Recent content by ark1ebs

I just bought a 10-gallon brew pot from Polar Ware with the spigot and stainless false bottom. My intention is to conduct my mash in my cooler as always, and use the new pot for boiling the wort. I've been using a 7.5-gallon turkey fryer with a siphon. I'm wondering if many people use the...

How about the Crystal 120?

It was in primary for 28 days and I didn't secondary. The OG was something like 1.056 and FG was 1.009.

I recently brewed a 5-gallon all-grain batch of IPA. I'm not on my home computer, so I can't remember the entire grain bill, but it was basically 10lbs of 2-row, .5lbs of munich, and a touch of Crystal 120. I've been fermenting in a converted chest freezer, and kept my Safale US-05...

Yesterday I brewed an american brown ale with 12.4 lbs of grain. I mashed in with 18 quarts of water at 154F and fly sparged with 17 quarts of water at 170F. The last couple of brews have come home at around 78% efficiency. Yesterday's OG reading was 1.054 (should've been 1.066) for 61%...

I picked one up for about $14 or so a few batches back. I had 100% faith in the reading until I did the 32F test in ice water. My reading then was 38F. Has anyone been able to calibrate these models? I didn't see any type of dial, or anything else that would lead me to believe they can...