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I recently built myself an electric control box powered by a BCS-460 to replace my gas fired system. I got my hands on some brand new kegs and decided to use those as my kettles. Punched the holes for the temp probe, thermometer, ball valve and element. Then I wrapped the kettle with some...

I finally got around to changing over my gas system to electric the other day. After some struggles with faulty SSR's in my panel, I finally have everything up and running. All seems to be working greatly, with one exception. At or near a rolling boil my temperature probes jump around...

I would like to start by thanking everyone in advance for their input. Currently, we are in the works of creating a brand image and label for our new and upcoming brewery. We are really trying to go for an older style look that is enticing to both male and female audiances with out 'over the...

To start, I will give a little background information and would like to appologize for such a long post. I am in the process of opening a small(nano) brewery and restaurant. The system is 1bbl. The location has a walk in cooler that I could use for controlling fermentation temps. However, I...

So I brewed a Coffee Porter about 2 weeks ago. Everything went fine, hit my gravities, fermentation kicked off very well. A few days after the Krausen fell, I noticed what appeared to be a Brett infection with a film forming across the top with big bubbles underneath. A few more days passed...

I have had the last few batches of brew come out smelling very off after fermentation as well as tasting rather astringent. The beers taste like metal to a degree, and have an astringent dryness on the tongue. There is a smell that is very hard to place, but smells a bit of metal and something...

So several people had requested that I brew a beer that was very gingery. So I decided an Oatmeal Stout would be great for this. I added about 5 oz of fresh ginger to the end of the boil hoping this would give great flavor. Here are the problem(s). Fermentation stalled at a very high FG, at...

I have recently found a place that I can get 55 gallon 304 stainless steel drums that were previously used for Maple Syrup, and they are very cheap. I know this question has probably been asked many times, but I could not find an answer when searching the forum, so here it goes. Can I use...

I want to thank everyone in advance for the help on this. I have used this forum many times as a reference tool, and have great respect for everyone one here. It wasn't until now that I couldn't find what I was looking for, so I am now making my first post for help. I am in the process of...