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I'm developing an automagic brew sculpture, controlled by Arduino. Right now, I use an aluminum BK and siphon to fermenter, no filtration, just stop the siphon when it gets chunky. The new system will be pretty standard to what others use (eg Brutus, etc) with a bulkhead and valve leading...

I've started missing gravity targets lately, and I'm a little confused by it because my pre-boil gravities seem to be on-target, or at least in a range close enough that I SHOULD be hitting them. For example, my last brew was target OG 1.065. I had 7.5 gals of (observed) 1.033 (@ 140 deg)...

Original thread here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/how-much-rye-too-much-rye-385919/ Nowhere NEAR target gravity. I haven't missed an OG like this since switching to AG. I went with 47.5% Rahr 2-row, 47.5% Weyerman rye malt, and 5% rice hulls. Looked like my gravity was a little low...

I'd like to build a crash chamber capable of simultaneously crashing two five- or six-gallon carboys. By my measurements, the smallest I could get away with would be about five cubic feet (12"x24"x28"-ish), but I'm sure that's not truly feasible as I'd have to find something exactly matching...

Has anyone had a recent Fulton County water report done? There are a lot of "average" values out there, and BeerSmith even has one...just curious if anyone has anything empirical. Also, I've heard that ATL alternates between chlorine and chloramine usage. Any validity to this? I typically...

All comments and suggestions appreciated! This is modeled from Ohiobrewtus's EF clone, but I wanted it amped up a little bit. Ingredients: ------------ Amt Name Type # %/IBU 9 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2...

I'm trying to make a control rye beer to get a big rye flavor that I'll then blend with a SMaSH (working on getting my flavor ratios). I want to put as much rye as possible into the control so that I have an upper limit. My plan was to use 2-row in the rye control and the SMaSH mix-in...

I've looked through some of the older stuff and seen that some folks have built or are otherwise using peristaltic pumps... What's the overall impression? Worth it? Or too much of a pain? Potential pitfalls? Thanks!

I'm working on a single tier, automatic HERMS build right now. I'm considering going with 1 pump, and doing a strange sort of batch/fly sparge. The sparge would start, add just a little, then lauter a little. Sparge a little, lauter a little. Thoughts?

I'm working on a design for Brutus 10-style system (with some changes!). Lonnie Mac's design calls for returns built into the kettle lids--I understand why he does this, but my design offers the opportunity for a couple of changes without losing the ease of transfer from vessel to vessel...

I need to control an extra fermwrap right now. I have Ranco digitals on my other ones but I have an older Johnson A19AAT-2 that I usually keep for cooling only. I opened it up and; the cover, of course, states "Close on Decrease" and it's currently wired to COM and 2...has a "3" slot, which...

My last few brews have had very low yield to fermenter, primarily due to break and trub left in the kettle--up to 2 gallons' worth! I'm hitting my target gravities, and getting good yields from my mashes (75%+), with average boil-off and top-up consistent with my pre-brew volume calculations...

Can anyone point me in the direction of a good resource for various grain max percentages (including adjuncts)? Seems there are a lot of individual threads asking things like "how much flaked wheat is too much" but nothing listing a lot in one place. Thanks!

I'll start off by saying that I've read the stickies on yeast washing and slanting--I've been washing/harvesting for a couple of years now and intend to start slanting, but this question relates specifically to harvested yeast. I've been fairly unscrupulous in the past and have ended up with...

Hi all, Long time lurker first time poster. I've gotten a lot of information off of these boards over the past couple of years but I'm completely stumped on this one and I'm hoping maybe someone has some insight. I recently brewed a Dry Irish Stout and the beer failed to ferment. I pitched...