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A buddy and I just put together a 1 bbl electric brewery. We got everything working but I'm not sure about PID operation in the HLT.. It gets to temperature and holds it at set point fine but it's always on, off, on off....to keep it there. will this affect the SSR (Shorten it's life) or is it...

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A friend and I put together a 1+ BBL system. It's, 3- 55 gallon drums converted, and we want to go electric and HERMS. I have never used a HERMS so my questions are, What size and length tubing will be effective? Will 50' of 1/2'' do it, or 25' of 5/8''. Will it be able to raise to mash out...

I want to make a Bitter with FWH which I have never done. I'm making a 10 gallon batch with a 90 min. boil. My questions are, 1-When should I add hops (usually a 80 min. fly sparge) 2- Will a 90 min. boil have adverse affects? Thanks.

I have a question on additions to boil kettle. After I figure out what goes into my mash, I need to figure the amount of sparge water for those additions. Does this sound right?... 10gals (strike water) -3gals. grain absorbtion =7Gals. into boiler. I want 14.25Gals. to boil down to 11...

If I were shooting for a PH of 5.3 at 150 degrees, (conversion temp.) What PH would mash need to be at 120 degrees ? (protein rest temp.) Thanks.

My old Ph meter finialy died and I think I'm going to get a Hannah phep 5. I was wondering if I had to buy thier brand solutions and where is the best place to get them. Thanks.

It doesen't get any easier than this. Just a rectangle 5 gal. water bottle stuck on top of the hopper. I used the round ones too and they work just as well. That's only 13.5 lbs in there and I've put as much as 20. Another plus would be it feeds slower and doesn't put alot of weight against...

I'm making a northern brown ale tomorrow and recipe calls for 2 lbs of Dark brown sugar (for 10 gallons). Does it matter when I add it as long as it's 15 mins. or so before end of boil, or should I add it to BK while sparging? Thanks, RK

I usally don't secondary, but I needed room in my fermentation chamber, so after 2 plus weeks I put the beer in a keg to secondary and used just enough pressure to seal lid. I'm at or very near terminal gravity and was wondering if carbing theese kegs now will affect the yeast at all. Also, they...

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After reading for days I think I have the water, salt additions, Etc. kind of figured out. The questions I have are about water volumes in the spread sheets. I've been playing with EZ water calculater and Bru'n water. 1- They ask for mash thickness, I use 1.3 Qts. per LB But I have 8 Qts of...

I made a Robust porter today, I thought the mash looked a little thin but .... I did a mash out at 168 and sparged about 4 gallons (fly sparge) then went to get hops to weigh them out and saw the pound of flaked barley sitting there. DAMN IT! I dumped them in and added sparge water for...

I'm going to try a Wit recipe this week end. I am using about 60% 2row and 40% flaked wheat. I am mashing in a keg with a false bottom and can recirculate and heat mash. My question is how to set grain bed to avoid a stuck or slow sparge (fly sparge). Should I use rice hulls , mix all...

I am mid stand build and I am wondering what size pipe I should use for the propane manifold. (1/2"-3/4" 0r 1") ? I am going to use 3 http://www.bayouclassicdepot.com/bg10_cast_iron_burner.htm about 18" apart. Also does anyone have any ideas on Regulator size. I have a pile of 10 psi's but was...

I'm rehabing my single tier 3 keg system. I'd like input on sparge control (fly sparge). Should I use a grant and pump from there, or use valve for control and pump directly into boil kettle. Direct seems best for recirculation but a grant seems better for run off control. Currently I switch...

I'm rehabing my single tier 3 keg system. I'd like input on sparge control (fly sparge). Should I use a grant and pump from there, or use valve for control and pump directly into boil kettle. Direct seems best for recirculation but a grant seems better for run off control. Currently I switch...

I'm getting ready to brew a 10 gallon batch ,and I have a Whitelabs a culture which is for a 5 gallon batch. I have dry extract ,so the question is, how much extract to how much water should I use ,to make a sterile wort to grow yeast in? ,(which I'll grow in a 1gallon glass jug)...

Hi, I'm gettin ready to brew after too many years off, so I'll probably have a bunch of questions ,to brush up. Do you guys rack the beer off the trub just after pitching yeast, or do you just wait until you put it in secondary,after fermentation? Thanks, RK