Recent content by dutch101st

I did this up on 4 Aug and dry hopped a week later. Today I added some gelatin to help clear things...It has been 10 days and I am still getting bubbles in the airlock every 30 seconds or so. I should be kegging it this Friday. You can see my brewing saga here: and here: It was about 95...

Do your research...my rig is really the culmination of a lot of different places. For the control panel, check out the forum for theelectricbrewery.com

The best part of the whole project was building the control panel...pretty cool stuff...

Ever since going with a Brutus 10 sort of setup earlier this year, my beers have been coming out very very well. I have done my black IPA recipe twice now and it has been consistent. Well today I had a couple of produced videos that I finally put together. My fermentation refridgerator is...

I did 10 gallons of a Summer ale a couple weeks ago; the ground water simply is not cold enough to get boiling wort down to 70 degrees in an efficient manner. I am using a Shirron plate chiller and while it works well when it summer time, transfering is PAINFULLY slow to the fermenter..just a...

Here is from last weekend...

Last weekend will be up today (I hope)

So far so good...2 brews with it so far and it seems to be working as designed. I did my flagship IPA for the first brew, then decided to change it up and go with a black IPA last weekend. Here is video of the first brew with it...

So how did it go?

So how is it working for you? Make it ok?

Yea it's a good rig... I have it boxed up and it will go put Monday

Bryan- Where did you get the water filter? I am in the market for a replacement to what I have right now...

Not to sound crass or anything, but looking at those welds just made me make a mess in my pants. REALLY NICE! Great job! Back in the day (high school, not to sound all Al Bundy-ish) when I was welding everyday, I did really well...no where near what you are showing, but had I stayed with...

Thats how I roll...I really stay mindful of keeping the element covered...in fact I don't switch it on until I know it is completely submerged (i.e. strike water is flowing out of the outlet and into the MLT)

...HERMS hex coil connections, heating element, temp probe...