Recent content by dmwahl

Most 12V wall warts will run off 100-240V, if you don't want to buy a DIN mount one just mount it somewhere in the control box and wire it permanently. Otherwise those meanwell supplies are more or less the same thing inside.

I definitely didn't spend half that much on my single 5500W controller with an Auber EZBoil, so a double 5500W system should easily be less if you build it yourself. 485 seems fairly reasonable though given you don't have to do any of the work yourself. I would personally never leave a Raspberry...

It's true, the reason being that while a 20A SSR and a 50A SSR may have the same theoretical voltage drop, there are many factors that affect temperature. Two big ones are below... 1) Ohm's law. The SSR will not just be the switching component, the connections between the switch (usually triac...

Just made a 10gal batch of this last night, I doubled the grain bill and ended up at 1.049 OG with 14 gal post boil. And what was coming out of the mash tun was still about 1.04. Since I hadn't planned on so much volume I threw another oz of Amarillo in at 30 min to go on the boil to keep the...

I also cultured the yeast from a bottle of Ommegang, built it up with a progressively stronger/larger starter and even what I decanted off tastes pretty good.

Check out http://www.themadfermentationist.com/2007/10/homemade-candi-syrup.html, and then the comments by Michael (basically bake it in the oven at 300F to get it to the desired darkness.

Certainly looks like krausen to me (normal)

I'll add some experience here as I've drilled a bunch of holes into stainless recently. Mostly brew pots (~1mm) but also a few pieces ~10mm thick. 1) Good sharp bits are vital, regardless of whether they're HSS, cobalt, etc. A sharp HSS bit will beat a dull cobalt, carbide, etc bit. 2) Go slow...

6 years later... Any feedback on how this has worked out? I'm going to make a 10G batch soon, only with Spalt hops instead of the Styrian.

Old post, but some acetone on a paper towel takes off any remaining label glue quickly and cleanly.

I put my boil kettle on top of a plywood topped cart, I just stick a couple wood strips under it to lift it slightly off the surface and keep it from heating up the cart too much. Remember that there are wood trivets to put stuff on out of the oven, which can be hotter than anything in a HERMS...

I use a 5500W ULWD element and have no scorching issues with 5gal batches. You have to turn it off and stir if you're adding extract, but other than that it works great. If I were you (OP) I would use a second pot to either store the wort in temporarily or heat your sparge water. Otherwise you'd...