Recent content by armymedic942

No starter, pitched 200Bn. OG 1.040. Had small krausen for first 12 hours then nothing. After 4 days I racked off the cake and re pitched with another 200. Batch size of 8gal

Brewed a California common (steam beer) last weekend. I pitched with wyeast California lager (2112 I think) and have it at 58F. Still no sign of activity. Is it too cold?

I want to brew an all-grain chocolate-cranberry stout as a Christmas beer. I have brewed with fruit once before (raspberry wheat ale) by adding fresh frozen into the secondary with great results. This will be my first porter. Can I add fruit in the Mash, or introduce juice into the boil, or...

Looking for an all grain raspberry wheat ale recipe... anyone have one?

I do have about 1 inch of foam now. definitely some activity, just not as much as I was hoping. It is a 10 gallon batch, and i pitched 2 activator packs in 2 primaries. I have since lowered my fermentation temp to 60. Should I continue to lower it into the mid 50 range?

I brewed my first all-grain Lager last night. ( I usually make ales) I had my fermentation chamber ready for a temp of 50f, buy come pitching time, I noticed that the wyeast( american lager 2035) used suggests pitching between 60-72. So I pitched at 68, and it has been fermenting for 12 hours ...

Like n240sxguy said, you are making things too complicated for yourself. wire your STC to a standard outlet and plug the AC into that. Then just move the temp sensor bulb on your AC outside of your ferm chamber. I was trying to get all fancy as well, and after a week of screwing...

I hope I'm not trolling your thread....you helped me out, so I am just paying it forward!

If you are talking about main power, it depends on the amperage you are drawing. For an AC unit I wouldn't go any lower than 14

Depends on what type of controller you are using. Most AC units require a 3 min rest before a restart, so if your controller has the option (like mine) program a 5 min relay lag to prevent damage to your compressor and you will be fine

50 and 50

Single temp probe with 2 relays. I have a small space heater that I will be using in the winter, since this is in my garage. I will keep an eye on it. I checked this morning and the temp is holding steady. I think because it is a smaller space I should be ok.

That 3rd picture is the window. I haven't put the outer cladding on yet. There is no fridge. The first version was built around a bar fridge and I used the door on the side of the chamber. The fridge couldn't even keep the interior temp below 70, because it had internal evaporation coils that...

This is what I did. Now I wait with fingers crossed Here is a view of the chamber itself I put a window in one end so I don't need to open it to check fermentation progress.

I believe you are talking about this: http://www.storeitcold.com/index.html I'm not ready to drop another 300 bones on my ferm chamber just yet. I have been getting a lot of help from n240sxguy in his build thread here...