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Had a rough day brewing yesterday... In a couple of my other posts, I have been fighting a bitter off flavor in my IPA's, and my plan was to take accurate notes and keep my temps on target as accurate as i possible could... it turned out to be a rough brew day.... Here was the results...

Still looking into building a HLT. Due to cost, I am pricing out aluminium pots, and want to use my SS coil inside using weldless fitting through the side of the pot. My question is, are there any issues with using SS fittings and SS coil inside a aluminum pot....This will only be used for a...

So I am looking to build a new'er HLT for my HERMS system. I have read the posts where what people have done, using both plastic buckets and SS pots. What I would like to know is what people wish they would have done differnet...mainly the people that have used plastic. I am leaning...

Obviously many people are using the weldless fitting in their BK. Is there any issues or concerns with using these fitting next to the direct heat of the propane burner? Meaning, do you have any issues with the parts in the valves melting or the handle of the valves melting? Also, I realize...

So I have a Herms system using a chugger pump from my 10 gal igloo cooler to coil in HLT back to my cooler. This works very well... After mash is done, i then use my pump to get my wort from my cooler to my BK. Usually I just hang the hose going to the BK over the top lip of the BK. But my...

I wanted to ask people’s opinions of an IIPA recipe I just built. To start, I have to say I have been brewing for about 3 yrs....have been doing AG for about 1.5yrs. And I have only made one IPA that was drinkable, the rest are completely HORRIBLE. The last IPA I made was so bad that...

My local brew supply has cherry wood smoked malt of which I really want to try...below is a base recipe that I used to make a coffee stout. I have made some changes...adding oats and removing the coffee which turned out really good. I wanted to add some of this cherry wood smoked malt... My...

I stopped by my local brew supply shop and was about to buy the thermowell/stopper they had, but found out my STC1000 probe would not fit down the thermowell... So... Which thermowell works with the STC1000 probe. From reading other threads, it sounds like the Brewers Hardware...

I make a pretty good cream stout...of which I thought about adding coffee and turning it into a coffee stout... I have never brewed before with coffee. Reading though some of the threads, it seems like cold pressed coffee in a french press in a secondary is the way to go... My main...

This weekend I will complete my HERMS build...all out of SS tubing, using a Chugger pumper and high temp silicone tubing.. Question.... Do I need to do anything to clean all the SS fittings and tubing that I have assembled before I brew for the first time?? Is so...how do I clean it and...

I am in the process of building a fermentation chamber using a 4.3cuin fridge.. Question is about heating and what to use... Seems like either the flexwatt on the door or wall.... or A FermWrap around the carboy... I am not sure which I should go with. I have a fan mounted in the...

Do you think I will having issues using 3/8" tubing with a chugger pump. I am looking to setup a HERMS system, and right now my igloo cooler MT outlet is 3/8" so I though to stick with 3/8" on everything. My concern was the inlet to the pump, will 3/8" cause problems with the primer and make...

I was hoping to get some advice on setting up a HERMS system. Currently I use a 10gal igloo round cooler for my Mash tun. I am hoping to get a chugger pump for Christmas. I know the ideal HLT HERMS setup would be to get a coil with weldless fitting out the side of a pot. But in an...

It seems that most use the 3cuft to 4.5cuft fridge to build a fermentation chamber....but what about small dorm size fridges....like the 1.2 to 1.5 cuft foot size...the smaller ones. I planned on building a box extension anyway but my concern was if the fridge will be big enough to cool? Any...

Hey guys, I was hoping you could help clear something up for me... I want to install a digital thermometer on my 10gal igloo cooler. I have been looking at many theards of which has lead me to barginfittings.com. If I purchase the...

So, the real answer I guess should be the keg should not be empty right:cross: But, just wondering how you store your empty kegs. I have been filling half way with PBW, adding some CO2 to it and letting it sit. Every now and then, I will shake it up. I was concerned that the PBW might hurt...

I have read so many thread about people build HERMS system, or even simple temp controllers for fermentation chambers... My question is, where do you get the perfect sized boxes. Even the ones that people make and cut out their own control panels...the basic box, where do I look to get one...

Will this STC-1000 controller work for a fermentation chamber using a small fridge..like a 4.4cu in fridge. I guess where I am suprised is the cost, for $25 this controller does what I need?? I want to be able to heat also, maybe using a light bulb, or a carboy heater wrap...

Not sure where to put this topic so sorry if there is a better place: I am building my brewery in my garage and I am about ready to install a water line over to my sink area. I have well water and we use a softener for everyday use mainly due to dissolved iron in the water, at the time we...

I have been looking at a lot of posts regarding building a fermenting chamber. I like the idea of either using a 4.6cuft fridge where people have taken off the door and built an extended insulated box that the carboys will fit into. Also, some have taken the cooling equipment from the fridge...