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@Duffmyer, @IDMaynard's post suggests the possibility of skipping figuring out your current setup, and instead reusing its components in a new design. Perhaps a fork in the road... a substantial project either way.

Unexpected, for sure, though not shocking.

Not only is @dmtaylor right, but I understand there's wide variation in the intensity of various peated/smoked malts, making it harder to dial in the right amount. I've only used one type, once, years ago, in a porter. Side note: When I first developed an affection for single malt Scotch, I...

@Duffmyer, a solid state relay (SSR) switches power without a mechanical relay's physical contacts. When a mechanical relay opens or closes on a high-current circuit, arcing occurs that can quickly damage/destroy the contacts. SSRs and other solid state devices are thus strongly preferred for...

True, that.

This could be wisdom. Since beginning recirculating years ago, I have not seen any need to change yeast handling. However, that proves nothing except that this concern isn't big.

Or, maybe clean your compost bucket. Not everything in the natural environment should be ingested. Open fermentation with wild whatnot is one thing. But those Belgian monks didn't put spoiled food waste in their fermenters.

All joking aside, random food spoilage organisms may not be sensible things to deliberately ingest. If any animal products are part of your compost, I strongly urge you to drop this, erm, creative idea. And even if not, it seems highly dubious. Should you proceed, use greater caution than...

Yes, it's good if one can get the desired amount of (clear) beer at the end of the process. But this begs the question: does recirculating wort significantly reduce the trub in the kettle? in the fermenter? It could, unless the amount of material captured by recirculation is quite small as I...

This questions is touched upon from time to time. As far as I can tell, the lovely clarity of recirculated wort has no effect on the finished product, as the grain particles in non-clear wort are left behind in the kettle and fermenter, don't adversely affect anything, and don't make it into...

(Floating diptube isn't exactly a transfer method.) I do closed transfers from fermenter outlet to purged keg. The transfer is powered by bottled CO2. I don't (yet?) use a floating dip tube in my Flex+ fermenter. Gravity would be even better, but my fermentation chamber is a top-freezer...

Simply put, this is false. No atmosphere needed - except to keep you alive while being blinded by that bright light.

You might check this HBT thread

Also, your wife is probably right. It's gonna be fine, @Razorback_Jack .

Yes. I was down the rabbit hole of black fungal/bacterial intrusion into silicone, whose permeability surely adds some hot-side aeration during whirlpool. Not sure how it compares to the fairly placid kettle surface (~190in.² in my case). All I've seen in the silicone is browning - nothing...

To me this is the key: is building a new system how you want to spend your time?

Locked in a struggle for the right combination - Of words in a melody line, I took a walk along the riverbank of my imagination. Golden clouds were shuffling the sunshine. Everything About It Is A Love Song, from the 2006 album Surprise, a collaboration with Brian Eno and one of my favorite...

GlobalOring.com has these: 1/2'' Camlock Gasket MATERIAL: EPDM, PURPLE ID: 11/16'' (17.48 MM) OD: 1 1/32'' (26.19 MM) Th: 5/32'' (3.96 MM) $12.60 for 20, not too shabby, but ground shipping to Oregon would add $16.93. And I'd still have silicone tubing :confused: Silicone is flexible...

So, this looks like a source for non-silicone (EDPM?) camlock gaskets.

The intrusion of liquids or solids into the body of a silicone object is unexpected. Silicone can be made porous, but our gaskets and tubing don't seem to be porous to anything except gases. And yet... The discoloration and odor from ordinary brewing use suggests (demonstrates?) that liquid...