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So I've been brewing with electric for a while and loving it! I do have one thing that still makes me nervous every time I brew and I can't find the answer. I'm using the SS tri-clamp element housing with a stainless element and standard gasket. It's grounded and I checked continuity between...

After seeing the bad reviews, on reddit, about Stout I was somewhat nervous ordering from them. I originally tried to order from BruGear, but I got no response to my inquiries. I could not be happier that they didn't respond to me! Stout delivered in my option the best kettle design and conicals...

If I add a Whirlpool/steep hop in beer smith it does not change the IBU of any of my boil hops. Am I correct in saying that it should rise, but not at the level of the boil hops. My thought was to just extend the boil time, but I don't think that would be correct either.

So I've been searching everywhere and it appears that there is no perfect ~7 gallon conical that is reasonably priced ~$600. Perfect for me would be completely thread and weldless free. SSbrew tech looks like it would be great, but the use threads and a weldless thermowell. I can't figure out...

So I brewed a less hoppy version of Janet's brown with Chocolate Rye. Should this go into the specialty category? It only has 5% rye.

So I started to adventure into electric brewing. I have very little experience with electric, but I've been reading up for a while now. My first goal was to take my SABCO and integrated it into a panel and set it up to eventually run on 30amps. Once I feel comfortable programing the Unitronics...

So I've been reading a bunch of threads and there appears to be many opinions as to what is the best method. I still can't figure out what the safest way is. Is it not safe if I make my e-stop the first NC switch on my panel before the master switch and the contactor that controls power to the...

So I brewed an ESB ( Brewing Classic Styles recipe). It finished at 1.09 instead of 1.012 and it's has a thin body, close to a light lager, with a slight grain taste and %6.4% ABV I'm not very familiar with the style so I'm not sure if it's to style or not. Would this pass for an ESB...

Excuse my rant: Sometimes I don't feel like formulating a recipe and I just want to buy a pre made all grain kit to learn a new style, but they're always based on 5 gallon batches! A 5 gallon kit turns out to be about 4.25 gallons (if I'm lucky) on my system. :tank: I always make my recipes...

Ok, so I'm moving and I'm wondering if I need a water report if I use 100% RO water? I always put my parameters into Bru'n water not sure if they make a difference?

So apparently I accidentally made some sparkling wine :o I'm not sure what went wrong. I degassed it for 10 minutes with a drill. I wonder if I sucked more air into it? I tastes okay, not great, but not terrible. It's only 5 months old.

Looks like Mark Wahlberg will have a new show about MIT kids starting micro brewery. I hope it's good... http://www.webpronews.com/mark-wahlberg-micro-brewery-reality-show-features-mit-students-2014-05

I have a bunch of miscellaneous home-brew stuff for sale CHEAP. $125, BUT you must take it all , I'm moving and I have WAY too much stuff and I'd need to gone as soon as possible. Preferably by this weekend. Please excuse my jumbled list, I'm just trying to remember what I have. please don't...

Looks like I'll be moving to Chagrin Falls from Philly Area. Anyone from that area? Do you like it? Anything to watch out for when we're house hunting? From What I can see, it looks like you have just about all of the beer that I like, minus maybe a handful of brewery's. Are there any...

So I have a Sabco RIMZ wizard and I need to replace the element, I figured it would be a good time too switch to the brewers hardware version since it's cheaper. When I exposed the electrical connection there is no ground wire. Is this safe? It's connected to a GFCI plug. The connector has...

I'm ditching my false bottom and hop spider and switching over to a whirlpool. I'd also like to run my wort through a hop back. Has anyone done this, did you have good results. I'm brewing a session pale ale and want to put as much aroma into this thing as possible.

My Therminator froze last month with water in. I just noticed it's bowed out on one corner. Do you think it's ruined? I can't think of anyway to test it?

I submitted two IPAs for a competition and they did terrible. The only bad comment that I got back was that the hop flavor is muddled. But it killed my score. Do you think it's my water profile? Here is an example of my water profile for a heady topper clone that I used with wlp007...

So, my palate is pretty terrible (I think). I can only notice flavors when some one points them out to me. Examples: I brewed a vanilla porter, I didn't want to submit it to a competition because I couldn't taste any vanilla. Well, the feedback that I got was that it's dominated by...

So, I made my first wine last night (Winexpert Amarone with Grape skins). Went pretty well (I Think) :o The whole family participated so that was fun :D First Issue: The juice smelled like raisins. The kits was made in April of 2013. Should I assume that this is caused by the style of wine...