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I need a pump that is self priming to pump wort to another vessel or chiller. Pump must be able to pull liquid above vessel. Capacity should be in the range of a March pump.

My plate chiller is gravity fed from my boil kettle. I started noticing that the thruput was getting slower and slower. I assume that some wert gunk is clogging the plates. I tried cleaning the chiller by forcing water under pressure through the chiller, then injecting a solution of oxyclean...

I have an extract recipe that calls for 1 lb wheat LME. I do not have this but I do have wheat malt. Can I use this and steep with my speciality grains? If so, what would be the amount needed?

Yesterday while cleaning my kegerator (freezer chest) I accidentally left the temperature sensor outside. Therefore it was on overnight and everything froze. 3 cornys my CO2 tank and gauges, and some beer bottles burst. I am trying to thaw them with an incandescent utility light. What damage...

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I just setup my first kegging system and I have a problem setting pressure. Is there a step by step sequence? One problem is that when I set the pressure, lets say to 10 the needle moves to 20. I set the screw to lower it to 10 it then it creeps back to 20. Other problem is that it sticks...

I just received my first kegerator setup. Carbonated as recommended; 12 pounds for two weeks. Boy, what an improvement over bottle conditioning. Attached second keg, purged, then set to 12 pounds. Checked a short time later the pressure gauge read 30 pounds. I released the pressure on the...

I am a newbie having just received my keg setup. I have a 3 gallon brew in my fermenter. I would like to keg it in a 5 gallon corny. This of course leaves a very large headspace. Is this a wise thing to do? Will I be using a lot more CO2, especially to initially purge the O2? WHich...

Yes I know what you mean. I had had several fermentations which looked like snow storms in one of these snowman globes, and lasted for days. I figured this was good because it showed life and the beer tasted good. I was only curious because I want to harvest the yeasty. Now that I know the...

Hi Ovaltine guy, I am in my seventies. An age where people start assessing their mortality. I am pleading with you to release the @#^$R$ results ASAP for several reasons. 1. I want to see the results so I ca die happily having seen all thats left to see. 2. Waiting is increasing my...

I have several, one tilt top, and one heavier duty with a lift for many years they just don 't die. have several attachments including one that shreds vegetables for salads and the pasta maker. Both are well used and excellent. Very important is there super customer service. ANy problems and...

I have noticed that on a number of my brews the yeast cake has many big blobs, like ricotta curds. This happens using new or recycled yeast and with ales and lagers. I want to wash this cake. Questions; Are the blobs yeast, trub, or some other stuff? Can I wash this cake and retrieve good yeast?

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I love my induction hot plates. I generally do 3 gallon brews so my wort is about 4 gallons. You can use them anywhere without danger of fire. The cheapest setup which works very well is - 1800w plates ( the largest you can use at 120V) which I found on Amazon for $66 each and graniteware 34...

The best beer song composer and singer has to be Slim Dusty. He is an aussie who is considered a national treasure He calls himself a country singer but his style is more folk as we call it in the US. He has recorder over 800 songs mostly gold and knocked out over 100 albums. His output was...