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It's at 86F now. I'll keep inching it up to mid 90's and in a week or so I'll see what happens. Cucumber mint sounds good! Friend of mine suggested some hot peppers to balance out the cucumbers.

Yeah that might help huh. Mashed at 148F and used WLP565 Saison Yeast.

I brewed a Saison a week ago on Sunday the 19th. It was pretty beefy at OG1.071 I did 10 gallons and started in the lower 70's for 3 days, then raised it 1 degree Celsius each day. It's in the higher 80's now. It tastes great with a lot of great Belgiany esters. :mug: One fermeter's at...

Just saw this and thought I'd pass this along. Great deal on a fridge w/ no freezer compartment.

Because A) someone always has a good answer on these threads, B) I like having the option of reusing things for other purposes without damaging them, and C) I'm anal and I like when things just work, is there an adapter that fits onto the black threads on the 56HD sprayer properly with 1/4 male...

Thanks for the replies guys. I actually did take my multimeter and stick the probes in a blob of the stuff while wet and it wasn't conductive, so does that mean it's not that stuff causing the GFCI to trip? Also, I only used the Qualco stuff on the inside of the pipe to seal the terminals on...

Guys, I made a heat stick following these directions which worked once, then leaked water so I had to undo it, reseal it, and close it back up again. This time I used this stuff to seal the terminals inside because I had it laying around. I completely encased the terminals, let it set-up (not...

I'm going to build a copper manifold for my MLT and I had a question regarding what palmer says about the design. He says: "The transverse tubes in the rectangular tun should not be slotted to prevent channeling. The longitudinal slotted tubes adequately cover the floor area without the...

Now THAT's a deck to down some beers on....what a view!!

Thought I'd report back. I've done a couple batches and I've been hitting my numbers consistantly now. I checked all my thermometers, like 5 or 6, digital and analog, and they were all off a degree or two from each other. The main change was I now stir like a bastard for a while before I...

Perfect! That's what I needed to know. Thanks!

Looking for some suggestions here. I made a CFC following the directions from this site found here I have a 1/2" barb on my keggle and the CFC has 3/8" copper. Not sure how to connect the two together. I know I could use a hose clamp on the CFC and replace the 1/2 in bard with a 3/8" one, but...

I have a bag of beer "mix" from my "Beer machine" that I'd like to make with my typical beer equipment. You would simply add the mix to water in the beer machine, pitch the yeast, and that's it, but I'm wondering if I should do a boil with it before i put it in the fermentation bucket. It's...

actually this past Sunday I brewed a 10gal batch of double IPA and had more trouble than any other batch so far. First, I was filling up my 6 gal kettle with water from my fridge since it's filtered. I attach a small hose to the output of my fridge since it's filtered. I keep the botton...

Thanks for the posts guys. The first thing I'm going to try is running my grist through the mill twice. I'll report back here next time I brew, probably in a couple weeks.

I use a chest-type cooler mash tun and next to it is my keggle on a banjo burner. Yes I'm batch sparging and what I meant to say was I drain the mash tun, then add the sparge water (usually the rest of the contents of the keggle) via a short piece of hose going into the cooler. I didn't mean I...

Thanks BBL, Yeah I shoulda searched better before posting that 'cause the general consensus seems to be the more you stir during the batch sparge, the better the efficiency. Next time I'm gonna stir the crap out of it. And I'm also going to drain a lot slower too, also slower during vorlauf.

Looking for some good tips from the pros. I've done a few all grain batches so far and I'm wondering what some suggestions are to help increase my mash efficiency. My pre-boil gravity is consistently lower than what Beersmith says it should be. I think I'm getting like 64% efficiency or...

Hey BeerPhil, I found a place near me that will replace the compressor for $250 if I supply the compressor. I can't read the label on my compressor to get the specs. Is your model also a 40-V? Can you send me the specs of the compressor in yours?

Just spent a little time on it. I followed these directions: First unplug the refrigerator and remove the start relay off of the side of the compressor. Go to the single pin on the compressor and check to one of the pins that are side by side on the compressor. The run winding will read 1-5...