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Looking to upgrade my worn out turkey fryer burners. Any Recomendations? Currently using a 2 burner setup on a rims system very similar to a brew logic 2 tier rig.

Looking to replace my current turkey fryer burners, they are very old and not working properly. I am going to mount them to my rims setup. Any recommendations you have would be appreciated.

I built a rims system similar to the brewmagic setup, I am having issues with johnson controls temp controller that i used for rims hex (heat exchanger). I have it built out of 1 1/4 stainless and is inline on output (return side) of pump. When recirculating mash, it is consistently 6 degrees...

Made two 10 gallon batches this past weekend, added rice hulls, adjust water to grain ratio and re ordered the sequence for the start of the recirculation. Worked like a dream...... thanks for your help.

I have been aging an imperial stout for almost 6 months. I have some oak barrel staves.... Looking for suggestions on adding to the stout. I have never done this before and would like some input...

Being the water and piping engineer that I am, "master plumber" I am always looking for maximum flow; with that being said I have put myself in this predicement, I am new to the recirc idea, but a happy medium is what I will have to strive for, trial and error and I will get it dialed in...

I think I have may have found the problem. I was trying to run my pump full volume during recirc., i think i have to throttle down on the out put of pump. I was probably sucking all the grain into the false bottom creating a "stuck mash".The process i was trying was: 1) add grain to mashtun. 2)...

I constructed a rims system very similar to the brew magic system. I purchased a nice false bottom and stand from norcal brewing solutions. I have a march 809 inline pump. All piping is either 1/2" id copper or 1/2 ss tubing. Problem is I am have major issues with recirculating the mash, seems...

I have completed building my two tier brew magic clone brew rig. I bought a cheap false bottom and when I tried to recirculate mash through rims hex, enough volume wasnt available to supply pump and had to throttle it way down. I have converted a sanke keg into a mash tun and need a false bottom...

I am building a brew magic 2 tier stand. Have the frame done, need help with kettle supports/burner mounting. If you have any info or pics I would apreciate it.

Molasses, please explain!

A local brewpub is doing a free wort give away this week. Im not a stout fan, nor an imperial stout. I have not brewed one up....yet. I figure if i get most of the brew for free, why not. I'm going to do a 10 gallon batch, have wyeast ringwood ale yeast on hand. Looking for some advice on hop...

Good luck with the r.o. system, you will probably need to add a couple storage tanks to your r.o. system as they normally produce 2 gallons of r.o. water per day. It is also recommended that the influent water to the r.o. system be softened. The soft water will have many of the bad ions removed...

The alkalinity and ph of the strike water and sparge water are both equally critical. With high alkalinity comes high buffering capacity which is detrimental to mash ph. Check out Martin Brungaard's (spelling) water information. I have used his bru'n water excel program and found it was very...

Been a way for a while, kids, wort give away, research and other stuff. Its great to be back and learn from all of you fine folks.