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I have a dedicated 30 AMP circuit in my garage for my brewery. I installed a dryer outlet to power my control panel. The wife has asked me to put an air conditioner in the garage so that she can put her treadmill out there. I want to install a 220V split unit air conditioner and I want to use...

I brewed an Ordinary Bitter. I was shooting for 5.4 for the pH. My tested readings over the course of the 60 minute mash were: 5min - 5.43 15min - 5.41 30min - 5.37 45min - 5.36 60min - 5.28 All of that was within specs and I'm happy that I came that close to my expected pH, but when...

I built a Kal Clone in my garage with a couple of minor changes to replace my old three tier propane rig. I thought I'd start a new thread to document my experience after brewing with it a few times and the minor changes I made from Kal's design. First off, Kal's site is amazing and has...

I brewed a sessionable saison with an OG of 1.041. I brewed 10 gallons. I didn't have time to make a starter and wanted to get the brew going before I went on vacation. In 5 gallons, I pitched a fresh vial of Wyeast French Saison and another fresh vial of Belgian Saison in the other 5...

I'm brewing my first saison this weekend and I have a couple of questions. The recipe I'm using calls for 56% Belgian pilsner malt. Should I boil for 90 minutes to avoid DMS with the Belgian pils? Second question, this will be a fairly low gravity version of the style, with an OG of 1.041...

Moving to electric and selling my 3-tier brewery. Pictures to follow tomorrow when I brew on it for the last time. 3 burner propane setup, including two tanks Setup in a "tree" formation for a small footprint and easy storage Completely gravity fed, though I use a pump to whirlpool the BK for...

I have a sub-panel in my garage fed from a 40 amp breaker in my main 200 amp house panel. The sub-panel is wired with 8 gauge wires. I have built a 30 amp control panel based off of Kal's design. I've installed a 30 amp gfci breaker in my sub-panel. The other circuits in the panel are one 15...

So I find myself solo tonight in Chicago. I'm here for 5 days with others, but on my first night tonight, I'm alone. It's my first time visiting Chicago. Where would you guys (and gals) go for dinner and a beer? I'm staying near Kinzie St. and LaSalle St.

I'm heading to Milwaukee next weekend as a solo side trip from Chicago to check out a Brewers game. I want to hang out at a local bar before the game and then shuttle to the game from there. Anyone have a suggestion as to which bar would give me the best Milwaukee experience?

Has anyone brewed the Northern Brewer summer saison recipe? I'm looking for a simple, lower gravity saison for a lawnmower beer. The NB recipe looks to fit that bill with just Pilsner, Vienna and torrified wheat as the malt bill, and EKG, Styrian and Saaz as the hops. If not, any have a tried...

I'm building a Kal clone, slowly ordering the parts as my brewing budget allows. I am new to electric brewing and have been being on my propane setup for about 10 years. As I was assembling the control panel the other day, it dawned on me that if I have a part failure during a brew session in...

@Hello, I somehow pictured you looking less like a man. What gives?

My last batch was a porter with a really acidic grist. 10 gallon batch, grist was: Maris Otter - 13 lbs 1 oz Brown malt - 2 lbs 12 oz Crystal 75 - 1 lbs 13.5 oz Chocolate malt - 1 lb 6 oz In order to get the pH in the right range, I added 8 grams of lime to my 6.7 gallons of mash water...

I brewed a mild ale yesterday and had a totally unexpected result on my pH. The grain bill was: 8 lb 9 oz Maris Otter 2 lb 10.3 oz Crystal 60 10.6 oz Chocolate malt 10 gallon batch size with expected OG of 1.037. Mashed at 1.4 qts. per lb. In DI water, Bru'n water predicted a pH of...

I'm brewing an ordinary bitter and am building my water from RO. I used the Pale Ale profile from Bru'n Water as I found a post from Martin that indicated he used that profile for all his pale ales and it works great. Here's what I come up with in Bru'n Water. I'm new at this and don't trust...

I purchased a Chugger pump. I'm going to install it in a toolbox with a switch. However, I may not have time to install it before I brew on Friday. Can I just set the pump on the ground and plug and unplug it for one brew, or does the pump have too much torque and it will flip around on the ground?

Please help me get my head around something. I regularly brew a small beer. I'm always surprised at how quickly my sparge runnings (fly sparge) drop below 1.010. I usually hit my numbers spot on after topping up in the kettle pre boil with about 2.5 gallons. But I hate babysitting the sparge...

About six months ago, I decided to start getting better at adjusting my water. I started by using RO and the primer and my beer got better. Then I bought the Hach pH meter and tried to learn that. The learning curve was longer than I anticipated, but I did the stability test, tested things...

I cleaned out my brewery cabinet and found some stuff that I don't use anymore. If you'll use any of it, just pay shipping and it's yours. I could probably sell some of it, but since this forum has given me so much, I figure I need to do something in return. PM if you want anything. 10 inch...

My efficiency has been a steady 80% for the past 6 batches. My old procedure was to fly sparge until I hit my target pre-boil volume. I recently purchased a refractometer, so I checked my runoff gravity at various times when I brewed yesterday. My target pre-boil volume was 12.4 gallons...