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I found the best way to place magnets is to stick them to the stir bar so they'll settle where they want to be, then stick them to the washer.

I just fly sparge to volume into the boiler. If I want 11 gallons into fermenter, and my wort is near boiling when I am done sparging, I would sparge 11 gallons + 2 GPH boil off + .5 Gal trub/equipment loss + 4% expansion = 14 gallons in boiler at time of boil.

I can't believe this stuff hasn't caught on for homebrewing. We use a 3/4'', 25' coil of it for a herms coil in our 1 BBL brewery (3- 55 gallon stainless drums). We also just bought a 55 gallon plastic conical fermenter and put a 25' length of 1/2" sst inside of it, and hooked it up to an...

You're way overthinking it. I had a system with 2 gallons under the bottom. What I did was, fill the MLT with water to the false bottom. Then figure 1.25 qts per lb for mash water on top. If ya look at the qts. per lb. ratio including the water under the bottom, it would be 1.5 plus, but...

Did you cool the sample? I find that even with a refractometer, unless it cooled, the preboil gravity will be way off.

If ya think you might have high iron or phosphorus, or are just not sure, spend the couple extra bucks and get the brewers test. Iron can ruin your beer.

I made this recipe a few weeks ago and it's now at FG. I fermented at 75 degrees, and was wondering if I should lower the temperature a bit, or let it ride at 75?

Did you wash your fermenters with a soap or cleaner that had an an antifoaming agent?

Way off topic. You guys should start a new thread, and for what it's worth, I've been kegging beer for 23 years and I have never needed a spread sheet to purge head space. Geez

Water sounds like the likely answer but you said you've tried spring, ro waters so.... Have you tried a different fermenter? Maybe it has infection you can't just wash off. Especially plastic buckets, tubing etc..

A buddy and I recently put together a 1 BBL. herms system. We recirculate and had sticking problems at first too. What we learned is..Make sure the pump is off when you mash in,( or any time you stir to the bottom for some reason) After mash in, run the pump very slow or not at all for the first...

If the corn isn't pre-gelatinized, (eg;Flaked corn), you still need to do a cereal mash to bring out the starches. Yes it accounts for different starch contents. That's why you get the average diastatic power per lb. of everything that has enzymes that can convert, THEN add in the corn, rice...

You need an average Diastatic Power of 30 to convert the enzymes in your mash. 2row has a DP of 120, so if you used all 2 row, (12 lbs) it would be 12x120= 1440 DP. Divide that by all the grain in your recipe (about 20) so, 1440÷20= 72 DP. More than enough.

+1 To what everyone said about leaky O rings and using lube,( I use silicone food grade spray). To check for a leak, shut off gas to all the other kegs, charge that one and shut off the gas from the tank over night, If there is a leak, you'll see it on your gauges in the morning. Also check the...

Just scale everything down by the same percentage.

Thanks! After reading up, that's what I thought, But I wanted to be sure!

A buddy and I just put together a 1 bbl electric brewery. We got everything working but I'm not sure about PID operation in the HLT.. It gets to temperature and holds it at set point fine but it's always on, off, on off....to keep it there. will this affect the SSR (Shorten it's life) or is it...

Meeting tonite, 1-12-16 at Backward Flag Brewery, Forked River at 7:30 PM All welcome. Ocean County Homebrew Club Backward Flag

How's the new bike? I thought they came set up tubeless from the factory.

Fat Bikes seem to be the latest craze, and supposed to be awesome in the snow. I'm gonna Demo one soon.