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Working on my first electric brew session and ran into a hiccup and need some help. I am running a 240V control panel with an Auber PID, single 5000W heating element and a 120V pump outlet. I am running off my 3-wire dryer outlet to a 50A GFCI (spa panel) to the control panel. I had an...

Looked at my dryer power outlet today and saw something fishy. It's a 3 plug dryer outlet, but it seems to have a ground wire coming out of the wall and connected to the junction box? Anyone know of a reason you would have a ground wire but still wire a 3-wire plug? Sent from my iPhone using...

Hi, Currently planning an electric brewery setup based on the countertop Brutus design and deciding in which heating elements to use. My electrician (family friend) says that he would think a steam table heating element would be better, and mount it to the bottom of the kettle. The thinking...

I have a small amount of fresh cascade hops from my first year growing them. They were harvested last weekend (I could not harvest them later), and I'm planning on brewing this Sunday. They've been in a plastic bag in the refrigerator since they were harvested, but I've read that you should...

Anyone else on the east coast brewing outside in this heat wave? It's pretty hot in general much less standing over the burner...

I made this Honey Pilsner recipe from Papazian's book, and I want to combine those flavors with Lemongrass, which I am sort of stealing from DFH's Namaste. Here's what I was sort of thinking: Fermentables: 4.5 lbs Pilsen 4.5 lbs 2-Row 1 lbs CaraPils Mash at 150* for 90 min...

Hey guys, just wanted to share my latest project with you. I live in a really small apartment, so the only size freezer I could realistically fit was a 5.0 cu GE from Home Depot. (These are all iPhone photos, hopefully they are ok) I didn't really like the white, so I repainted it black with...

My friend and I are in the very early concept stages of a brewpub, and I'm incredibly excited about it. I'm only 23, so I figure now is the time to take a huge risk like this before I have any family commitments that would make it more difficult. We think our concept is very unique/original...

Just picked these up on Saturday! Anyone had it yet? How is it?

I have a $50 visa gift card that I wanna spend on some new equipment. Just got into all-grain. I've got an DIY immersion chiller, 10gal kettle, 5gal cooler MLT. What should I get next? Thanks :mug:

OK....so I have a Black IPA, APA, Belgian Blonde, and Belle's 2-Hearted clone in the works (fermenting and bottled) and i need a suggestion for my next beer. Trying to decide on something different than the ones I have going if possible This will be my 3rd AG batch, so I'd like a fairly...

But I can't find the original thread! I've read a quote from it....but can't find the entire thread.... Is this one of those super secret parts of the site that us mortals (non-EACs) can't access? Or have i just not searched properly? Mods -- can a super HBT Google Searcher such as myself...

She got these tap handles from Rogue, and then painted the chalk board paint on the block! I think these are pretty sweet. Gonna go great with my new 2-tap keg system I just bought! :ban:

Just did my first AG brew last weekend. I had a quick question regarding running off the wort to the boil kettle from the MLT. I have a 5gal Rubbermaid cooler fitted with a stainless braid and ball valve. I just placed my BK under the MLT and opened the ball valve to drain the MLT. Should I...

I am. I am a huge fan, especially following all of the breweries/bars around D.C. They use twitter to announce new beers they have on tap and special beers they have coming. The other micro-breweries use it to promote new beers coming out, and even my LHBS announces new hops and ingredients...

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I couldn't find some SS hose clamps to secure the SS braid inside the mash tun. I found some zip ties in the electrical section, they are rated to 185*F, which should be high enough. You think the heating of the zip ties would be OK? Thanks

So I'm considering getting a mini-fridge to act as a fermentation chamber, however the one I can get for free would only be able to fit 1 fermentor. My question is, if I want to have two batches fermenting at a time (overlapping) will controlling ferm temperatures during the very active stage...

Placed my order last week and received this yesterday! They were awesome on the phone because I upgraded a couple of options in the keg package, no problems. I am PUMPED! 2 Kegs with a 5lb tank and a 4-way manifold to allow me to upgrade to 4 kegs eventually. And these....2 Perlick...

Third batch, so bear with me.... I just opened the fermenter after 3 weeks to drop in the dry hops, and the beer smelled kinda bad....i was expecting the nice hoppy smell that i was getting out of the airlock the first week or two, and instead i got a very unappetizing stale smell. I also...