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I have acquired an ice cream making machine motor in good condition and I was thinking about starting a project to build a mash stirrer. I have a sanke mash tun with flat false bottom. I get 70% efficiency into the fermenter. What are the pros n cons of slow constant automated mash stirring...

I picked up a pH meter and decided to try the Sierra Nevada (Gordon Strong) method of acidifying all brewing water to 5.5pH with phosphoric acid. I didn't even get to open the bottle acid, my first measurement on the RO water was 5.0? What? I immediately re calibrated the meter and retested..5.0...

I have the honeywell AT140A1042 24v transformer running two auber PIDs to open and close my furnace valves for the propane banjo burners. In the middle of brewing the whole system blew the main fuse in my control panel. I opened it up and smelled excess heat and the transformer was very very...

I brewed about 12 batches in the last 8 months and I keep noticing this slight smokiness in about 10 out of the 12 beers. My Pliny the elder clone has it the most. In fact it almost off putting in that one. My Wit does not have it at all and My imperial brown doesnt. But My Calif common, all my...

Letting this go way cheap on ebay. 04 Stainless 1/2" FPT - 1/2" COMPRESSION FITTING Mash Beer Keg Kettle Dip Tube I have two and they're perfect for a kettle dip tube or mash manifold / 304 stainless steel 1/2" compression fitting to 1/2" FPT Great for connecting dip tube to vessel or heat...

First of all I have been homebrewing for about 25 years Over those years though I have only entered about 10 competitions I'll usually enter 2, 4 or maybe six beers and I have always gotten a ribbon or medal. Last month I entered a relatively large competition with over 300 entries. This time I...

Bought this great carboy about 18 years ago and I'd love another one. But no luck. : ( I'm considering drilling out a carboy on my own but I've read that's pretty much a crap shoot

Ok I got this sweet old Craftsman 11312130 motor that has the cap start on it. I want to wire a DPDT switch to run both directions. The sticker on the motor says switch the red n black terminals to reverse. How would I wire that to the switch. First pic is CCWR and second pic is CWR The...

I need to use this as a BK but it won't sit flat until It gets some "body" work. I tried a giant pipe wrench an couldn't do much. I tried two different car jacks and could get leverage. I don't want to cut it off or use it upside down. Who could Fix this?

I have Banjo burners on my Brutus Hybrid. They are running on low pressure LP controlled by Honeywell VR8200's. The regulator ahead of the Valves is the Marshall Dual Stage regulator. My problem is..The burners just put out too much yellow flame for my liking. I noticed when I blew air into the...

I picked up a Sestos B2E Timer for my Control panel. But no idea what terminals 2,3,4,& 5 do?? Ideas? and how do you wire them? What would you use them for? http://sestos-hk.com/english/product_show.asp?id=417 unfortunately the instructions are challenging to say the least! LOL

I want to control my sparge with a float switch. But I see running 120V thru the switch is a bad idea. I have 24volt in my control panel already (for my Gas Valves) could I run that through the switch and then use a relay to turn on/off a march pump as needed? I like the idea of this SS...

I decided to cannibalize my old single tier propane fired HERMS system and build a stand. I wanted a "BRUTUS type" automated system, with PID control of the HLT and BK burners and PID control of the MLT pump thru the Heat Exchange. Ive looked at tons of Builds on here and Im using lots of ideas...

does anyone know if this burner can be modified to burn successfully on low pressure? http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00433EMI6/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 I have two of these burners and I have two HoneyWell VR8200 Valves and the pilots.. im in a dilema. these valves wont work on high pressure...

I decided to pick up an mid age Side by Side Fridge to build out and have serving Taps/Temps for my Corney Kegs and Fermentation chamber in the larger side. I Also wanted to be able to get down to serving temps as well on the Fridge side and have Co2 available on both side as well.. Here's what...

I've got a dual gauge 25# co2 tank n gauges outside my side by side fridge. One gauge controls the pressure to the distributor in the conditioning side of the fridge and the other to a distributor on the serving side. So I have 6 hoses distributing co2 from two manifolds each with individual...

Just finishing up a Belgian Strong that started at 1.075 using WL Trappist Ale yeast. 10gal batch with a 3liter starter. 2 weeks at 68 in the primary an 4 weeks so far in the secondary at 70 degrees. The current gravity is 1.020. It's in my brite tank now and I've began Carbonating it at 60...

Ive seen the threads on Dry Ice but was wondering if I could use it to cool down the water in my HERMS and run the wort thru that coil (heat exchange) to cool it?(or maybe my plate chiller water can run thru there ) Can I just drop 5 pounds of dry ice into 10 gallons of Water or will there be...

I recently bought a big plate Chiller (KegCowboy) and came up with this idea of how to mount it, since it has no mount (no bolt posts etc.) I decided to use some angle Iron and drill out holes for the chiller nipples to go through. Then I could use my Type A Cam lock mounts to secure the angle...

I drilled thru a Whirlpool Princess side by side fridge. Went slow and kept looking in as i drilled (for Refrigerant lines) but I hit a wire and shorted the entire fridge out. :mad: SO after hours of playing with the wiring I can run power to the compressor and it runs fine. the two fans and...