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After 20 faithful years of service I think its time to retire the old chiller a build a new one. A coupling broke and I got a good look at the copper tubing outside wall and wow! the funk built up on the tubing. After seeing that I'm surprised it's not had corrosion leak through yet. Anyways...

I have about an ounce of oak chips soaked in a hopsack wet with whiskey. It's been sealed in a mason jar sitting in the pantry for a couple of years. It's not submerged at all. Just very wet. I have a Porter ready for these chips if possible. Use 'em or Toss 'em

I 2nd cold brew additions. Meassure a small amount of coffee in a beer sample to taste and calculate for the batch size. You can always put in more but you can't take it out.

I had another pint of this again tonight and it keeps getting sweeter. A very evident tropical fruit flavor. The hops will dissipate. I say brew the recipe as is and make adjustments IF you need to.

So it looks like you have 2 batches of hops. One at 11.3% and another at 12.7%. The original posted recipe doesn't account for zero minute IBU contributions, a somewhat recently updated software capability. I doubt the toungue can determine the difference between 1 or 2 IBUs. I like to take the...

I did a FWH 1/4oz - 18 min 3/4oz - 0 min 1oz - Dry 1oz - of an 11.5% Mosaic hop - coming in at 32.1 IBU Tinseth.

I just saw this post..... funny - I just came from the tap filling a pint of this recipe. It is by far one of the tastiest summer beers I've made. It has a wonderful, sweet fruity flavor that works with hot weather. One point I would make is to dry it out a little. It will make a more...

I don't think Jamil keeps up with his site much these days.

This is exactly my process. I don't go overboard with washing yeast. I go overboard on sanitation and don't use yeast I dry hopped. If you're using over a cup of slurry in a 3 gallon batch you may want to look at some calculators. That's seems like a lot of yeast. Most of my batches repitch...

Unusual..... I collected the yeast cake after kegging 4/28/18. Mr Malty is calling this 10% viable http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html BrewUnited is stating 58% http://www.brewunited.com/yeast_calculator.php

I remember reading a long time back that anything over a few months needs to be flushed. This batch is pushing it.... catdaddy66, A one step starter?

I've got some 70 day old WLP060 in the fridge. I have good sanitation practices and the yeast cake looks very clean, free of debris under a layer of clear beer. Should I make a starter for another brew day or toss the lot?

I'm putting it before the PWM which is before the motor. I will assume the same results. But you answered the base question. Break either line. ...and CHEERS to You!

I'm using a converter to power a 12v pump and have a Pulse Width Modulator (PWM) to control the speed of the pump. I want to add a toggle switch into the line. It's a simple On/Off - 2 wire lead switch. Am I only adding this into the Positive line to "break" the power? Converter positive and...

Holy Cow. Was this bend from the heat or dropping something on it?

That's the burner in the middle where the bend is.

I took a picture of a spot there in the posted photo that looked like the metal has stretch cracks but it was too blurry to post. I may have to buy another 6 footer and reinforce those areas from underneath so not to stack too high on top and cause unbalance.

I built this stand yesterday using the McMaster-Carr parts list. 5 hours start to finish. I fired it up today for a test run and burn-off. I filled 2 kegs with about 3-4 gallons and brought to boil. Afterwards I noticed the steel had bent in a couple of places where the kegs sit. Imagine the...

UPDATE: I bought one of the Brew Haulers (black) and am using it currently this week. I see no problem with the strength of design. The strap is a cinch buckle instead of a slide in snap and the heavy lifting is distributed throughout the bottom straps. It's fine and will be getting another.