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Hi all, I brewed a pale ale today on my electric HERMS set up. Everything went well but I was a little low on my pre-boil gravity so I decided to stop the sparge at 13 Gal instead of the usual 14 Gal. (I brew 10 Gal batches and try to put ~12 Gal in the conical to account for trub/hop loss...

Selling my Chugger Pumps, both model CPSS-CI-1. Stainless steel center inlet (3/4”) and 1/2” out. Both have ~7’ cords with NEMA twist lock plugs. Pumps run perfectly. I just upgraded to larger pumps on my set up. $100 for the pair / $50/ea. Would prefer to sell both together but will sell...

Hey brewers, Have a blonde ale in the Spike CF-10 right now. Plan is for it to be a Strawberry Shortcake Blonde Ale. Fermented at 68 for 6 days. Semi-cold crashed two days ago to 55 degrees. Will do second trub dump this evening. Adding a vanilla bean tincture (3 split/scraped...

I’m brewing a strawberry shortcake blonde ale tomorrow. Putting 12 Gal in fermenter to get get 10 finished at 5.4% ABV. I have two packs of Wyeast 1056 and used one of them to make a 2L starter yesterday evening. I don’t have enough time to step up the starter as planned and then...

So, finally finished hanging the stock tank vent hood this weekend and got a test (water) boil in. Fan worked very well. Previously we had the fan mounted vertically directly over the BK, which would eventually drop condensation back down as the fan could not keep up towards the end of the boil...

I have a Kal clone set up (3 20 Gal kettles; Electric Control Panel; two Chugger pumps, etc) and use the same CFC chiller recommended on the (www.theelectricbrewery.com) website. Chilling Post boil: My usual set up is to use my old immersion chiller in a bucket with ice/water and run the water...

So, I scored some used kegs yesterday and am working on cleaning them up. I typically use hot water & PBW and got the insides all spotless. Most of these kegs also have tape/stickers and/or adhesive all over the outsides. Was thinking of doing the same hot water/PBW soak with the kegs in a...

Got excited to see my new ball lock keg filters (see pic) had arrived this morning. Then, realized the filters don’t really do me much good if I’m doing a closed transfer from my Spike conical as any of the hop bits that got transferred from the conical are just gonna be inside the screen 🤦🏼‍♂️...

So, sitting here during my 90 min mash on a Kal's (TEB) Creamsicle Pale Ale brew day and looking to reconfigure my vent hood situation. Currently, I have a 40 quart stainless steel mixing bowl that I mounted a VenTech fan to (yes, vertically). I do get condensate during the boil and have to be...

I brewed an Irish Red Ale a couple weeks ago. After primary was done, cold crashed for a few days and then Thur night I used unflavored gelatin (5g/10oz distilled water brought to 160 degrees to each 5Gal carboy) before racking to secondary. I was super careful about sanitizing everything...

Hey folks, I've been looking at conicals (Ss BrewTech 14 Gal, Spike, CF10, & Stout) along with their various temp control systems. My question is, what is the temp range for these heating/cooling set ups? I've got my brewery set up in my garage which is not very well insulated and is cold...

For sale is a custom fabricated false bottom made by NorCal Brewing for an Ss BrewTech 20 Gal kettle. Heavy Duty 16 gauge stainless steel. Fits standard Ss BrewTech 20 Gal kettle. Has hole cut to accommodate pick up tube with custom silicone o-ring. One piece assembly with stand welded to...

I brewed an IPA last Sat for a mango habanero IPA recipe I came up with. My plan is to go 10 days primary; then add fresh mango (7 mangoes gave me 3lbs of fruit -which I froze in a ziplock) (7 days); Rack to secondary & add .75 oz ea El Dorado & Citra dry hop (5 days); Add 1 habanero...

Today I picked up a 10 Gal craft bourbon barrel from a local craft brewery for a super reasonable price! Planning on sanitizing it with boiling water and then re-charging it with a 1/5 of bourbon (or maybe that new cask mates Jameson's!?). I figured I'd let that chill while the oatmeal...

I'm down to the last couple of critical pieces of my new brew rig, one of which is a HERMS coil. FYSA, I'm building a Kal clone set up with 20 Gal. Ss Brew Tech kettles. In shopping around for a HERMS coil and debating on tackling the beast myself, I came across Stainlessbrewing's website...

For sale, I have three (3) 15.5 Gallon Keggles. The tops are already cut and de-burred. They're rust free, polished up nice & shiny and ready for you to brew! All the hard work is done. Two of the Keggles have 7/8" holes punched for a ball valve. I can punch a hole in the third upon buyer...

Hey folks! A few months ago I picked up an almost free kegerator. Almost free b/c I gave my buddy a few bucks for the tap, dual guage reg, CO2 tank, etc. I was planning on getting into kegging in the next year anyway but figured I could use it as a ferm chamber in the mean time. Well...

I brewed an American Brown Ale (modified Surly Bender recipe) yesterday & pitched a vial of WLP007. It's been about 30 hrs now and there is zero sign of fermentation. I mean, no krausen whatsoever, no bubbles, nothing...not even any bubbles in the Star-San jug for the blow-off hose. I...

Any BIABers first wort hop their beers? As I understand it I would just toss the FWH hops in when I hoist the grain bag for draining, right? Let me know if I'm missing something on this. I thinking about brewing a Surly Bender clone next week & the recipes I've found call for FWH but I've...

I'm in the (slow) process of building a Kal clone eHERMS set up with three keggles. I've got a friend who does powder coating and while we were talking the other day he offered to powder coat the keggles. He says he's got a coating that looks like chrome or polished SS. So, would this work...