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Thinking about making a bottom draining mash tun from a spare keg so I can start doing more no sparge brews. I currently have a newly created rims system and was wondering if there is a recommended size/type false bottom so I know how large to make the keg opening. Also, I was considering...

Needed to use a hair dryer to warm it up. Is this typical? Think it was 1 or 2 degrees out in garage. Am I hurting pump by using it in these temps? It's a new pump and I just assembled a RIMs tube. Never used a pump before and I don't want to destroy it before I brew my first beer... or...

My used CPU fan of 2 years finally quit in my keezer. I recently purchased a Rule 140 fan and used this 4 amp 12 volt DC as its power supply http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-4A-DC-Power-Supply-4-Amp-12-Volt-Adapter-LCD-Screen-/280948966702?pt=US_Monitor_Power_Supplies&hash=item4169dd052e When...

http://www.neverwet.com/videos-news.php Saw this, didn't know if any brewers had experience with this stuff (I do not) or if it would be something that would serve electric brewers in some capacity; possibly prevent damage of electrical components. Looks neat.

I've purchased a handheld ph meter and wanted to make sure I was checking the mash ph correctly. I believe I read somewhere I am to wait 30 minutes into the mash, then let the sample of the wort cool to room temperature and then check ph. This is the procedure I have been using...

I have no idea why this is occuring but I am consistently achieving a gallon to a gallon and a half more wort for the pre-boil. My pre-boil gravity for the last brew was way off 1.036 instead of 1.056 for a mash efficiency 62.7%. I was supposed to have 7.69 gallons according to BeerSmith and...

Forgot to pick up the corn sugar for my Double IPA can I substitute with table sugar? Thanks!

I will be brewing my first wheat beer/fruit beer this upcoming weekend and was wondering about utilizing Wine Conditioner to prevent the yeast from fermenting out all of the strawberry sugars and to back sweeten at the same time. I plan on using both strawberry puree and frozen strawberries in...

I have a pound of flaked corn going into my next brew. The only reasonable option I can think to select would be the "base-other" option in EZ Water. Is this correct? I do not own a ph meter (maybe in the next year) and use ez water to get me into the ball park so to speak. Thanks for any help!

I was wondering if someone could offer me some advice/help. I brew with the standard two kegs and a cooler system on a three tier setup. I have just recently outfitted my HLT and BK with 5500 elements. My original plan was to connect the HLT element to a timer and when I wake up my water is...

I am considering creating a control panel sort of like Kal's only a little simpler-element selector switch for two 5500W elements, one pid with a rtd sensor an ssr, possibly a timer ( I have no pumps however). I noticed that he used 4 wire and 4 wire receptacles instead of the 3 wire route...

I am considering something similiar to this https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/how-build-5-gal-110v-ebiab-kettle-304914/ for my hot water tank (Thanks Disintegr8tor!). I have a converted keg and typically prep 13 gallons at around 180 or so degrees. I brew outside (early in the morning) and...

I believe I may be doing something wrong and was hoping someone could point me in the right direction or flat out tell me what I’m doing wrong. I have been messing around with EZ water for a few weeks now before I brew my next batch. I’ve attempted to brew with my own water in December and...

This may seem like a silly question but are the EZ Water mash additions calculated by per/gallon of water or is it for the entire amount of water Thanks

The recipe is for a simple 5.5 gallon batch of Pale Ale Recipe -7.5lbs 2 Row (2L) and 1lb Carafoam (2L)- with a 2.80 gal. mash water (really 2.75 gal. mash but Bru’n Water rounds up to 2.8 for some reason) and 7 gal. sparge water. My goal is to get the ph level down to 5.2-5.8 range. I...

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Do they make them? I have been searching unsuccessfully for a large plastic bucket (with an airtight lid) to ferment 11-12 gallons of wort. I'd prefer this setup compared the two large glass carboys. Can anyone point me in the right direction or is there no such thing? I've seen wine buckets...

New to kegging. Tried to carb a beer by loading it up with co2 so my buddies could have some in a few days; now the the CO2 gauge is stuck at 20. On the back of the gauge there are two screws which I am hoping if I mess with it will re-set. I thought I would post here first for assistance...

Water got inside of refractometer last brew day. Placed it inside of tuperware full of rice to get rid of moisture which worked nicely, now I have what appears to be "water stains" (not sure if that is a thing) distorting the readings. Has anyone taken a refractometer apart to clean? I...

Rained the entire time I was brewing. Refractometer was not registering, as the read outs were completely blurred. Has anyone experienced this before and if so is there anything special I can do to fix this aside from drying it out over a fan and hoping that's all that's wrong with it? Thanks.