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Any ideas on what caused the mold around the silicone gasket? I'm pretty sure my cleaning routine was thorough. I'm thinking this wee heavy isn't going turn out well.

When the manufacturer recommends you passivate with something like Star San, does that mean fill the entire 20g kettle? Or just maybe 4g and apply with a sponge to the rest? Just wondering if I need a big bottle of Star San.

I am thinking of switching to the Ss Brewtech system and the specs say that "240VAC 30AMP GFCI Dedicated Circuit Required". Several years ago I had an outlet and 220 circuit added to my garage for my current system. But looking at the panel I can't see any label or specs for the circuit and I...

To "celebrate" being stuck at home I gave myself the project to brew high gravity beers each week to fill my kegs. Along the way I made some system adjustments on my 20g eBIAB system mainly where I discovered if I double crushed I could finally hit an OG in the 1.10 range. Normally I never come...

I'm looking into switching from my current electric brewing system to the Ss Brewtech 20g single vessel solution. But when asking them a question they actually recommended that I also purchase their recirculation manifold to help keep a consistent mash temp. This threw me because one of the main...

I just started to look into doing starters again after a long break and something I noticed is the online calculators now have steps. I ignored this and refreshed my memory on the 100g of DME per 1 litre formula and then starting using my stir plate. But after reading some more I think I missed...

I see a similar thread here which gave me some ideas but I wanted to start my own. Today I finally got to brew again and did a 5g batch of a Wheat Wine. It appears my mash was only 57% and I'm wondering what might be the cause or what is most likely the cause. I have another big beer planned...

Looking for help on cleaning beer stone from kegs. I've tried PBW and Bar Keepers with a sponge on a stick but I can't get enough power behind my scrubbing to remove the deposits. I have read a few articles but they all seem to be geared towards the professional and don't get into product...

If coolship is open fermentation where you make use of the ambient yeast that is in the air during that time, how is that different from an infection where supposedly something from the outside got into your beer? Is it just a matter of knowing when the "right" microflora are in the air?

Is there any relation between the purity or quality of the water you use and how effective it can be for cleaning? About a year ago I started using an RO filter from Bulk Reef Supply and in an effort to conserve water I tried to use the "waste" water for other purposes like cleaning. Well, after...

20 days ago I brewed 10g of the Irish Red recipe from Brewing Classic Styles using US-04. the I made the mistake of cold crashing before taking a sample and when I was going to keg I noticed the beer has a really bad taste. I'm terrible with describing the taste but at first I thought it was...

I recently switched from my brew basket to using my old wilser bag on my 20g electric system after I purchased a custom stand. My first attempt was last week with 10g of pale ale and it worked very well. This week I did a 5g high abv recipe for a wee heavy and I had big recirc issues. My new...

A bit frustrated right now because my mash water is now 158 when I was shooting for 152. I actually set the temp for 148 and I was going to ramp up from there but after it hit 148 as soon as I started to bump up the temp the probe readout jumped all around until finally settling on 161. I...

I'm not overly concerned about this but after kegging this 10g batch I am curious. I brewed what I call a session saison a while back and for some odd reason I used a whirlfloc tablet which I normally don't do. And I also decided to cut some corners from my normal process and when transferring...

I have a Co Brewing nano with a solid sided mesh basket for the mash. For the most part I have been doing a type of squeeze where I push down with a spare lid after my full volume mash. I'm getting annoyed with this method because I'm starting to see a variance with each batch. In an effort to...

After a few uses of my 7g SS BrewTech BrewBuckets I was thinking of adding a thermowell. SS BrewTech has one they offer to go in the side but I was thinking to find one for the lid - that way if I screw up it is only by the price of a lid. Anyone ever tried this? I found a weldless 12 thermowell...

Has anyone tried to filter outside the kettle by adding a filter right before the wort enters the fermenter? I just started using the brew bucket and it occurred to me that if I had a filter that sat on top of the bucket I could stop filtering inside my kettle.

For some reason I failed to pay attention to my yeast calculations yesterday and I pitched 1 re-hydrated package of US05 in my 5.5g double IPA which had an OG of 1.072. Looking at some calculators online I'm thinking I should have done a starter or used 2 packets. I do have another packet I...

I had really silly "oh yea" or "duh" moment today in the brew house that I thought I would share in hopes it helps others. This is more of a story and not much in the way of knowledge or wisdom. Hopefully it can help others and be a bit entertaining. First some background info. I have been...

For my single vessel system I may try to sparge in the future by holding off a few gallons from the full volume calculations. But since my setup has my grain basket suspended above my kettle, the only "technique" I can think of is to simply dump the water from a picture over the grains. While...