Recent content by willeck2

Over the winter I converted to an electric BIAB system. I love that I can stay inside where it is warm, and I've made a few good beers with it. On my last brew I noticed a burning smell and realized the liquid wasn't transferring through the bag quick enough, and that an air pocket must have...

Ok, that might make sense. It was raining tonight and I had my setup right at the edge of my garage door. They could have gotten some water on them.

Im wondering if this has happened to anyone else or if someone can explain why it happened. I have a 10 gallon bayou classic kettle with a turkey fryer from Gander Mountain for my HLT, and a 15 gallon bayou classic kettle with a Blichman burner for my boil kettle. Tonight when I was heating...

It's not as fancy as some, but I just finished putting it together today and look forward to giving it a test run next weekend

Thanks Scott, I was hoping to be able to be able to wire both pumps to 1 outlet attached to my brew stand, and then just have a plug running from the outlet to plug into one of my wall plugs.

Thanks Ed, I didn't think that two pumps would overload a circuit, but I'm no electrical genius. I thought that I'd previously read something about 2 pumps being too much for one circuit, but I looked all day and couldn't find it, so I figured I'd ask others who have already done it.

Fly sparring is exactly why I'm asking. That is the only time I think I would be running both pumps, also maybe when I'm running cleaner through the system after a brew. So can anyone tell me if I'll need to run an extension cord into my house to pick up on another circuit?

I've got a fairly basic question. I'm upgrading my brew system, and I now have 2 March 815 pumps. I am wondering about running both pumps at the same time. Will they need to be plugged into separate circuits? Or can they run at the same time on the same circuit? I brew out of my garage, and...

Thanks for the input everyone! With all of your reassurance I've decided to use the starters. I was just a little concerned because this was my first attempt at washing yeast, and I wasn't sure why one of them was getting the stuff on top and one wasn't. I'm sure the end product will be...

So last night I made a couple starters from two jars of washed yeast that I've had in my fridge for about 6 months. I was planning on brewing a few times over the 4th of July weekend since I haven't been able to brew in a long time (hence the 6 month old yeast). Both jars looked fine this...

Thanks for the answers. I've got a black IPA in the keg carbing up right now :)

I purchased a keg system last week and it just arrived a few days ago. This is my first time with kegging and I've got a couple of questions. 1. Last night I was disassembling one of the kegs to clean and sanitize it prior to filling it with a batch i've had in secondary for a while now...