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I'm new to electric brewing. Just had a wet test run over the weekend. My element already has a thick layer of something white stuck to it. I'm sure this is normal, but what is it?

Just wanted to share my victory with people that actually care. SWMBO could care less... This is my new HERMS 2 vessel single element rig. I plan on expanding to three vessels and adding an additional element somewhere down the road. The keggle on the left will double as HLT and BK. Since I'm...

I am finished with my new electric set up and ready for a wet test. My set up is a simple 1 element (5500w), 1 PID design with a 40A SSR. I have everything mounted inside a 12x12x6 enclosure. I have one concern though... the heat sink for the SSR is mounted inside the CP (completely sealed). Do...

I'm in the process of building my E-HERMS system. It's a single element design but I wanted to prepare for a two element design in the future. I'm using a Auber 2352 PID, 40A SSR, Camco 5500W ULWD element, etc. I went to Grainger today to pick up a DPDT switch for my element select (DT to...

So I bottled an IPA (OG 1.078) 4 weeks ago and there is little to no carbonation. I think my problem is from my priming sugar. I boiled a couple cups of water, turned down the heat, slowly added priming sugar, turned the heat off and let it sit to cool while I sanitized my bottling bucket, etc...

So, I had been planning my first AG batch to be a real big beer (SG 1.110ish), mainly because I love big beers and thought, even if I screw it up really bad I'll still end up with some kind of beer. Well, that's exactly what happened. I ended up with a pre-boil gravity right around 1.04. I...

Just left Midwest Supply (only 20min away) and picked up some 1/2 pound bags of hops because of their 3rd Annual Hop Sale. I picked up 8oz Warrior ($11.95) and 8oz Yakima Magnum ($9.95). :rockin: Now, to make a long story short I ended up with a bag of grains pre-mixed (out of the Midwest...

First post, total noob. I just finished brewing my second batch and I'm preparing for my third. I originally was going to brew Midwest's Sierra Nevada clone, but have since decided to double the hops to 8oz and add an extra pound of light DME. It got me thinking though.... Why don't I just...