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That make Sense for the temp probes. What about the timer?

I have an electric brewery control panel that I have everything hooked up and ready to go. But my temperature controllers and timers don't see to be running right. Both all 3 controllers turn on (and programmed per Kals specs) but they constantly cycle through various screen, Flashing info...

Thanks for the help! Looks like I need the clamp... I guess I just assumed when ordering a tri clamp piece like that... It would come with everything haha!

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Anyone have any experience with them? Maybe it's just a long day but I'm missing something here... I have a 2" tri clamp fitting on my pot and picked up an element and 2" tri clamp fitting to put my element on with. What am I missing here... It seems like 2" and 2" do not go together, but I'm...

Just an update on my situation: Got all the movement back in my thumb with no restrictions. I don't have feeling on my backside of my thumb down to where I was cut. Which isn't a big deal, just really annoying because it's not a fun feeling when it gets grazed, touched or hit. That being...

Link to Facebook post if you'd like to share to help other homebrewers become aware of the dangers: https://www.facebook.com/jbpiv/posts/10204136174432245 ------------- *Warning this post contains gory details and pictures* Please read this, I am hoping my experience can prevent...

Unfortunately they're not the big mouth type. Or maybe I should say fortunately...

Due to a recent accident last weekend involving a glass big mouth bubbler, my wrist And 3 days in the hospital I'm switching to all plastic. I have 3 glass carboys for sale. 2 ea 6.5 gallon glass carboys. $30 each 1 5 gallon glass carboy $25 Buy one or buy them all. Located in...

I brewed a breakfast stout this weekend we are going to age in a bourbon barrel out of Pittsburgh. And we used a local coffee house for the coffee addition. While we were at, we put bakers chocolate in it but thought let's make it a bit more "Pennsylvania" (Pittsburgh barrel, local coffee in...

Any input?? Thinking about giving it a go today.

Sorry I should've mentioned it will be kegged. So whether secondary is another carboy in the keg.

Hello! A friend and I brewed a Wheat beer a few weeks, and we thought we would make it a Kiwi Wheat. Our idea is to rack to the secondary, onto 7-8#'s of Kiwi, and place the carboy in the fridge. We don't want the yeast to eat up the sugars, rather take all that kiwi flavor straight out of...

this post is exactly why i put this on here, so much that i would've never thought of nor would have found in my research alone. i'll be looking into all of this, and like the thought on using actual pine over the hops. And i definitely will be doing small 1 gallon batches to nail this down.

Hmmm I'll hafta to do some digging on that article.