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Quote: Originally Posted by mabrungard View Post I guess my recommendation for non-minerally and non-British ale styles would be to add only a 1/2 tsp of each salt and you will still have about 50 ppm Ca. For lagers, you are probably better off with only a 1/2 tsp of calcium chloride in 5...

OK. Thanks. Interesting that Beersmith makes you use a batch size of 5.5 gallons in order to get 5 gallons into the package. Also, it screws up my OG numbers when I lower the batch size. Does anyone have this recipe in a Beersmith file that they could send me?

When they say 6 gallons post boil, is that before or after any Trub and Chiller loss? I Beersmith I've calculated my Trub/Chiller loss as .5 Gallons and therfore it wants to bump my post boil volume up to 6.7 gallons and therefore bumps my pre boil volume up as well.

I brewed this on Dec. 17th and kegged it about three weeks later. It is so bitter that I can't drink it. It's mellowed to some extent over the last few weeks, but I'm worried about this brew. Has anyone that brewed this had a similar experience? I'm tempted to pull it out of the kegerator and...

Remember that the fruit puree contains a substantial amount of water, so you may not be increasing the ABV at all.

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I followed these instructions to a T and had no luck getting everything tight. I had to go back to home depot and get 3 additional washers in order to put any pressure on the stock gasket. I'm still not sure what the additional black o-ring does. Also, my handle spins round, but so far it seems...

I'm an idiot. It is actually 3/16" line.

I purchased a commercial keg recently and connected into a recently refurbished Haier kegerator. I purchased 10' of 3/8" ID polyethylene tubing from HD for the beer line. I've tried a number of PSI settings between 6 and 12 on different days to give the pressure a change to stabilize and not...

I just bougt a handle for my 6.5 gallon carboy. Does it go below both lips on the neck or between the two? Or, does it even matter? Thanks.

Add me to the list of those who will not be purchasing from AHS until the cause of the security breech is found and explained.

Thanks for your condescending remarks. I did not want an external controller box. I wanted a single cord coming from the kegerator that would plug directly into the wall. If I have a problem with defrosting, I will reinstall the original thermostat and use the temp controller relay to cut its...

One of the wires was not a neutral. I am afraid I mispoke due to my lack of knowledge. However, everything is working correctly now. I am running from a single power cord so that everything looks stock except for the controller mounted on the rear of the kegerator. It has been tested. Thanks for...

Double post.

I may not have explained myself correctly. I didn't actually connect the live and neutral together, but you made me solve my problem anyway.