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I'm wondering if it is possible to do a no rinse or minimal rinse CIP. I know pbw is percarbonate and metasilicate and an unknown surfactant. If I were to make pbw at home I would omit the surfactant over concerns about head retention. This leaves the percarbonate which becomes hydrogen...

So I'm putting together the plumbing on my new rig and am incorporating some triclovers here and there. I'm not eliminating threads but minimizing them (less to disassemble and clean). My brew kettle is a 20 gal aluminum pot and I intend to use a 3 way triclover ball valve on it (brewer's...

Any interest in sanke kegs, local pickup in Tampa? These are uncut so you could do the triclover clamp trick and have a bottom valve or you could use them for fermenting. With 3 converted to keggles you'd have the perfect setup for 10 gal batches and use a 4th to ferment the batch in. There...

I know, the title is about as clear as mud but it's the best I could come up with. I'm wondering specifically about beer gas - which is about 70/30 blend of nitrogen and CO2. I have a nitro setup and have used beer gas and get the idea (serve at high pressure for the stout faucet while not...

My new center inlet, brass head, march pump has a 3/4" inlet (1/2" outlet) and I'd like to take advantage of that and get the full flow of my high volume pump during chilling and wort transfer and I have to pump uphill to the HLT where the Herms coil is so I want full full head capacity. Plus I...

So I need to move up to larger tubing for my eherms system and plan on using my herms coil as a chiller as well so I no longer need my old immersion chiller. I'm selling this to raise money for the new rig. I'll ship but you pay shipping. Or pick it up local, I'm in Tampa. I'm thinking...

I'd like to put a couple led indicator lights in the control box I'm building. I'd like to source it locally (and cheap) from radio shack. I need a led on the DC line from my PID to my SSR to tell me when the PID is applying power to the elements. Then I think I'd also like a led on one or...

I wish I was handy and smart enough to post pics of my rig after it was done but, alas, that is not to be. I need help from some of the resident pros to figure how to wire this thing and precisely what parts I need. So, I plan on a three vessel system with two 5500 watt elements - one in the...

So I've always done fly sparging but with 10 gal batches it just takes so long that I'm considering moving to batch sparging. That said, I have some questions regarding technique and efficiency. Yes, I read the sticky :) I'm planning on a split sparge (drain, 1st sparge, 2nd sparge) but...

So after about 2 years of storage I'm putting my nitro system back together and I had a thought. I used to serve it at around 35psi using beer gas (after carbing with Co2) and I did this through the typical 5ft of beer line. However, the beer line is a restriction which only serves to reduce...

I find Heineken rather offensive but I'm not sure why. I can't quite put my finger on it. Before you say skunk what with the green bottles, I've noticed this flavor in other european brews in brown bottles. For example, I picked up a pack of Estrella Damm (spanish) the other day because...

I'm looking for some advice on a blueberry wheat recipe. I've got a ton of fresh blueberries from the orchard so extract and canned puree are out. Here are my questions. 1. How many lbs? I do 10 gal batches. I was thinking 1 lb per gal. 2. I'd like to add them to the secondary but don't know...

So I just bought my wife a steam cleaner and I had a thought. I have a massive pressure cooker that I sometimes use to generate steam for step mashes. It's a pain and it takes a good bit of propane to get it going. This new steamer may be a nice, easy to set up, electric alternative. I did...

Unibroue makes what I would say is easily the best weizen I've ever had. I'm glad I finally found a place that sells this.. I wish I had found it sooner. How they make the weizen-y flavors so smooth and yet pronounced is beyond me... the phenols flavors aren't sharp at all. I also don't know how...

I'll be using a lot of corn in the next couple batches and buying it at 1.50 per lb is a bit impractical. What's to stop me from buying a 50lb or 25lb bag of cracked corn from the feed store? Is that corn not safe for human consumption (i.e. pesticides, bugs, rat crap, etc.)?

I picked up a huge pressure cooker at the school surplus auction the other day. It has no gasket and I'm not sure it's supposed to. It does leak a bit when the pressure gets up there but it should work just fine for my steam setup. My question is this: Since this came from school I'm assuming...

So I went to the LHBS today to pickup the stuff for a batch and found a complete kegging setup w/2 ball lock cornys waiting on me courtesy of my GF! My birthday isn't for another month but she couldn't wait. Well, I didn't get to brew today since I was busy tinkering with the new setup.. damn...

Well, I had two brews planned for today, a cherry wheat and a porter. I've got to work tomorrow and will be taking a weekend trip after that. Problem is, I didn't get to brew either batch today and won't get another chance until monday or tuesday. So, how long with the *cracked* grain keep...

So, I had a thought.. How hard would it be to put together a home brewed conical fermenter? You could get a keg and use a plasma cutter to remove the bottom. Then have a metal fabricator or perhaps even a local welder put together a cone and have it welded on the bottom of the keg. If the keg...

Well.. 59 minutes ago my girlfriend turned 21.. too bad she's been asleep for 2 hours now :( big test tommorow. Anyhow, being an enthusiastic homebrewer I want to get her invovled in the hobby (she does make blueberry wine though). Problem is, she doesn't like beer... now I know what you're...