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Didn't notice any floaters while transfering but today I did stick a light in there and after I secondaried it last night and added some more spice, I did see some spice clumps, let us know how the cold crash turns out, I also planned to cold crash mine just to clear it a bit more.

Racked my pumpkin ale off to secondary today, I used 3 30oz. cans of Libby's pumpkin mix, and 1 pound of rice hulls also. One thing I didn't account for when mashing was the temp. of the pumpkin mix, ended up undershooting my mash temp by 10 degrees. I raised it to 152, and I think that this...

This guy makes me want to punch someone! :ban: I feel loony after watchy one of his vids!

Just installed a thermometer/sightglass kit from bobby(brewhardware) installed easy and fit great no leak first try! Will try to post pics soon for ya. :mug:

looking good!

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^^^^^ Nice job man! Looks good, like the conversion chart on the top.

X3 on the wire nuts instead of terminal strips, use a little black elec. tape on them when they are tightened down.

Yes , def. forgot to mention that. Def. a key thing! thanks ****Edited the pic above to note this! thanks again Yes that would work too.

Hopefully this will help. Chopped up the original image from post #991. -->Original post here!

Yep, me 2. I used a piece of small bubble wrap and duct taped it and it seemed to work great.

You guys inspired me to make me one of these beer line cleaners also. Bought a 1 gal sprayer from wally world, and a few adapters from our local bucheits(hardware/lumber store) and I am in business. Will post some pics when I have a chance. thanks and good ideas!:mug:

Thanks All! With your advise I am going to try to get the wort down to 45-50 some degrees and pitcher cold. Thanks so much, I let you know how it goes!

Going to be doing a Pilsner Brew this weekend and will be making a starter for a white labs wl800 Pilsner yeast,I will be fermenting this at 50-55F. This will be my first lager type brew so I was wandering , Do I need to cool my yeast starter and wort down to 50-55F before pitching this yeast...

Good deal, that should give you a little more efficiency in your cold-room. Coming along really nice, can't wait to see some brewing action!:mug: