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Have a few questions regarding the diagram and pics in the OP. The diagram shows the probe connected to 1,5,6,7 with one wire and to the hot side of one of the sockets with the other wire. But the first picture appears that it's connected to 3 & 4 of the temp controller. There is also some green...

Any links to suggested eBay temp controllers I could use as examples of what to look for.

Sorry, one more question. I'm currently using the braided hose in my mash tun. Would it be better to replace it with a false bottom?

I've made a 10gallon Rubbermaid cooler mash tun and have a few questions about all grain. I've seen some tutorials that do the mash in two stages I believe but I thought I could or should just do it all in one with my mash tun. I went to brew365 calculator only inputing my batch size, grain...

Okay, so I can add them a hop bag and once my wort cools down I can just take them out before transferring to my primary.

Hello, I want to do an all-grain Pliny clone and am reading the recipe. As most know it uses a lot of hops at lots of various times during the boil and dry hopping. I understand the dry hopping to add into your secondary. The recipe calls for two different hops during the boil at 0 min. This...

Can I just pitch two of the WLP833 German Bock Lager Yeast?

Anyone have a good all grain clone Spaten Optimator recipe they've used? Austin wants like 50 dollars for their kit.

It should be pretty easy to get a piece of thick paper and just cut out a mock up. Bring it into the store and roll it into the shape of your keg with matching size for height and diameter.

Looking for some suggestions or recipes for a good winter porter or stout. I haven't brewed since the fall after going on a diet and had recently moved to all-grain. My brother in law was very interested in learning to home brew so I bought him a kit for Christmas. I'm having him come over...

You are right, the scale on the hydrometer was marked weirdly and I failed at reading it correctly. Next batch I promise to remember to get a OG reading on my beer. So my Kolsch is at 1.008 which sounds a little off than what the expected FG of 1.010 but it's the same reading two days in a row...

How do you prevent the hydrometer from hugging the sides? I tried this method last night after soaking my thief in star san solution and it didn't turn out very well at all. The sample was further down so I couldn't reach the top of the hydrometer very easily and when I dropped it into the thief...

Perfect timing for finding this video, it's a great resource. Wanted to say thanks. I tried last night to take a reading in a wine thief and it was difficult at best to say the least. I think from now on I'll use wine thief to get the sample and pour it into the container the hydrometer came...

I'm a new brewer and currently have my first two brews in my fermenters and purchased a wine thief to do samples. I took a sample of both last night and curious for some feedback. My primary has a franziskaner hefe clone extract I found the recipe here and just took a reading that was 1.26...

I have a Kolsch in a secondary right now and was trying to take a few pictures last night to identify some things so I can learn more about the process. This is my first home brew. I couldn't get the pictures to come out since the reflection of the glass carboy and the darkness of the basement...

RELAX?! Are you kidding!? Beer is at stake here man! Yea, I guess the lesson learned is don't start a brew at 10:30pm on a weekday and wake up a few hours later sleep deprived and worried about your brew :) Another reason is I did a hydrometer reading last night thinking, yea man! I'm going to...

Alright thanks, I guess I'll have to let it sit all weekend while I'm gone and hope when I get back Sunday night it's dancing.

So I decided to throw together batch #2, a Franz all extract clone last night since my primary became available with my Kolsch being moved to my secondary. I made a mistake of starting my brewing at 10:00pm and didn't finish until 1ish. I have a wallpaper tray of san star and hot water I use...

Thanks, I kind of figured this out and went hmm that wasn't very effective. From now on I'll just mix up the wallpaper tray batch and the squirt bottle and use those.

I can understand the fears of starsan and it's probably from the amount of foam since it's so visible. If it didn't foam up no one would think twice and just move on. For example last night I'm moving my first brew from primary to secondary and I'm going about sanitizing my secondary. I put...