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Have you found an answer about the whirlpool efficiency? Im about to buy this baby!!!

Hey Mors, I need one of these but im in canada and MCmaster dont ship here anymore except if you have a business account :( I have lost the spring while it was drying after washing it... If i send you the money by paypal in advance, will you accept to order it and ship it to me by regular...

Hello GMonken, i refer you to this article for knowing how to make a starter and save a part of it for future brews. Dont be shy if you have any questions. http://brulosophy.com/how-i-brew/yeast-starter-method/

Here's my preferred technique for harvesting yeast: Let's say i need 300b cells to fermenter my batch with a 2l stater. This starter gives me 75b cells by 500ml. So if i want to harvest 75b cells for my next batch, i prepare a stater of 2.5l to get 375b cells. While my starter is...

I have ordered pieces for building my manifold all in stainless steel. I already have the pump and the bucket. Here's my part list: 1/2" stainless fittings : 3 x tee 9$ 6 x 75mm nipple 12$ 1 stainless cross 6$ 4 elbow 90 degrees 10$ 8 female coupler 8$ 12 x 150mm...

Cliff is damn right. My e-kettle walls got reddish because the rust formed at the base of the element has been dissolved by the wort. I am currently soaking my kettle in about 1 quart of lemon juice bought at Costco's. The rust is dissolving slowly but surely. I will apply a coating of food...

As promised, a picture of a pour of my US-05 / Centennial dry hop version of this recipe. Aroma is grapefruit, light body with a smooth finish due to the wheat. Next time ill go with more wheat, and amarillo in dryhop.

And if you go by the sight glass, in a kettle, youll have to install some fittings to go to the bottom of the kettle, under the element. A bit like the fitting i got for my dip tube. If i choose to do that, i will use a straight barb and a longer lenght of silicone tubing to go under the element...

Fianlly, has it worked?

Im doing a 10 gal batch this weekend, half fermented with wlp001 dry hop amarillo and the other with us-05 dry-hop centennial! Gonna post results and pictures!

Thanks for sharing your experience, very interesting.

Thanks for sharing your experience, very interesting.

[ATTACH]214597[/ATTAC Here's my manifold that i mentionned earlier!

Hi everyone, I went to HD to get these parts and i learn that PVC is'nt kept anymore here in Quebec because its replaced by PEX, about the the third of the parts were available... I dont know why though. So i want to share with you, what is the build i made. I go out of from the pump with a...

If you chill your wort with an immersion chiller and have a side dip tube, youll let the cold break in the boil kettle after whirpooling. Sent from my SGH-I747M using Home Brew mobile app