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Sweetwater IPA is one of my favorite beers - maltly and sweeter than most IPA's and very well balanced with tons of fresh hop flavors. It's from Atlanta but it's widely distributed so should be able to pick some up in SC. I've tried a few of the other Sweetwater brews and didn't care as much...

Not a real calibration, but it has a trim adjust where you can set it to add or subtract a set amount from every reading, up to plus or minus 3.6ºF. I think you could calibrate the older models, but the current model has to be sent back to the factory for calibration (for a fee) if ever...

Thermapen, hands down winner. I use it at so many points in the process from mashing to cooling to checking fermentation temps. It's so nice to have an instant accurate read on temperatures. That said, if I hadn't got it as a gift I don't know that I would have spent that much on a...

While I'm not much of a beer snob, I just found out yesterday that I'm a gummi bear snob after tasting the bears made in Germany for the German market (Goldbären). I couldn't believe the difference in flavor, to me they actually taste like the fruits they're supposed to be. Ordered 5# from...

Great idea Yooper! I'll start it off: Up for grabs one hydrometer with built in thermometer. I like my other one w/o the thermometer better. Edit - Gone, to nukinfuts29 send me a PM w/ address I'll get it in the mail tomorow or Tues

Really enjoyed the video - thanks for posting! On the one hand I wish somebody here had thought of the idea and sent a homebrew or [insert favorite craft brew here] into space as the first beer. On the other hand it's great to see what the love of beer inspires people to whether it's...

No idea on the brewpubs, but don't miss out on trying the Sweetwater IPA if you've never had it before. Not sure if others like it as much as I do, but it's fantastic stuff - sweet, thick, and loaded with Simcoe, I can't stop drinking the stuff and it's more like dessert to me than any other...

Great story and a perfect title - I know I went back and forth a couple times between the two and as you say, only time will tell ;) My favorite part is noticing there is 1.5 litres space left in the kettle and deciding to top it off. Love it and hope it turns out well, in any case I'm...

I agree there's no way a home freezer is going to chill that amount of liquid in the time the main wort is boiling, and that an immersion chiller is a better solution (even though I'm still ice bath chilling myself but I've never seen anyone say they were not completely thrilled with thier IC...

It depends on your efficiency. To hit 1.050 using the converted recipe, brewhouse efficiency would need to be about 69% (based on a volume of 7.5gal into the fermenter). To hit 1.052 it would need to be around 71.5%. If those numbers are in line with your typical efficiency, then the...

Not sure if the 12oz Munich in the converted recipe is a typo? All the other ingredients in the conversion come out to around 137% the amount of the original, so whatever Beersmith is doing, at least it's consistent (other than the Munich). I know that Beersmith will take into account...

Brewed a batch today and this meter was working much better. After calibrating it, measured both the buffer solutions and within 30-45 seconds the meter was within .02 of the correct reading. Leaving it for a couple minutes it moved exact or within .01 and stayed there. Not sure why it's...

If I'm understanding it right, there was about a half gallon left in the boil kettle that didn't make it into the fermenter. That would have a pretty big impact on FG/efficiency. Had the extra volume been boiled away your OG would have been close to 1.067 and efficiency around 65.7%. Still...

This meter will not display raw voltage measurements from the probe per mfgr tech support. Unfortunately it is also not possible to turn off the ATC. I did some research and learned a little about the Nernst equation and how ATC is calculated hoping I could factor it in to your equations...

I've been lurking around the forums for about the past 6 months and finally made an account a few weeks ago. Didn't notice this sub board until today so just wanted to say hi all! Haven't had much need to post anything as most of the questions I've had have already been answered in other...

The manual doesn't mention millivolt mode and there's no obvious way to switch to it: mode button only controls Cº/Fº and buffers used. No other switches in battery compartment or anywhere on the thing. I've sent a message to tech support asking if it can be done with this meter and will post...

Thanks for the reply and the reassurance, I was kind of considering selling it and getting the Milwuakee MW102, but I think I'll keep it for now and see how it goes. Still, it would be nice to know when it says my mash pH is 5.3, is that really 5.35 or 5.25 or somewhere in the middle? The...

I used the manufacturers cleaning solution and soaked the electrode in it for an hour then rinsed it. Is there anything else should be done to clean it?

Thanks for the response AJ. There were a couple other trials in the screenshot that didn't show up and I'm wondering if the 4.01 test still fits with this meter being ok but slow. In this case it seems to start close to the proper reading then move away from it. Also checked vineagar and...

Bought a Hanna pHep5 98128 and have used it on two beers trying to get my mash pH right. I'm not entirely happy with it because right after I calibrate it, if I put it back in the 7.01 solution it can be off by as much as .1 (specs say that it's accurate to .05) then drift over the next 5...