Did you build your HERMS? I just build my own RIM system and I'm going to try it for the first time this weekend. When I got it all together I gave it a leak test with 5 gallons (its a 10 gallon system) of water. I put a 3500W element in the recirculating loop controlled by a Watlow PID. The...
I like the wyeasts best because that is what is in the -80. Before I brew I take a frozen glycerol stock out, inoculate a 5ml culture and then the next day I start a few 1 liter cultures in the 30 degree shaker. When those guys are ready they go in the centrifuge and spun down. Next I...