Recent content by Quadrider

Just brewed a Pecan Coffee Stout 4 days ago with an 18.75 lb. bill and at 9.75 Gallon Strike volume..... I had plenty of extra room for more grains. Depending on your strike volume, I’d say you’ll be fine As long as it’s a 5 Gal. Batch. In the 14 batches I’ve ran through my system, The only time...

I have an ITC-308 that was purchased in May 2017. Recently the temperature probe has been recording astronomically high readings and causing my fridge to constantly run. The probe would read around 90 degrees F, whereas the true temp is actually around 37.... causing off readings of about +53...

Need some help please!! I’ve been an avid homebrewer for 5+ years and have dabbled in (3) batches of wine; all with great success. Recently, my wife nominated and appointed me the daunting task of supplying a wedding gift of homemade wine for 175 guests at her Sisters February Wedding! The idea...

Call me a homer, but this is one of the best IPA's on the planet... and will always be. Tried, tested, and true. Even though its a somewhat simple recipe, for $90.00 a 1/4bbl, I have this on my home taps year round. You cannot possibly go wrong with such a exceptional IPA for only $1.50 per pint.

After seeing hints of this on GBT's IG, I was very concerned about future support in the event there are any issues with my system. Reached out to Rex on it and his response was: "For the time being we will be focusing on our wholesale work that we have built up over the last year. Yes, we...

Brewed a few Irish Reds in the past... mostly extract kits from my LHBS which makes a killer Irish Red kit. This was my first AG attempt at an Irish Red, and only 5th AG attempt on my 15G 240v Ebiab setup. Mashing / Brewing / Racking went perfect. Preboil OG was right at 1.042, with a post boil...

Brewed my 4th batch on the GBT system last weekend, and with every brew I'm continually figuring out what works better and better. 1) Boil-Off - Had about 1 1/2 - 2 Gallons total boiloff @ 72% element output. Dialing back down to around 58-63% output should give you that gentle roll with...

Mounted the Bertazonni 400 cfm Hood Fan this weekend and piped it in using all 6" Duct. I didn't want to drill through the brick or roof for the discharge exhaust, and luckily had a casement window directly next to the fan. Removed the screen, and Cut a piece of acrylic to fit, and mounted the...

Pretty much same situation here. Here's an awesome thread and I strongly considered doing this as a resolution: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/easy-cheap-stainless-vent-hood.418665/ After browsing FB Marketplace though, I found a brand new $850 Bertazonni 400 CFM 36" Stainless...

After almost 4 Years of 29 Extract batches, I finally made the jump to AG. Strongly considered a 3V system... But with 3 little ones, and not really looking forward to 6-8 Hr. brew days or the additional cleanup needed, I ended up going e-BIAB, and couldn't be happier. I've ran 3 batches through...

All great points, and I think I’ll eventually swap it out for a ball or linear. For the next brew, I think I’ll try just a constant recirc whirlpool through the CFC until the probe reads good pitching temps.

One more thing to point out was the CFC usage. With throttling the butterfly's and how they "Click", I found it extremely difficult to achieve a constant slow flow into the fermentor. Throughout the entire cooling process, I had to keep my hand on the pump outlet butterfly to reach that slow...

1st time was a mess. 2nd was actually pretty seamless. As long as the Butterflys on the Pump Outlet & Tangentials are closed, the only spillage that occurs is whats left in the 2-3" outlet between the top butterfly and Kettle TC post. Maybe 2-3 fluid ounces max. I used a small pitcher to catch it.

Had a chance to do my 2nd brew on the system this past weekend. A 10 Gal. Gingerbread Ale. Using 19lbs grain with a strike of 13.75 gal. Once I started adding the first 9lbs of grain, I found there was too much strike water; causing the floating grains to slightly overflow the basket edge. I...

It’s been over a year. Any new info on this?