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I want to install a sight glass on my boil kettle, and eventually on my HLT, but would like to know everything there is to possibly know about sight glasses before I spend the money. There seems to be two styles: A. Has a port at both the top and the bottom so as the fluid is filling up...

I've only been into brewing for about a year but "finding answers" has definitely been the most time consuming part of it. There's SO MUCH involved it's almost impossible to find any one source and definitely not one person for answers. It's agriculture, it's science, it's chemistry...

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I wasn't sure which category to post this in so "General Techniques" seemed as good as any. I decided I want to brew a Belgian Tripel and experiment with multi-step mashing, (just for the fun of it). This morning I called two different local home brew stores in the area to see if they carried...

Based on the replies I'm not going to worry about it. Sounds like the stamp is yet another shining example of bureaucrats sitting around trying to figure out ways to separate citizens from their money. I was excited to find a company near by where I can go in and actually look at the parts...

Is there a difference between stainless steel and IFS certified food grade stainless steel? I found a company that sells stainless steel fittings locally. When I was talking to the guy he said "None of our fittings are sanitary." That kind of puzzled me because I assumed stainless steel was...

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Thanks. I'm probably making it a hundred times harder than it needs to be.

Trying to calculate how the numbers change on my water report when I dilute with distilled water?

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I have a 1/2 pound of lactose left over from a milk stout I brewed a few months back. I'm planning to do an IPA this week and was contemplating throwing it in at 5 min. Has anyone tried this and how did it turn out?

I can't wait to give it a try. Do you have any suggestions on mashing with just a cooler mash tun?

I know this is an old thread but the recipe looks good. I only have a cooler mash tun so should I do a decoction mash 45/60? The fermentation schedule reads: 14 days @ 65˚ - 60 days @ 40˚ and then secondary 14 days @ 70˚. I'm new at this, but does that mean you let it sit in the...

[/IMG] This what I'm talking about with the hex part. There's not much sticking out past the threads to hold a flat washer secure. The entire nipple is able to pass through the hole in the cooler. The threaded part fits in okay with just a very small amount of play - but it's enough that if...

:confused: [/IMG] I'm attempting to turn a couple of coolers into mash tuns. I watched the videos on youtube and it looked pretty easy. I didn't realize it would be so difficult to buy stainless steel fittings locally. I went to 3 or 4 Home Depots and a couple Lowes, as well as 1 or 2...

It's an old thread but it still shows up for people (like me) trying to find a decent fermenter for 1 gallon batches. Something in the 5 to 6 liter range. Walmart sells a 5 liter Mason jar style drink dispenser for $14. I noticed the wide mouth glass carboy bubblers have started adding a spout...

Got the Inkbird in the mail today.

I think the STC route makes more sense - mostly because I'm not electronically inclined. I built the fermenter to look like an antique wooden ice box. I installed the thermostat in the bottom chamber wired to a 4.5" 12v pc fan blowing down from the upper chamber. My original idea was to put 4...

It is digital and it has the ability to heat and cool. I have a fermentation chamber I built, (a fancy wooden box). I then gutted a mini refrigerator I found on craigslist for $20. I probably could have just converted the fridge, but the box I built is a little bigger. I was concerned with...