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I had a brew today and when I went to use my homemade counterflow chiller (which worked on my last brew) water from the hose was coming out of all 4 ports. I can’t figure out what went wrong. Has anyone else seen this? I modeled my counterflow after the exchillerator.

I don't know if anyone was successful, but this is my recipe attempt. Let me know what you think Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 8.78 gal Post Boil Volume: 7.28 gal Batch Size (fermenter): 6.00 gal Bottling Volume: 5.25 gal Estimated OG: 1.096 SG...

How do three tier folks protect your igloo coolers from the burner heat when brewing. This is the solution I came up with, I'm just wondering what other options people have.

+5 DIPA +10 Wheat Ale =4479

First brew yesterday with my new gravity system and new mashtun. My efficiency improved greatly (from low 60's to 72% yesterday) which I'm really happy with. Had to deal with some weather issues. Brewing in sub 20 degree weather needs a little better planning. The spigot off the house kept...

I'm planning on filling the HLT from my water filter via pvc. I haven't tested it yet (too damn cold out) but I don't foresee any issues with it.

Ok, I did my mods this weekend and here is the result. Right now it's a rough bench, I'm going to give it a test run in a couple of weeks and if everything works as I hope it will I'll start the process of sprucing it up a bit.

Alright, next question - what's the best wood to go with? If seen everything. Cedar looks like it could be a tad bit expensive, untreated pine?

That makes way more sense than what I was going to do. I'm having one of those "duh" moments. Thanks all!

I've been thinking about modifying my existing bench. Right now it's a single tier, but I have no pumps or anything. I'd like to spruce it up a bit and modify it for a three tier system until I can buy a pump. With that in mind I've been trying to think of a way to do a three tier system while...

It's been 8 days (all-grain) Its on a bench in the basement wrapped in blankets. Normally it's a perfect environment for fermentation, but this cold snap screwed with everything. My old boiler couldn't even keep up with the cold. I'll give the heating pad a try.

OG was 1.062 last gravity reading was 1.016 I was hoping to get down to 1.010. Yeast strain was WLP001

So my DIPA was almost done fermenting when the deep freeze hit. It was fermenting at about 66 in the basement the entire time, but yesterday it dropped down to 56. I'm thinking of transferring to secondary and dry hopping at this point. Do you think I'll experience any issues with this sudden...

I have an old 1950 GE Fridge that I started using for a fermentation chamber. I connected it to a Johnson Controls A19AAT-2C Freezer Temperature Controller. It's been good at controlling the temp, but I noticed it gets musty and moldy in there. How do I go about preventing that?

Yes, Dry Hopping with 3.5 Oz. I basically just took the times and weights of the Pliny hop additions and subbed them with Citra.

I'm thinking about taking the Pliny Clone recipe and swapping out the hops for all Citra. What are your thoughts on this idea? Recipe: Citra DIPA TYPE: All Grain Style: Imperial IPA ---RECIPE SPECIFICATIONS----------------------------------------------- SRM: 6.5 SRM SRM RANGE: 8.0-15.0...

My Brother-in-law is a Cubs fan and I'm a Sox fan, so the Cross Town rivalry was the inspiration.

Some pictures from yesterday's brewday. Brewed up a Pliny clone and added a sight glass to the keggle

I took a sample and it was still hazy, but it didn't look as bad in a glass, so I went ahead and bottled. Tasted great.

But it's already been dry hopping for 10 days, I don't want to leave it on longer than 14. Wouldn't that be a concern?