In the past I had a spare garage full size fridge that I used for carboy temp control and some lagers. I have a Johnson Controls controller and it was spot on last time I used it.
The reason I'm asking these questions is I burnt the last fridge's compressor up or at least I suspect it died...
I know right? It did not rise or fall. I'm going to scub her good and boil above the scrub level. I think it is like you said all the crap left over on the kettle processing
Thanks day_trippr, mabrungard and Gruel for the responses
Sorry for the late response but here's a couple more questions.
I filled the pot to the point of almost boiling over and let her go full boil for 60 minutes. Above the original water line did not change in color at all and the original...
I purchased a new pot for hot liquor only and wanted to get it ready for brew day. So far I have washed both pot and lid and rinsed. Then I boiled about 4" of water for 30minutes with the lid on. The pot size is 40Qt. I have heard people swear by this method but I noticed that on the water line...