Recent content by ChrisfromAbby

I'm on my 4th rebuild. Sort-of. Really just moving the collar to a new freezer really as the old 3rd one died. Any how, I decided that this time, rather than painting the freezer I'd try vinyl wrapping it. So far so good! The problem with paint was that it scratched off really easily. And...

Late reply but.... What's done is done. The bottles were already clean, but you have exposed them to possible/probable contamination. Going back, emptying them out, sterilizing the bottles and putting the win back in will not accomplish anything. Well, it will accelerate oxidation, there is...

So a few years back I became quite excited by all the HBT discussion and experimentation around the topic of freezing yeast. I avidly followed and began building up cultures and washing yeast, then carefully mixing yeast cake sludge with a proportion of wort and glycerine and then freezing in...

What about fining? Since all the beer is to be transferred to a sealed & purged keg, is there a way to add gelatin or such to cold-crashed beer either before or after the transfer without introducing oxygen?

I've made my first attempt at spunding my FV with my home-crafted device on an Cascade/Falconers Flight IPA. I built in a racking cane with a valve and a industrial gas quick-connect fitting for the CO2 side. The racking cane is straight, otherwise it'd never fit through the assembly. It does...

I was just thinking this too. When I looked more closely at the 120v wiring of the Cube, the pumps and the EZBoil run off the different hot phases. Probably to isolate 60 cycle interference from the motors affecting the electronics of the controller I'm guessing. So I actually DON'T want to...

Cool. I don't believe there is a 1A fuse for the EZBoil in the stock Cube. Definitely there are fuses for each pump. I'll have to go look because it certainly is a good idea if not code. 🤔 Does it matter of the breaker switch is before or after the SSR do you think? Before is certainly a...

Good point. The pumps a bit more than that though, if they were accidentally left "on". Not sure I follow you here, unless you're talking about ONLY putting in the low current switch to interrupt power to the EZBoil, This is actually what Auber has suggested to me. But wouldn't there only be...

Hmm. Maybe. I'm still not in love with the idea of connecting/disconnecting plugs with current actively flowing through them, although 120 is better than 240v.

In another thread I discussed my eventual purchase of an Auber Cube and that I am generally very pleased with it. But this little issue is still in my mind for 2 or 3 reasons. 1 - safety. Nice to be able to KNOW there is no voltage at the element when it is supposedly "off". 2 - the whole SSR...

Martin Brungard, author of Brunwater has so stated, let alone many other sources. I have found many LHBS personel to be less informed than I would like to hope...

Not for me. There is an indicator on the EZ Boil for burner firing, but not an after-the-SSR indicator. I actually communicated with Kane at Auber and he suggested putting in a burner power interruption switch after the SSR to me. I will in the near future. It'll make swapping my power cord...

Dude, I gotta ask - you live in Colorado. Surely there is a source of clean, pure mountain water nearby?

LHBS is wrong. In fact you need very little. 1/2 to 1/4 a tab is probably enough, but I usually go with a whole tablet because I can't be bothered splitting it. I use Campden or KMBS powder every brew and I DEFINITELY have chloramine in my tapwater. I also once used some KMBS to lower the...

Looks fine. I think a good rule of thumb is wide enough to just pass a credit card through....