I'm having the same and/or similar problem. I found a Long Trail Double Bag clone recipe. I added into the recipe builder on the grainfather website.
Original recipe and numbers:
Size: 5.0 gal
Efficiency: 75.0%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Original Gravity: 1.076
Terminal Gravity: 1.019
Color: 19.4...
I used my Hydra for the first time yesterday. What a difference. Got down to 61 degrees in 7 minutes. I was using a cooler filled with water/ice as a reservoir, and a 1/4 horsepower pump.
I have a catalyst and really like it. Your mod to get rid of the butterfly valve is a great idea. Do you bottle or keg? The clear bottling attachment is very convenient because it fits my bottling wand tubing. The larger diameter barbed fitting on the ball valve Is good to dump trub. Is...
I am brewing a chocolate stout. I pitched the yeast (yeast 1098) and started getting bubbles in the airlock about 12 hours later. It was going well for 36 hours, then the power went out and had no heat for about 2 days. Temps in the house dropped to 55-60 deg. Moved the fermenter near the...
Boom Boom is the perfect name. Brewed it for the first time, pitched the yeast last night, and when I got home today, it blew the airlock off my primary! What a mess. The wife went nuts