Recent content by spiveyb

I just made this same mistake. This thread help me diagnose the issue... thanks! But now I likewise feel dumb.

If Astroi falls through, I will take the kegerator. Will PM you with my contact. I am in Wilmington.

Do you still have the kegerator? Can you post up a pic? Thanks!

I bought some items at auction and have sold several things on amazon, but I cannot find any listing to re-sale the closure. I have three of the closures described below. They are all 3/4" NPT Asking $25.00, including shipping (lower 48). Big Blow Closure- This PET closure makes it...

I put a 20 foot cord with a dryer plug so I can run it out the back door and under the carport. I don't need the extension.... until I move. How do you not destroy your kitchen with water and wort on brew day?

Got everything wired up and it runs like a champ.

I am coming to the forum with the exact same question, I racked and re-pitched a second belgian smack pack of 3787 after it stalled in the 30s from an og of 86, that was 7 months ago... re-pitch another smack of 3787, or will those little buggers wake up?

It's a straight mash with a sparge rinse. The closest thing you listed is a single infusion mash. I would agree with jekeane, if your going this small just use the BIAB method. Its the same but you add all of the water into the pot, add your grain in the paint bag. Then let it steep at the...

Thanks! I am going to do just that and have an electrician check it out before plugging it in!

Doug293cz is right about your hydrometer, I was always 2-4 points off because I never went to correct the temperature. The calculator is here: http://www.brewersfriend.com/hydrometer-temp/ As for splitting up the batch sparge, I generally found only a slight increase by doing 2 batches, like...

I started with only 1 cooler and 1 kettle. You can use your boil kettle to heat your sparge water while you are collecting your first runnings into a bucket. Once your are done add your sparge water, stir it, let it set 15-30min, and then vorlauf again. Once done put all of your wort back into...

So my intention was originally to slowly upgrade from my 3 tier cooler setup to a single tier direct fire to a herms and then going to an electric setup. However, in searching for parts I happened upon an electric setup which cost marginally more than the single tier I was working on... So now...