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I was hoping for some insight as to what im doing wrong. Have a brutus inspired keggle set up. Blickmann Therminator mounted under the boil kettel burner probably 16 inches of clearance, maybe a little more. Being in a water sensitive area I use a pump recycle cooling water through a ice chest/...

I currently use the poly quick disconnects, but go through a ton of the o rings so I am thinking of switching to ss. Anyone have an opinion on the cam lock vs ball lock (think thats what they call them) style? Temp issues as far as handling? Any opinions or experience would be appreciated.

As I have upgrade my system I have some different items I have outgrown. These would be great for someone starting out or in an apartment. 30qt polarware kettle, $50 5 gallon cooler with mash tun conversion kit. Add another cooler and you can fly sparge, kit will work for a bigger cooler if...

After looking around a bunch on the threads, the one question I didn't see asked does anyone regret, or has anyone switched back to direct fire after going electric? I am currently running a single tier 3 keggle set up, and was thinking of adding a control panel. After a little more looking, and...

So I was going to make a Berliner weisse, which turned into I'm going to make a super funky sour wheat. My plan was, and what I have done so far, chill wort to 75-80, and lactobisllious, hold at 80 for two days then add Brett. Let the Brett work for a few weeks then add the wlp Belgian sour mix...

Ok, let's assume there are no stupid questions just stupid answers. With that perhaps this is a stupid question. My wife (she is awesome) just got me a blickmann conical as an early birthday present. Since I can pressurize if to transfer the beer, has anyone hooked it up to the dispensing side...

Since I live near Russian RIver Brewing I have done several trades with people for Pliny the elder. Nun of them have lived in the Florida area so here's what I'm hoping, someone with access to cigar city beers will read this and be willing to trade for ???? Being on the west coast I imagine...

So as I was reading the thread on fly vs batch sparging, and then last might read an article on no sparging I have a question on speed at which you drain the mash tun. I know with fly sparging you need to match the input/output flow of the water to keep a half inch or do above the grain. I...

So I've started building a semi Brutus 10. To start going a little less automated, but otherwise basic idea from the original plans, looked in the forum at what others have done etc, and am modifying it a little to my needs and ascetics. The one thing I saw a couple people do was make the burner...

I currently use an immersion chiller so hop filtering hasn't been a super big deal to me. I am going to switch to a cfc and from all i have read about hops getting stuck, I am curious what everyone else has found to work best? I currently use the old false bottom from my 5 gallon cooler mash...

Hoping for some suggestions. Recently switched from round igloo coolers to a keggel set up for my mash tun. In the cooler I was getting upper 70's to low 80's for my efficiency. Ever since the switch, 5th batch was last night, I've dropped to mid to high 60's. Thoughts? I'm going to double check...

I have to go to albaquerque for work and will have a day to kill. Anyone got any good suggestions for bars, breweries and maybe a bottle shop so I can bring a few things back that i cant find at home maybe?

Ok, so perhaps I should start two threads since I realize this is two questions, but since one relates to the other here goes. Lets assume I know nothing, which isn't hard to do, and I want my beers to have a "dry" finish. What would everyone suggest to do that? Which leads to second question...

I made a belguim blonde. Left it in primary for 4 weeks, then cold crashed for 3 days, racked to bottling bucket with priming sugar, bottled and put in my spare bedroom to carbonate. This was the first batch I have ever cold crashed, otherwise everything else about the processes was the same as...