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4th year plants, I've never cut them back in previous years, should I loop off all growing shoots at this point?

Tons of vessels from 10 gallons to ? For mash to fermenters. Wish I had the $ and space.

I usually recirculate my mash by pumping from the valve on my mash tun and pump over the grain bed that is usually covered in a few inches of wort. This sometimes creates a compacted mash, and I worry that I'm not extracting as much as I could. I've been thinking of reversing the flow of the...

I cut off the bottom,added a triclamp,and an adjustable drain that can either pull from the bottom or above the yeast cake, and mounted it on the wall.

I decided to flip my sanke fermenter upside down. I want to be able to clean it easily while also making it easier to drain. I cut the top in 9.5" circle an am using a 10" triclamp gasket covered in clear lexan. Still kind of figuring best way to keep sealed. Any suggestion. On the bottom ( or...

I have the inkbird 106vh, it can be calibrated from -199 to +999. My problem is that after going -199 I'm still 399 degrees off!! Any ideas on how to fix this, I believe my probes a wired correctly.

I'm firing up my new control panel for first time. First off, should the contactors make a buzzing sound when activated? Second after looking at the instructions for the auberins dspr boil controller it says the element won't be active unless there is a temp probe hooked up. Is that accurate...

I'm planning a 10 gallon batch of Tide Pod Stout ,but am not sure how many pods to use. I read other people have used 1 pod per gallon, but that seems high to me. Should I just drop the pods in the mash, boil or, dry pod the fermenter. Thanks

Going to drill HLT today, wondering about placement of element, coil, and probes. I've read to put mash probe on the coil out. HLT probe in the low side of vessel or the water out? Do I have to constantly recirculate the water to get an accurate reading? I guess I want the element as low as...

Has anybody had experience with these elements with housing? They look pretty slick , and are ulwd,and stainless.

I have my panel completely wired, the GFCI pops when I power up. I'm trying to troubleshoot so I removed all wiring from main contactor except what is in the photo. GFCI still breaks. If I remove the neutral from contactor it doesn't break. Are the 2 hot leads interchangeable? The only wired...

Hi all, I've done some searching, but have not found the perfect answer. I've got a 30 amp breaker in my panel that runs my air conditioning. It is supplied by a 10-2 wire ( white,black,uninsulated ground). My plan is to tap that wire for a 50 amp GFCI spa panel to supply power to my 30 amp...

Somehow on the bottom of my sanke fermenter I developed a couple tiny holes, are there sanitary ways to repair or braze to fill in the hole? Contemplating bringing to a welder or drilling it out for a valve. Any other suggestions? Thanks

I've brewed a beer og 1.082 and am using Czech pilz yeast. It is currently fermenting at 53 degrees and am hoping the fermentation will be complete after 2-3 weeks at which time I will raise the temp up to 60 degrees for 2 days or so for diacetyl rest. I've read that there is no need to rack the...

Just wondering if I can protect this circuit? Or can only a 4 wire be gfci protected?

I would like to build a simple on off , 15g BK. Could I use a 5500w element running on 220 30A circuit to achieve boil then switch over to 120 20a to maintain boil? Instead of building a control panel. Thanks for any input. I generally boil about 14 gallons.

I have been having great results pitching a single smackpack into my 13 gallon batches fermenting in my sanke fermenters. I usually buy a fresh pack right before i brew,smack it then pitch it when i'm done,active fermentation by morning in most cases. I try to cool wort to about 74 degrees and...

Im leaving town amd wont be back for a month or two.all my stuff will be in storage. I may be able to leave a few kegs in my keggerator at a friends, but I wont be able to keep all cool. Most of the beers will be in the 5to6 % range.thanks

Just wondering if anybody has experience using hop extracts. I know a guy working at an extract plant here in yakima wa ,and might be able to get some.

I ferment in 15.5 gal sankes, about 13 gallons. Was wondering if a water cooler , 10 gallon would work.