Recent content by Daves1186

Hey Doug I've been pretty busy the past few day and just got some time to look over the diagram you provided. The safe start sounds like it will work fine as is. I just wanted to make sure that I don't accidentally dry fire the element when starting the control panel up. The wiring seems pretty...

@doug293cz Alright I think I almost have this figured out, I have all the parts you listed in you're wiring diagram sourced except for the two switches and fuses. I searched Auberins website and amazon but I don't think i found the right switches. Im think the build i would like to go with will...

Alright that's what I assumed, I just figured I'd run it past to you know for sure. Thanks for pointing out where I said 2 male plugs, my hungry lady who was rushing me out of the house as I was trying to formulate my thoughts and I misspoke. I don't have a dedicated indoor brew area setup yet...

Yeah well that didn't take much convincing haha. So i guess I'm going to go the DIY route and thanks a-lot Doug for the willingness to help, i really appreciate it! Ive been looking into different controllers and a few different ones stood out to me. The ink bird STC-1000 seems pretty nice, 15$...

Yeah I hear you in regard to the cons of having to much automation. I just tend to go overboard with my hobbies and I could see myself wanting to add that functionality at some later point possibly, if only for the reason that it would something fun to do. Ive been looking at the the do it...

Very nice setup guys, I can't wait to get my electric setup going. I understand what you guys are saying and I'm usually interested in going the do it yourself route. Unfortunately I have limited free time due to school/work and Im not able to accomplish a project like this in a timely period...

Hi fellas, I've recently purchased a 220v boil coil and rims rocket to start converting my home brewery over to an electric brewery. I need some advice on which panel I should go with. I'm somewhat handy and don't mind tinkering to much but at the same time I want a panel that works reliably. I...

I have the conical up in a refrigerator a foot or two above the top of the keg.

Thanks guys, yeah it does seem like there is vacuum being created for some reason. What Ive been doing prior to transferring is to remove the airlock and hook up co2 to the airlock port. I pump around 2-3psi into the conical and then open up the racking port. I did notice that the fermenter lid...

Hey all, so i recently purchased a blichamann conical with the hope of being able to reduce the amount of transfers and reduce oxygen exposure to my homebrew. Ive put 3 batches through my conical but I seem to be missing something when it comes to transferring my finished beer out of the conical...

Yeah I thought the foam cap would work well being that they sell them specifically for this purpose but I guess I was wrong. Im thinking I'll go back to the tin foil method In the future. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

There was a bunch of fruit flies around it so I wasn't going to chance screwing up a 80$ batch of beer. I went to the LHBS and picked up 4 packs of muntons premium yeast and its actively fermenting away. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

So I just woke up to find the foam cap on my growler blown and the growler completely open to whatever may have found its way in. Is this yeast starter donezo or should I be ok to brew and pitch this yeast? It's been about 7 hours since I've seen the cap on and needless to say I'm super pissed...

Alright guys so I went to LHBS and they didn't have anything close to what I was looking for so I had to order yeast online. I just got the package and pitched the yeast! Since I plan on brewing tomorrow I took flars recommendation and found a bigger container to make a 3.5L 1.038 starter which...

Hey guys thanks for the replies I'm going to go to the LHBS soon and grab some yeast, ill report back on the age when I get home. @flars- I've been using fermcap s in my starters so I could make a 2 liter starter in my 2 liter flask and it seems to be working pretty good.