when cold crashing connect co2 source to the barb and put about 1-2psi of pressure on. do the same to transfer to keg

Avoid oxygen at all costs. I don't know what fermenters etc you used but if you can add co2 when coldcrashing and closed transfer to keg I found that helps a lot

4 kits to get to 10.70 ? What will it end up around 8% ?

I'd imagine keeping filling and draining the hlt to cool the wort may be quite inefficient with the amount of water you would use ?

Get a lager yeast and a way to ferment at low temps (temp controlled fridge)
I seem to remember a lot of kits come with ale yeast and probably won't give you the flavour your after

I use a maxi cooler for fermentation
I'm crude so just use an inkbird to switch the whole unit on/off I'd say you may find it difficult to keep it a 2 degrees depending on ambient temp tbh

yeh i got there eventually with 50l on 3kw but i had to close the door to stop the breeze and keep the lid on until it got to the boil

good to hear, i was trying to boil just over 50l in a un-insulated keggle with a 3kw element the other day and it was really struggling, i`l try some insulation around the 100l pot

I know there's probably a lot of factors to consider, but is it possible to get 100l to the boil with 2x 3kw elements ?

2-3 weeks I'd say

local nano to me does a rhubarb and custard cream ale which seems well recieved

http://www.boottownbrewery.co.uk/

he also runs a homebrew shop so may be worth giving him and email and see how he suggests you use it

ive made good white and red from kits. reds you need to leave a good 6 months before there good to drink but whites are good nearly straight away

a decent kit will set you back 1.50-2 a bottle

I found my grainfather got around 80% efficiency so I'd just adjust grainbill for whatever efficiency you got from your biab

There really go chillers tbh. I fitted cam locks to mind when I had a grainfather so there's no reason to not use it in another system !

I've seen other cfcs for sale in America probably for a comparable price