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I've been wanting to do this for about 6 months but kept getting busy with other things. I have two brew tables that are Husky brand workbenches that have a crank to adjust them up and down. When not in use, I nest them. On brew day, I roll one out to the side to make an 'L' with the tables...

My first fermentation with it (NEIPA) and it's working out great. It fits great into my small chest freezer ferm chamber. After I pitched my yeast I hooked up a CO2 to check the seal. I have a spunding valve that I set to 5 psi for the initial fermentation. After it just started to slow, I...

So, my kids are all into the fruited sours (I don't mind them either). Last weekend we picked a bunch of sour cherries from my brother in law's tree. They are really sour. I have enough to add up to 10 lbs to a 5 gallon batch, but I'm not really sure about the quantity and effect. How much...

I've seen reports of this, but I've been running two kegs at at time for quite awhile and I'd have had this issue, but now you can add me to the list of victims. I think I know why it happened to me, but I could not figure out how to recover. The basic issue is that the hose has no liquid in...

I just got a fermzilla all-rounder with the intention of fermenting under pressure. Poking around, I haven't really seen much about how people are doing this. Here are some questions I have: What pressure do you use? The Fermzilla can do up to 35 psi, but I'm guessing I don't want to go...

I've poked around a bit...unable to find one anywhere.

I have an Inkbird PID, temp probe, junction box and SSR/heatsink. The PID is 100-240v AC, the SSR is 24-340V AC load with 3-32V DC. It looks like this: I have a few questions. I'm thinking I'll test this as a 240v setup since I've got a 240 outlet in my brewing area. I don't want to invest a...

Got a regulator, got the stout tip for the intertap, got my beer gas today. 12% RIS with vanilla, cinnamon and a hint of nutmeg is chilling and carbing now. It's on 30 PSI CO2 now, will switch to beer gas Sunday. Think we can sample Monday, but these thick, viscous stouts always carb slowly....

So, I'm just about to get going with my K-RIMS rig. I have a custom eKettle coming from Spike and I'll be doing a water run through shortly after it arrives. I thought I had things figured out before on this, but I haven't used the mash settings in quite awhile on my Auber cube (back with my...

My brewing table is wood. I've been using an induction burner, but it's giving me issues now, so I'm switching to a traditional internal heating element. I'll need some sort of trivet to protect the wood top. It's a 10G kettle, pretty close to 14" diameter (Spike). Anyone found a nice round...

I've seen a lot of discussions about getting the bulk of the grain out of the MLT. That's the easy part, IMO. I've also seen info on CIP and I like the concept. My issue is this. I use a scoop or whatever to get the grain out of the MLT. There's always some that sticks to the sides, the...

It's been my plan for quite some time to ultimately run a 2 vessel kettle RIMS setup, but I've been acquiring equipment over time to spread out the cost. I started by going electric and using my cooler MLT. Then switched to recirculating eBIAB. I picked up a chapman thermobarrel on sale just...

I picked one up pretty cheap on clearance back in December that I want to use as part of a kettle RIMS rig. I'll want to recirculate, but I can't figure out what to use for the return port. It has a weldless plug that is thicker smooth sided SS going through the hole in the sidewall (actual...

I bought this regulator in July and I've only run one pair of kegs through it and it worked great for those. Because of the derecho that hit in August, I've been too busy to brew so it sat idle for a couple months. Yesterday I kegged a beer, connected to the regulator and the instant I open the...

I've been brewing for a long time. Started in the 90's, stopped when kids got in the way, then started again about 4 years ago. I've been fortunate I think as I've got a lot of batches in the kegs and I had a few mistakes, but never really had a bad day. Saturday, however, didn't go as planned...

Some systems use a mesh basket that's mesh on the bottom and sides. Others go for the "malt pipe" effect, where it's solid on the sides and mesh only on the bottom. I'm curious if anyone has ever tried to line the sides of their basket with a thin sheet of stainless to get the malt pipe effect...

I am in the process of creating a single vessel eBIAB rig. I am just finishing up the controller, but since mine is using an induction burner, I've done two batches where I manually cycle the induction unit on/off based on temp, so the physical plumbing aspects of the rig are complete and...

I brewed a NEIPA Saturday and pitched Omega's Hornindal mid afternoon at 90 degrees. By 9 pm is was going gangbusters. On Sunday am I went into the garage to get something and the whole garage (about 900 sq ft) smelled like I put my nose in a glass of NEIPA...seriously strong citrus smell. My...

I had it in my head that I read somewhere to underpitch to get the best fruity elements out of this yeast. I am planning a NEIPA this weekend using it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

And it went extremely well. I've been brewing for years using a kettle and two coolers. One cooler for a MLT and the other as a HLT to hold sparge water. I eventually switched to using a bag in the MLT instead of a bazooka filter, but I was still following a 3 vessel process. I've been working...