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@ imnobarista - You are really not giving us enough information about your system response to allow us to offer much assistance. You only state that your system consistently overshoots the temperature set point. You don't mention if the system eventually reaches the set point or if there is an...

@Bullhog - Why do you not want to decant between steps? You should decant after the second step and before pitching.

I have brewed with wheat and rice hulls. They are very similar in texture and both do an excellent job in aiding the lautering process. I have no experience with oat hulls.

WLP570 produces fine Belgian ales. It’s one of my favorite Belgian yeasts. It can be hard to find as it is a vault strain and not always available. Also WLP570 is a low flocculator, so be prepared to add some clarifies after fermentation, like Biofine or gelatin and let it lager cold for several...

That's interesting and good to know. Thanks guys!

I have never seen wheat hulls listed in online retailers or at my LHBS. I am wondering if anyone has any insight as to why rice hulls instead of wheat hulls are commonly suggested to help lautering? I believe wheat is more common than rice, in home brewing. I would think that there would be...

Marc – Your understanding of how I use my side-by-side kegmentor is correct. I have included some pictures hoping they will compliment my writeup. I have removed most of the original temperature control mechanisms. It now uses two 12V DC powered temperature controllers; a single stage for...

I have pasteurized bottle conditioned cider in capped standard 12 ounce bottles. I used two water baths on the stove top. The first pot at about 125F and the second one at 160 F. I’d leave the bottles in the first pot for about 10 minutes and then move them to the second pot for another 10...

Have you looked at the numerous USB based microscopes? I am not sure what the requirements are for this application, nor if the USB microscopes can meet them. But I would think that the ability to capture a picture of the yeast to store with your notes would be a very handy feature.

I think we need a term for that in between state.

@Fidelity101 - Does the PLC do any averaging of temperature readings before updating a temperature display or using the temperature in it’s control logic? If not, is this something that you could add to the PLC logic? Asking as I have never worked with a PLC. A simple moving average is a low...

I tell people that I give bottled beer to, that the beer is for them to enjoy but the bottle is mine and needs to be returned. I also request that they rinse the bottle promptly after it is empty. I quickly find out who is appreciative of home brew and who is not. Those that don’t comply...

Do you have a manual valve or better a check valve in your duotight manifold? I am wondering if the beer in your keg is still fermenting and generating CO2. If it is and you don’t have an inline check valve, what you describe can happen.

I always drink the sample and I always taste the grains. Both help with future recipe development.

Here are a couple of ideas: 1. Has the new keg been allowed to cool (stabilize temperature) in rhe kegerator? 2. Did you use a beer line calculator to determine your beer line length based on temperature, current keg pressure (not CO2 pressure unless you know things have equalized), rise/drop...

Hmm. I will respect your desire to use corny kegs. I am not trying to convert anyone. I wanted to give the OP another option to consider since he likely is setup to use sankes already. However, I do take exception to most of your objections. I would say the whole brewing process is a mystery to...

How about using your Smartref from Anton Paar to monitor the gravity during the mash? When the readings are stable and hopefully close to the projected gravity, the mash is done. Any remaining efficiency problem is with launtering and or (lack of) sparging.

@siouxalumn - To solve your problem of serving two different beers that need different CO2 volumes and thus different serving pressure, a dual secondary regulator would really help you. There are two primary types of secondary regulators, take a look at this (but idealy find one with MFL instead...

Great idea! F3 please.

@MaxStout - It doesn't look like it needs a screw in spear to me. I don't see any threads. I like your keggle suggestion or use it as a fermenter.