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Yep, most of the temperature controls out there basically power unit on and off depending on the set temperature, so if your fridge/freezer is below temp, unit has no power, if it's above unit is powered up until temp is reached.

Cool, i will try the water and see what happens! Sent from my iPhone using HB Talk

I'd say you're not going to win either way so why not. If you use them you'll always wonder if you truly did need them, and if you don't you'll kick yourself for not, for me nothing ruins a brewday like stuck sparges!

Ok, i know people can and do lager in corny kegs, but I have a dilemma here. A buddy of mine recently was cleaning out his fathers attic and found an old corny keg lying around a decided if anybody could use it would be me. I gladly accepted because who doesn't like free stuff. The keg is a...

That makes sense, since i only have 1 light source in my brew room and my reading during mash and boil are always perfectly sharp, then i take my OG readings usually at my bar with has many lights, i just always attributed that to all the coldbreak particles that might have been in my sample...

I did a search up on here and couldn't find anything so I thought i'd pass on this cool little trick i learned last night from a buddy of mine who has used them outside of brewing. Have you ever been trying to get a reading and the contrast line was all blurry and fuzzy making you have to...

I always start the recirculation on my rims system slow until the bed is set then I can usually crank the flow rate up or down at any rate and all is fine.

Dude that is totally funny. I'm brewing a steam beer this weekend myself and using my DIY stirplate for the first time! I am using WYeast 2112 though. I would just make the biggest starter you can, for me this is 2L, which will be better than just pitching the package on it's own. For the OG...

I was under the impression that bakers yeast was not tolerant of alcohol and would be killed by the prescence of it. Sent from my iPhone using HB Talk

After waiting about 6.5 weeks mine is supposedly being delivered tomorrow. Sent from my iPhone using HB Talk

This might be one of the most "MacGyver" posts i've ever read in these forums :rockin:

7 days is most likely not long enough but it sounds like you're very limited as far as options go. I'd say check gravity on last possible day you have to rack how's the progress? If it's close I say rack it and store for the 6 months, if not then you've already accepted the fact that it'll be...

Thanks for the suggestions, i was thinking more along the lines of something that will be ready by july, nothing strong and something I can share with my friends and family who might not have quite the same passion for craft beer as myself. Thanks :D

I'm expecting my first child (son) this July and would like to brew some sort of celebratory brew to mark the occassion with. Normally i'm good at planning these sort of things but my mind has been all over the place lately and i'm drawing blanks. Hoping the HBT community can come through for...

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In most cases most of the glue is disolved while soaking but when it leaves a little film i just take a ss or copper scrubbie and it comes right off Sent from my iPhone using HB Talk

Just fill up a sink or bucket and dump half a scoop of oxyclean in and soak overnight the labels will fall off during the soak usually. Sent from my iPhone using HB Talk

The warnings are only for the undiluted solution, once it's been diluted with the proper water ratio it's perfectly safe. No need to rinse just sanitize and go no need to rinse :ban:

Correct a secondary can be performed in a bucket if you choose, however since going down the secondary route is now seen as an unnecessary step unless dry hopping or adding fruit most just stick to a single vessel for fermentation. Others will say for long secondary aging, use of a plasitic...