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Brewed my best batch to date IMHO recently - a IIPA something similar to hopslam - 24lbs grain, 12oz hops for 5 gal. After about a week in the keg, I started to get a very very strong metal taste. Got so bad I couldn't drink it. After letting it sit several weeks, I finally opened it up...

The concept for this project was simple: To achieve the ability to brew indoors without spending a fortune. For me, electric was the only option. I had a pretty good propane rig previously so I was able to reuse some of my existing components. I also kept things pretty basic operationally...

I have a 240v led connected t o one hot leg and also the ssr-switched leg with the intent for it to be on when the ssr closes. My research here (also verified by personal experience) shows that the ssr will leak current enough to turn on the led at all times, unless the element is plugged in...

I am building my stand and it will have a laminate top. I'm thinking I don't really want to set the BK directly on it. Looking for some ideas if you have any.

I'm in the process of building my electric brewery and one thing I can't decide on is which elements to use. I will be needing: 1) One element for my 7.5 gallon aluminum HLT that will only be heating strike and sparge water. 2) One element for my 10 gallon aluminum BK. I do 6...

Basically I’m converting my propane rig to electric. I’m looking at doing something similar to this: With the following exceptions: 1.) No pumps. 2.) The PID would be replaced with a PWM like this one: http://www.bakatronics.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=383 with the C1 replaced by...

After doing a little bit of searching, I see that code requires 240V appliances such as water heaters to have a disconnect box OR a lockable circuit breaker in the main box. My rig will be right down the hall from my main box, is there any reason I can't just use a lockable GFCI breaker in the...

I am looking for ideas to build my next manifold for a 70 qt xtreme rectangular cooler. I would love to see what your manifold looks like and why you like it. Any type of cooler would be fine because I think it would be nice to have a collection of manifold photos all in one place. Thanks!

The last IPA I did I dry hopped 1 oz in secondary and 1 oz in keg (with great results). Yesterday I brewed another IPA and I'm thinking about skipping the dry hop in fermenter and just doing 2 oz in the keg. Anyone have any experience/reasoning/thoughts/advice on the matter?

EZ Water Calculator 3.0 is now available: http://www.ezwatercalculator.com/ v3.0 calculates mash pH differently now (using distilled water mash ph's of each grain in the grain bill among other things) and I think you'll find it considerably more accurate in predicting mash PH. Also it...

I’m looking for a distilled water mash pH for 2-row base malt to be used in EZ 3.0. In Kai’s experiments he measured a Rahr 2-row mash to be 5.56 (@ room temp). This seems a bit lower than other references I’ve seen. I’m sure it varies somewhat depending on the maltster but at this point I’m...

So I started building a hop randall the other day after seeing a build write up in BYO magazine, and I then I began thinking about how well (or not well) this thing is going to work. I'm thinking that if the beer sits in the randall for a few days, the first pour would be really hoppy. But...

I cool my wort with a gravity-fed CFC which works very well except that my racking cane plugs up with hops very easily. I've tried putting a filter on the end of the cane and that works ok, I have also used the paint strainer bag type sock in the past but I had had issues with that too. So...

I though I would share some pics of my upright keezer with rigid mounted picnic taps. I had searched for others who had done something similar with the taps but I couldn't find any so I figured I should post mine in case anyone else is looking. I started the project by removing all the wire...

I searched hard but couldn’t find anything, so I have to ask: Have any of you out there have made a hop bag out of stainless mesh? Currently, I siphon through a CFC for cooling so the hops can plug it up too much and slow down or even stop the siphon. I’ve tried the pvc/paint strainer...

Wow, what a difference. Even my beer that's 8+ weeks in bottles don't taste as good as 1 week in the keg. Maybe I had an issue with my bottling process who knows. I guess its just one more reason on top of many others that I'm sold on kegging. I absolutely love it - and I was a pretty die...

I only need to raise it about 5 or so degrees occasionally. What are some ideas? Thanks!

For your ales 1.070 or lower, that is. Include entire fermenting time, primary + secondary, etc. Just curious to see how this breaks down around here.

My ever-changing rig has been modified again. This time I built a tippy dump for it. I really like it for batch sparging, and I also use it to dump the grains when doughing in which makes it easier to stir at the same time. Also having a 2nd burner is nice too. Of course it has a piezo...