Recent content by JosR

"...buy a $40 stir plate and been done with it..." It's been pretty time-consuming and frustrating for something so simple, so yea, I'm just about ready to buy one instead.

I couldn't get mine to work with other wiring diagrams, either, so I tried this one. It burned out my fan. No movement, the LED didn't light up, the fan just smoked and died. I double checked the wiring. It was correct. The power supply was a 12V, 1000mA and the fan was 12v 2.0A. Aside...

Thanks guys. My OG was within, but on the high end of the target range for the recipe. My bucket has gallon markings but I was focused on the boil volume, which I estimated with depth graduations that I had etched on to my stainless big spoon. I was worried I had too much. Possibly an error my...

Brewed my first all-grain batch last week. A 5.5-gallon proter. After mashing and sparging (good conversion) I ended up with about 7-plus gallons and boiled for 100 mins down to what I had estimated to be 6 gallons. After 7 days primary fermentation, I transferred the batch to a carboy for...