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Im ready to fire up my 2bbl brew kettle, however Id like to find a better option for fermenting and long term storage. For the last few years Ive been using sankey kegs. I would love to go for a stainless vessel, like an open head drum, but they are pretty spendy. I don't have the time to...

I've reached a point where using 15gallon snakes misbecoming a PITA for long term storage of sour beers. I've been thinking about trying new HDPE blue barrels. I know we've all seen the chart in our favourite badly written sour brew book, but I notice that chart does not speak to the...

Were moving from 1bbl to 2 bbl size bates so were kinda hoping to use 55 gallon hdpe. Not aware of any PET containers that big. We currently purge our sankey kegs after sampling, would probobly do the same with barrels. With new barrels pushing 4 figures and old ones being difficult to find...

I'm just wondering if anybody has used blue food grade plastic barrels for long-term storage for sour Ales. Im at a bottleneck where the most expensive thing for me is storage for aging. it would sure be a cheap way for me to keep going. Tia

40amp SSR , all wire gauges are right, checked twice. Crimp connectors put on right with stakon crimpers, I have a heat sink of appropriate size outside cabinate just a PITA to screw SSRs down without removing so I didn't do it. No shorts, GFI in panel, not dry boiled ever. Given the mild...

Halfway through my second to last brew I blew a 5500watt element and lost a mechanical relay on the same circuit at the same time. I replaced both on the spot and went about my business and finished the day. Warming up the hot water for my last batch the SSR cooked a post right off. Replaced it...

at 75% are you getting a hard rolling boil or just a slow roll?

Just switching over from propane to electric, Im noticing the foam of the hot break to be very aggressive as opposed to propane. If past propane brews if I knocked down the boil foam with 5-10 sprays from a bottle, and it may come back once or twice more, but then it collapse and goes into...

I have recently added a second syl 2352 to control a separate element. I did basic set up and did not auto tune it. It runs great. Get to temp shuts off comes on when the temp drops. My old one fires on sparadically non stop 10 degrees either side on sv. I have auto tuned it and it has done this...

I've wired 2 30a 240v circuits to power 2 5500w elements. These are being controlled by 2 mechanical definitive purpose contactors and a ssr being controlled by the 2352. I set up everything as laid out on the electric brewry site. I powered everything up and it all works fine except when the pv...

I was going to run 2 30a 240v runs because thats the current setup, I got a wonderful commercial 3 bay sink that has multiple taps and hoses for equipment wash down. All the filling of my HWT is thru a R.O. system mounted on the wall.

For the last 4 year i have brewed in a repurposed barn. it works but its not ideal. Its laid poorly because of the beams, the main sink drain is run on the floor, plugs are not where they are needed, floor drains are in the wrong spot, the list goes on. This spring Im building a new house and I...

Pressure cooking in a water bath for a couple hours, released the beast from mine in a similar situation.

Me and a buddy are running a 1bbl batch of biremunchers blonde today after work. We started filling the HWT 2 days ago, cleaned set up and ground the grains last night, been running the wood stove non stop for 2 days to keep everything room temp. Ill probably leave work today at 1 and my buddy...

I went 1bbl at home about 3 years ago. I've definitely reached the end of the rabbit hole for myself as far as size. We brew 6-12 times a year and between my brew partner and myself we would need to quit our day jobs to drink anymore beer before it became too old. But going to 1 bbl didn't...

I took a hobby of love and turned it into a business about 12 years ago. I made lots of money, lost lots of money, had a few laughs and had a few cries. At the end of it all what upsets me to this day is about 6 years in, my love for the hobby faded and still to this day has never returned. In...

it was a little under double. Usally loose just under 2 gallons lost about 3.5 this last time. What % do you dial your boil element back to?

Back when my mash tun was direct fired I would often get a dark colour (and weird twang that would get exponentially worse with time) from my blonde recipe. After I switched to a heat exchanger it went back to being yellow. My last batch i used an electric element in my kettle, but didn't know i...

I have a ITC 100VH that won't put out more the .5 VDC, my relay requires 3VDC minimum can anyone tell me what setting to change to increase the voltage output to run my ssr?

I have a 55 galon mash tun the is a PIA to scoop empty. I tried a shop vac last time and it worked great, but i had to empty it four times. I was thinking of using an old 55 gallon plastic drum and putting the hose from vac to one side of the lid and running a second vac hose from lid in drum...