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I've read up on the usual, hopspider, Trub/Hop Filter from BrewersHardware, baskets etc, and while those threads usually start off with great results and excitement, they usually end up in the //not working as well as expected category. I have the Trub/Hop Filter from BrewersHardware and it...

So I'm brewing my first lager, and I made a starter on Friday with the intention of brewing on Sunday and pitching on Monday My plan Friday 5pm - pitched 1 smack pack of yeast to 3L starter, placed on stir plate Sunday ~6pm finish batch and place in fridge to begin cooling to 47F Sunday -8 pm -...

So i currently have a blichmann floor burner mounted in my brew stand along with a BG-14. These are fed from a single tank. I have been thinking about moving to automation for the past 2 years but end up more confused each time I start down the rabbit hole. Most of the the threads I've read are...

I have wired up a spa panel running 240v 30amp from the dryer outlet. I am ready to start work on a control panel. I am seriously leaning toward getting a kit, or even having them (whoever them ends up being) building it for me. I am 30 amp right now, but will be 50 amp in ~3 years which is...

Not sure if this belongs here or in software, move if necessary. I have a bottom drain keggle with a jaybird false bottom. I have 1 gallon underneath the false bottom, which I guess is referred to as slack space. I 100% recover all this volume. There is no option for this configuration and I...

I brewed an imperial stout with OG of 1.109. I thought I got stuck around 1.045ish but it turned out I just didn't know how to use my brand new refractometer. So I added some high gravity yeast in an effort to get it to 1.035ish but....well the second yeast addition worked too well and got me...

I have a therminator and it worked well until it got clogged once during a transfer. That sucked. I then bought a trub strainer to keep gunk out of the chiller. (This is the one I bought. http://www.brewershardware.com/FILTER1.html.) I was brewing an IPA with pellet hops last weekend and well...

I searched many a thread and still can't figure out what to do. I brewed an imperial stout on 9/22, so about 3 weeks ago. It's still in primary. My gravity going into the fermenter was 1.104 using a 2L starter of London ESB yeast that never seemed to take off. I added another smack pack after a...

I recently converted a keg to bottom drain and use as a mash tun. I have a 15" false bottom that works great, however, it seems like I have about .75 gallons of water underneath the false bottom where there is not contact with the grains. Using ~1.5 q to 1lb of grain, my mash is very thick...