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Does anyone know of a good list of homebrew books? Particularly old books from 1970s and 1980s. I have been searching Google and Amazon without much luck. My first intro to homebrewing was a book from the library in about 1991. I don't remember what it was, but I would love to find that book...

I just had a visitor view my E-panel. He is looking to do similar in a college class. I have a 50 amp box with SSRs and contactors, and a BCS-460. So he looks at it all including the BCS java page, and says "oh that's easy, a PLC could take the place of the BCS" ? Is that right? Can a PLC...

Have you used glasses with etching in the bottom? Tiny carbonation nucleation sites send a cascade of bubbles through the beer. I am not a fan of it. Wondering if I'm the only one? I don't want my beer to turn into head. And I want the carbonation to stay in the beer! I can smell it...

I have a friend who is about to buy a 3 bbl BIAC system. (Brew in a conical) I have read lots of positive words about the smaller BIAC systems. I have also read about the jacket failure due to possible pressure/vacuum issues. I have never used a BIAC system myself, so I am hoping for some...

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I often brew high gravity beers, and they don't carbonate well on their own unless you add fresh yeast with the primiing sugar. I have had excellent results adding half a pack of dry yeast US-05 for 5 gallon batch. It finishes prime in about a week. But I have all the culturing tools, and...

I wanted to filter out most of the hops and hot break material on the way out of the boil kettle. I think this design will work, plus it is easily removable for cleaning. It is mounted by camlock connection, and open on the bottom for easy access! the photos are self explanatory. But here...

I have a convoluted counterflow copper chiller from Midwest supplies. It has 1/2" copper coil on the inside, so I can just plug my 1/2" silicone tubing on the wort in and out. Kind of like this, but 1/2" wort tube: http://www.midwestsupplies.com/convoluted-counter-flow-wort-chiller.html I have...

If you are a penny pincher like me, you may have wondered why do you need a controller for the freezer for your keezer? If you could just set it high enough it would work. I logged the temperature of my brand new unmodified GE 7.0 freezer. I found temperature swings of 15 degrees constantly:

I haven't seen many build threads for BCS-460, so I hope my thread will help others. I moved to a new house and there is a nice little cove in the basement. I decided to set up an electric HERMS. I settled on BCS-460. For repeatability, and partially because I am a computer programmer...

I just built a panel for my BCS460. I turned it on for the first time and I am getting voltage past the (turned off) 40A SSRs I disconnected the signal wires to be sure. One measures 246V the other measures 21V. They are from different vendors. Has anyone else had this kind of issue? I...

I bought one of those Kal style enclosures from ebay. It has unthreaded posts on the lid and in the box to attach the ground wires. Am I supposed to thread it myself? I have dies, but it's a tight squeeze. Any reason not to just put a bolt through the back plate and ground that? And...

I have a main panel (200A) a sub panel (100A) and my (50A) GFCI spa panel off of that. And the two smaller panels are both in the brew area. I need to install a 50A outlet somewhere for my controller. My spa panel does not have room for the outlet. But the 100A subpanel has plenty of room...

I have several corny pin-lock soda kegs that I used for a few years, and I just couldn't get the off-flavors out. So I switched back to bottling. My bottles always turn out great! As good or better than commercial beer. Before I toss the kegs out, I'd like to get some ideas from the forum...