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Thanks eveyone for the great advice. I just plugged the new (old used) freezer into the cold side of my ITC-100 box that I had on a freezer that died, set the compressor delay to 10 and freezer at 4. Set the ITC to 60 F( just to test) ran the temp probe under the lid. it got down to 55.3 F so I...

I was thinking of that Cameronl. does it help bypassing the freezer controll to the ITC-1000? What are the advantages of that in comparison to plugging the freezer plug into the cold relay on the ITC ?

Using a inkbird ITC-1000 to controller my chest freezer with freezer pugged into the controller cold side. Should I set the freezer controller on the freezer all the way up to the coldest setting? The lowest setting gets the freezer to 0 . Concerned about hurting the compressor. I have the...

As I learn about water profiles I realize that my water profile is good for darker beer but I like to brew light beers also. I find that I used a lot more RO water then I used to because I use it with my city water to bring some of the levels down to where they should be for lighter beers. I...

if I want to dryhop without putting actual hops into the fermenter (trying to keep hop material out of the glass carboy fermenter which has a small hole and hard to get the hop bag out.) can i just make a hop tea and put the tea in the carboy?

Simpsons DRC malt is new to me, Is there a substitute for this grain? My local home brew store doesn't carry it and I would like to know what I can replace it with. This is from a recipe from Byo called Pedal Haus barrel aged quad clone. Pedal Haus Brewery - Brew Your Own

Ran the fan with the hood off 90 minuet boil. Noticed condensation on fan and above the boil pot at 60. didn't notice any drips but I kind of was cleaning kegs also. If it dripped it was minimal.

Brewsit: looks like your are saying I could just take the hood off and run the fan straight out the window and it would be better? Could be an easy thing to do and may do that just to experiment with how it would work out for me.

I want my Brewing Buddies to not have to worry about bumping their heads on the hood first of all so they want to come brew with me. Also I am thinking the hood would work better and more efficient if I improve it. As of now it comes out of the top and has a 90 degree bend to get to the blower...

I am using a kitchen type vent hood for my homebrew brewery. I have had compaints about the hight which is 66 inches from the floor from people taller than little old me (40 inches from the table my pots sit on). In planning to raise it higher I fugure it can do about 8.5 inches higher. the...

I guess I am not really concerned about the boil, just was wondering if the mash side does all of it without touching it after it is progamed for the different mashs. How well it works and the Pros and cons.

Was wondering if anyone has used the ez-boil DSPR310D PID (power regulator) from Auber instruments. It looks like it does it all as far as controlling the mash and boil. Maybe too much control after setting it up to make it automated?

I installed a exhaust hood a long time ago, was wondering if it would work better if the duckting didn't go from 6 inch to 3 inch outlet. I can take off the 3 inch and just extend the 6 inch if that would help out.

this is just to try it, I am willing to take the time because I am retired and have the time. the video from Bells is kind of what I have seen on youtube, nice video thank you. As far as making a starter 3 times , not a probem. But is there a way a homebrewer knows how many billions of cells it...

I have been looking at youtube videos of how to get yeast from a comercial beer bottle, has anyone done this? Questions: (you can add to the questions) How does the hops effect the yeast? How long will it last in a tight container before I make a yeast starter? Should I...

in an email to Auber the information back was that I wouildn't need a heat sink for this build as 120V 20 amp is what will be used, this is the box: Multi-purpose Enclosure with all Pre-cut 10x8x6 [B252015-PCO] - $49.98 : Auber Instruments, Inc., Temperature control solutions for home and...

thank you Doug, nice fast answer.

Doing a 120v 20 amp Controller with a PID for my Brew in a bag. Aurber says the SSR I have will be good without a heat sink for the 20 amp, just sand off the paint I guess in the controller box and screw it on to where I want it with of course thermal past. I just need to know what kind of...

Original pitch rate was 250 billion cells (2.5 gallon batch), Captain brew pitch rate calculator says I have 90 billion from my yeast packet. Should I just pitch the pack of yeast in with the simplicity candi syrup and not worry about anything else?

Next question on this: I was trying to figure out how much yeast to use for bottling this I do have a fresh packet of WLP530 but the instructions also say I should use a 350ml yeast starter for 5 gallons for 2.5 gallons looks like I will need to make a 1.5 L yeast starter so do I need that much...