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Okay so I've just finished wiring up my RIMS toolbox as per the RIMS for dummies thread. I used a 1500w element, Auber PID and 25amp SSR. I installed a switch between the SSR and the heating element. When I turn on my box the element should only run when I have the switch set to the on...

Hey guys, I found this on another RIMS in a box thread and was wondering if everyone thought the wiring set up was good? Any concerns?

Hey guys, Im getting ready to bottle the Northern No. 1 kit from Northern Brewer. Its been in secondary for two months and was in primary for 4 weeks before that. The ABV is 11.2%. Will it be necessary to add yeast before bottling? This is a beer that I plan on aging for a while in bombers...

Hey guys, so about two weeks ago we decided to brew up our first lager. We hit our OG of 1.071 and used Wyeast 2000. We were looking to get a final gravity of 1.018 according to BeerTools Pro. I made a 2L starter and pitched 1L into each of 2 6 gallon carboys. I probably underpitched, so it...

Okay so I've read through a whole bunch of posts on this forum about balancing your system, and it seems that would work if I actually had taps, but right now Im just using a 5' picnic faucet that came with my keg kit. Im sure I missed a thread that has the answer that I want, but oh well ...

Hey guys, I just recently went and picked up a water report at my local utilities building and wouldn't you know that it had absolutely no information that could help me. I checked online and found this report, but after looking at it, I really don't see anything that relates to brewing? Where...

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone has tried to clone this beer? I recently had some down in Atlantic City and it was pretty good. Heres what I'm thinking so far for a 5 gallon batch ... Pale Ale Malt 7.5lbs Vienna Malt 1 lbs Crystal Malt 10L .25 lbs 1oz Cascade Hops for 60 min .5oz...

Okay, so Im in the market for a brand new conical fermenter. I generally do 10 gallon batches ... so the question is ... which one do I get? Plastic? Stainless? What is everyones opinion of the minibrew? I think I'd rather go stainless unless someone can convince me otherwise. I don't mind...

Hey guys, this might seem like a dumb question, but I just built an immersion chiller today out of 1/2" ID flexible copper pipe and I was wondering ... how do you get the water out of it when you are done? I just did a test run and it worked great, but now I can't get the water out of the...

Hey guys, Im new here ... kinda, this is my first post but I've been reading the boards for a few months now. I finally picked up a keg that Im ready to turn into a keggle but I have a few questions first. I looked all over the board and I couldn't find the answers so here goes ... Oh I'm...