Been kicking around the idea of building a heat stick for the sole use of heating strike and sparge water.
Do you think just hanging one in my mash tun (round cooler) controlled by an SCT1000 pretty much overnight for the strike would be genius or dumb a$$? I know to keep the element away...
I'm not a Priest but am Catholic. The Church I attend is one that trains Seminarians in an internship. When the Pastor found out that I brewed the 1st thing he said was "you should talk to Dominick, he brews beer all the time in the rectory...some of it is pretty good!"
3 weeks later I was...
Guess I need to order up another SCT and git to wiring :)
Like said earlier it can't pull more than 10 amps as it just plugs into the wall, and also as said a kicker relay would be no trouble either.
The one I have out in the storage unit is a 100 cup one (so close to 6 gals) and I only...
Ok....I know I can't be the 1st to have this idea
I have an old banquet coffee maker ( the big a$$ perk one)
What's stopping me from cleaning the living crap out of it, hooking up a SCT100, setting my temp waking up to my strike water being ready to fly?
Seems like way to simple of an...
If your looking to build a MLT and HLT Menards is having a sale on the 5 gal coolers again
http://www.menards.com/main/outdoors/outdoor-recreation/camping-boating/coolers-ice-packs/5-gallon-menards-water-cooler/p-1993703-c-13322.htm
15.99 with a 6.00 rebate makes final price 9.99...
I make 3.5 gal batches all the time
If you have Sam's Club near ya get this...... http://www.samsclub.com/sams/member-s-mark-spring-water-4-gal/prod1180623.ip?navAction=
Throw away 4 gal carboys!!!!!! that come filled with water :)
I brew a mixture
I do my strike water and sparge on the stove and mash in the kitchen then I do my boil outside in the yard and move to ferment into the chamber in the garage