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I am testing out my new chronical with water to see how it holds temp in my unheated garage. In the graph red is ambient, pink is a probe stuck between the neoprene jacket and the chronical, blue is in the temp port on the chronical, and green is a chest freezer that is going from 65 to 33 for...

Anyone know who or what this is? In my overzealous support of these types of group i paid 1 dollar to join a facebook group ive yet to get access to then i get a 10 recurring charge. Already taken it up with the cc company. No response from the email addresses on the receipts. Is the guy john...

Is the yeast the bottom or the top layer? Been told both. Thanks.

My nitro tap popped last night. Anyone put yoopers stout on nitro? Have some ready in 2 weeks.

I have a buddy who just bought a new house that has some cascades growing in it. He sent me a box but he put them in a plastic bag and they all turned brown. He says what he sent was about 1/4 of what he had. What is the best way for him to send me these hops and not have them spoil. thanks,

I have been putting this together for a few years now so it's time to share I suppose. I am one of those brewers that subscribes to if it works perfect there aren't enough features. The system is a propane fired HERMS system controlled with a BCS 462 Here is the stand as it sits now...

I am reworking my brewery and was looking at a bunch of photos here and noticed some people put the valves low and some on the kettles. Mine are on the kettles now but moving the kettles is a pain because of the wires and weight. Is there any advantage or disadvantage of putting all the valve...

Does anyone know where they were getting their valves? I have had one fail and I need to replace it. 1/2 3 way.

My brewery is LP fired HERMS system. The HLT is under plc control for maintaining the heat exchanger temperature. What I have not figured out yet is the correct volume of my strike water. My hosing and area below the false bottom holds a little more than 2 gallons. If I add that to the...

As shown. Site glass included, drain fitting, whirlpool fitting, one extra weldless hole that I was using for a thermowell. $100.00

I've spent 45 minutes unsuccessfully looking for the thread that this question is undoubtedly answered in so sorry if this is a big repeat. I have a copper coil now in my keggle but I am switching to 20 gal pots. Is there an advantage of stainless over copper for the herms coil? I hear that...

I want to add these driptrays to my keezer but since i centered the taps if i connect at thenottom of the collar there is no room for the drip tray. Dont really want to glue it. Suggestions????

I have been battling a 65 to 70% efficiency since starting all grain. I have a herms system and I was expecting a higher efficiency. So for the brew this morning I tried something a little different. I made an adjustment on my barley mill. I had been using it as it came. It was supposed to...

I have been brewing with my herms systems for about 10 batches now and I am trying to finish up the automation project. I have a bcs462. My HLT tank has a herms coil, dip tube, and a top and bottom valve for recirculating. It is being heated by a propane burner. I have a heating element to...

I am putting together a kit for automating my brewery somewhat. For a controller I will use either a click PLC or a direct logic plc. I have 2 pumps. My current system is all keggles. HLT with herms coil and a couple of extra valves/inlets for recirculating, MKT with false bottom, BK with...

I have 2 false bottoms, one for a 5g Rubbermaid cooler and one for a 10g Rubbermaid cooler. No matter what I do I can't get the valves to be stiff enough to not leak when I open/close them and I have an extra keg so I am converting it to a mash tun (HLT/BK are already kegs). I am done with...

Did my second all grain batch today. everything was going well until I turned my back on the boil and had an over flow. only ended up with about 4 3/4 gallons into the fermenter. Pic was taken about 15 minutes before the boil over. I've already had it with the cooler mash tun because it leaks...

everything I read says mash for an hour but beersmith is telling me 45 mins. which is correct? this is my first ag batch

I have three keggles in process. I am going to finish the boil pot first. 2 kegs are fairly straight sided, the other is a coors that has a big bulge in the center. I have searched but not found any recommendations on this. Should the bulging keg be better used for boil pot, mash tun, or hlt?

I am looking for ideas on where to put the valves on my new keggle. (got 3 but the boil one is going to get finished first ). How high should I put the recirculating fitting for the whirlpool? I am doing 5 gal batches now but will move to 10 at some point. Also will a false bottom help in...