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Firstly thanks all for looking. I'm beginning the works of building and designing a semi-automated brew rig using an Arduino, some valves, some temp sensors, etc. Unfortunately I am the first one to admit that I am not very creative. I can do all of the wiring and most of the programming but...

This may be a dumb question but here goes anyways. I recently purchased a whole house water filter to remove chlorine from my water. My question is, what should I do to prepare or store the filter between brews? I put the filter cartridge in a bucket of sanitizer water for the time being but...

Hello, I've been asked to make a clone of Terrapin's Monks Revenge from their side projects. They are pretty good about listing what was put in it and what the S.G. etc, are but unfortunately I have no experience forming my own recipes yet, I've merely modified other good recipes to my own...

Hey everyone, I'm looking to make an automated brew rig that I plan to control by a PC (VisualBasic) and an Arduino. The schematic of the hardware is attached. The question I have is, do you think I will gain enough in efficiency to make it worth while to do fly sparging? The reason I...

So last night after consuming a few homebrews I decided I would start my two-stage starter for tomorrow's brew session. I'm using Safale US-04 that was washed from a previous brew session (02/26/09) and has been in the fridge since. My problem is that I wasn't paying attention and I put 1/2...

I have a kegerator that I built a while back that I am selling. The ad is listed on craigslist here: http://fayetteville.craigslist.org/app/1406028888.html If you're interested please PM me.

Hello. Before anyone hazes me I'd like to say that this is my first recipe construction and I'm looking for a gentle nudge in the correct direction. i have the following items in my inventory and planned on picking up a 50lb sack of 2-row this weekend. Please give me some insight as to what...

Hi, I have a question for everyone. When and how do you take your pre-boil gravity? I brewed this weekend and did a batch sparge. After I did the vorlauf at the end of the batch sparge, I took the hose and went right to a container and set it aside to measure later. Is this a proper way...

Hey all. I'd like to get some ideas as to how to go about doing this and whether or not you all think it is a good idea. In Sept I've gotten the ok from SWMBO that I can build a shed/brew house. The roof of this shed is going to face South so my thought was to put a solar hot water heater...

I am in the process of completing a two tier system similar to the one at Brewery Construction and I am wondering what everyone has found is the best way to clean the mash tun after use? I was thinking of simply using a wet/dry vac to suck out the grain and residual wort then running cleaner...

I wanted to get everyone's opinion on my new brew rig design. I am looking at doing a hybrid HERMS and RIMS setup that will give no risk of scorching the wort. The HLT will have a ball valve at the bottom that leads to a pump. From the pump the hot water goes through a "RIMS" type heater...

Hey all, I have a kegerator in my garage and I'm getting a lot of condensation on the faucets. Any ideas what would be causing this or how to fix it? I drilled the holes in the front, ran the shanks through a piece of wood and then through the fridge door. I then used a piece of sheet...

So I started Kegging recently and I have three kegs in a fridge in the garage at a steady 40 F. The one keg has an amber ale that I made, the second Keg is a Bud Light clone (for a friend) and the third is a Dos Equis clone. When I try the amber that I made there is no problem with pushing...

Hello all, I recently (last month) did a Bud Light Clone (*bows head in shame) for a buddy and it is way too dark. I planned on kegging on April 5th but I'm wondering if there is anything I can do to lighten the color of it up before I keg it? Here is the recipe...

I have been reading many posts and I see that 3 weeks in the primary is typical for a lager. I put a Mexican lager into the primary on Monday of this week (1/28) and pitched the yeast at about 68 F. It has been in the lagerator and has been staying at about 48-54 F (The vial says optimum is...

Used my DIY immersion chiller today. It was made from 50' 3/8" Soft Copper tubing wrapped around a 5 gallon corny. Not the prettiest looking thing but it did cool 5 gallons of boiling wort to 65 degrees in just over 10 min. :rockin:

Well, today was my first shot at All-Grain. I started around 8:00 AM and just put her in the primary. All in all nothing seemed to go too wrong other than the fact that I forgot to take a pre-boil SG so I'm not sure that I can get my efficiency. Also I think I need to change my mash tun (small...

This may be a stupid idea but please let me know your thoughts. I have a friend who is a plumber and he said that he has access to junk water heaters. My thought is, why can't I use the tanks from one of these as a kettle? I have done some research and I see that the tanks are bonded with...

Hello All, Obviously I am new to the forum so I just wanted to take a second and introduce myself. My name is David Vaughn and I've been homebrewing for a couple of months now. I have made one nut brown that I really liked and something a little darker that I didn't like so much. Right now...