Recent content by noemptykegs

How are you guys returning your wort during recirculation without the top plate?

Looks like I’m not the only one. Maybe a problem with the rapt portal?

Anyone have a problem registering their Brewzilla? I have a gen 4 65l. It was registered, and seemed to work fine during calibration. I had no issues the first time I fired it up to do the calibration. Of course my first brewday, and it says it is not registered. I have tried powering down...

We'll, I tried it yesterday. I would not recommend it. After the boil, I put a paint strainer in the pot, and turned on the pump to recirculate into the strainer. For some reason, the hops completely clogged the strainer. I ended up with a giant balloon of hot wort. It got a lot of the hops out...

I'm really impressed with how well my <$100 plate chiller works. It's so much cleaner looking too. Maybe it's time for a new toy?

I have literally hundreds of lilikoi growing out front. As soon as they start to ripen, I'm throwing them in some beer. I would think you would need to burst each seed capsule at the very least. I don't know what the seeds would add either. They are a pain to juice, but I think that is the route...

I forgot to empty the rinse water from my cooler mash tun. It has a copper manifold in the bottom. Weeks later, when I realized I didn't empty it, I was surprised that the water didn't have anything growing in it. I know some swimming pools use copper as an algecide. I wonder if I got the same...

I always use a paint strainer in my brew pot to contain my pellet hops. I end up with what seems like a basketball size ball of gunk. I want to keep that out of my plate chiller. I was thinking about throwing the hops into the wort without the bag. At the end of the boil, I can put the paint...