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agreed 100%, it's a trend finder for sure. the tilt is great, but i really only use is for reference during fermentation, but the numbers i'm speaking of are off a precision hydrometer. after calibrating the tilt before every use, i find the tilt is within a point or 2 when i compare the...

no, my fermentation fridge is temperature controlled with my lager profile via a STC1000 and a thermoprobe going into the center of the fermenting wort. comparing those temps with the tilt temps, they are with in a degree or so. i did get one more point out of it yesterday, so down to 1.012...

don't think it's a yeast thing... all of of these batches have been single pitch, fresh yeast from either White Labs or Wyeast, all grown with a starter on a stir plate, mainly to confirm yeast activity before pitching into wort...

So I’ve been racking my brain a bit…. The last couple of batches I’ve made aren’t fermenting out as dry as I’d like them to be, or as beer smith estimates them. I’ve gone through about everything and i can’t come up with a common denominator, so i thought I’d throw it out here for any ideas...

this rig has treated me very well for the last 2 years. i've done a couple little updates here and there, like adding priming ports on the pumps, but all in a all, not much more than that. i took the route of having lots of ventilation and moving air around the burners vs mounting them on a...

i wanted to chime in a bit here... i built this rig about 2 years ago, and it's still in great condition. if you can see, i mounted the burners so there is virtually no flat surfaces below the burners, so there is PLENTY of open ventilation that moves through the burner as the heat rises. I...

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Agreed with FatDragon. Wookey Jack is where it's at! its definitely hands down my favorite black IPA! there's quite a bit of information out there on clone recipes too. research that, and give that a good place to start! ...and go drink one if you have access to FW:)!

perfect! thanks for the heads up. that makes sence, as i've washed a couple batches of ale yeast in the past and i usually get about 5 mason jars of yeast slurry out of one carboy, so this all kinda lines up.

so a couple weeks ago i brewed a traditional Czech Pilsner with WLP802. it's now in the lagering phase, and i'm starting to think of ideas of what to do with this healthy yeast cake of WLP802 and have a couple questions. -first off, i've never really pitched new fresh wort onto a healthy...

I'm In STL an interested in the kettle and chiller. PM me if still available. Thanks Matt

thanks for the replies... i went ahead and started to cold crash it today, so tomorrow morning, i can keg it before leaving for vacation... and yes, it will be nice to come home to a finished beer:)!!! thanks!

so quick question/poll. i brewed up a quick extract rye saison 10 days ago using 3711. i've done a version of this beer almost every summer being i can get the yeast nice and warm (80ish degrees) to bring out some nice spicy aromas with the rye. the only difference this year is i used 2...

yep, stilly me... i've been testing this with no load on it, and it's been working perfectly this whole time!!! i just put a desk lamp on the output, and it's either on or off, same with the LED, not half lit! i knew it had to be something simple, as it's a very simple circuit. thanks to...

Here's a rough sketch of how it's wired. The LEDs are the 120v Pilot LEDs from Electric Brewing Supply. Still seems weird that I can meter 43v on the outlet with this LED in line, and if I take it out of the circuit, I get <0v.

So I've built a fairly simple RIMS controller with a lot of input and research from other builds on this forum. It's up and working except for one minor issue that I'm kinda stumped with, and think I just must be missing something simple? I know it may be a bit hard to troubleshoot without a...

I love the flavor rye imparts In beer and use it in a lot of styles. For this try to keep in the rye theme and try some Chocolate Rye for color and more depth of rye flavor.

sign me up please, i'm in!

Looks great to me! I've had this idea pop in my head too, as Pliney and Wookey Jack are two of my favorite beers, but I think the Wookey Jack malt bill might be a little too aggressive in the roasty department. This looked more laid back to let the hops shine, with a dark base. Looking...

looks cool! sign me up please!