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The way I always measure pH is using a metal mixing bowl inside a larger plastic bowl filled with ice water. Put the sample in the metal bowl and swirl it while it's sitting in the bigger bowl. Takes 15secs to cool it to 60-70..

Sounds like it could be water related or tannins. An oz of bittering shouldn't make it ridiculously bitter.

PBW leaves a slick residue on my equipment after draining it and rinsing it a couple of times. I rinse it with Starsan after and it gets rid of it easily.

I've been having the same problem with off flavors. Beer will taste great before kegging and will eventually get the sherry, fruity flavor and turn a lot darker. I looked through various forums for weeks and all signs pointed to oxidation. I am extremely careful transferring beer (closed...

Sounds obvious but did you hit the pushbutton to energize the contactor's coil?

I think you are going to need a little more detailed pics of where the wires start and end (especially the black wires) . It's hard to tell in the big bundles exactly what wire goes where.

The video looks like when they were at the pub before Hurricane Irene took them out. The system he is using in the video is a lot different than what he is using now. They made many different beers when they were at the pub so who knows what beer they are making in the video...

What size HERMS coil did you get? I'm building a HERMS system right now and have the exact pot (Concord 80qt) you do. I bought the 14" coil from stainlessbrewing and it just barely fit in the pot. I had to put the coil into the pot with compressions on and thread the nipple through the hole...

Went to the Alchemist again today. Outta beer until Monday but got a teaser sample. Took a picture of what looked like some sort of yeast harvesting container. The fermenting conicals were all hooked up to the big collection container. The fermentor closest to me was set at 72 deg.

I bought one a couple months ago. I still haven't gotten to use it yet. I found the can while I was read Scott's site http://www.bertusbrewery.com/2012/11/bulk-hop-extract.html. He got a 150g can according to his post but it equalled around 26 hop shots. When you order a Hopshot from...

Instead of buying hop extract through Northern Brewer, save some money and buy a can of it here: http://www.yakimavalleyhops.com/category_s/1851.htm

At the Electric Brewery site, this is Kal's reasoning of mounting the probes at the output:

Thats what I was thinking. Isn't that way too much? Wouldn't the mash pH be really low using that much and having roasted malts in the grist? That's 10% of the grain bill. Does it have a tart taste to it?

Veganbrewer, cool video, looks very similar!

Bobbrews, I can't PM you any more!