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Looking to open this up again. I am not looking to ship as I don’t have the original box and boxes I have found have made shipping extremely expensive. Looking to trade for 7 gallon locally (I am in CT) or if I can’t find a trade partner possibly sell.

I usually mash around 148-152. I have not compared tilt to hydrometer recently but have in the past and they looked pretty good.

So I have a question. It seems no matter what yeast I use I always finish around 1.007 to 1.010. Usually use WY 1318 but also used Kviek, lalbrew New England, imperial juice and dryhop. Maybe my tilt is a little off but seeing how others tend to end higher wondering what’s going on. also for...

Looking to get some advise here from people successfully using 2 vessels. I tried doing a 2 vessel setup and it did not go well. I have 2 15 gallon kettles. They are custom made from spike. I have 2 riptide pumps and I have a brew commander. I tried heating the water in the boil kettle and...

Here are the port placements on the BK. So adding another port about 2” of the bottom would solve the problem? my other option is to try and go back to my original idea to use 2 vessels. I have a mash tun. However I was having efficiency issues trying to do 2 vessel and kind of gave up went...

so are you saying based on my existing ports and desire to brew single vessel I am not going to be able to get consistent mash temps? That is disappointing and now I am wondering what course of action to take next.

So I was thinking of moving temp probe to wort out valve? Would that help? I only have 2 low ports on my kettle. One is for heating element. The other is for the wort out valve.

I finally brewed again today. Have had terrible luck with my NE IPAs lately, not sure why. I used to make really good ones. Last couple were pretty bad. I actually dumped almost entire 5 gallon keg as it tasted sour in a bad way. Hoping to have some better luck. Recent failures have killed my...

I have a 15 gallon custom spike kettle. It has an electric element and another port for emptying boil kettle about 2” off the bottom. I have a TC port for temp probe about 6-8” from the bottom and a whirlpool port about 2” from the top. I currently use a brew bag. For the temp probe, its from...

Just as a note I do run my whirlpool during mash.

Anyone else getting very inconsistent temps from the brew commander? I have brewed 5 times so far with this. Not once will it keep a consistent mash temp for example. I am doing full volume biab. Today I set to 152. When it got to 152 my handheld read 146. I mashed in and it would jump all over...

To be honest i dont really change much up. Grains are pretty basic. Usually 80% 2-row, 10%+- malted wheat and 10% +- flaked wheat or oats. I mess around with slight changes but not by much. I always do .25 oz columbus at 60 mins. .75 Columbus at 10 mins. Whirlpool 5-6 oz around 175 for 30 mins...

Usually when I was messing around with PH I had to add a little larctic acid to bring it down. So cant imagine ph would be low. Using big water jugs purchased from walmart (5 gallon) so dont think it would have a low ph by default. I thought equipment cleaning issue, but that sour taste was...

Equipment, boil kettles, pumps, fermenters and kegs are always broken down after each brew session and our when fermentation is complete. Keg lines were all replaced (as I moved and built new brew space) about 6 months ago. I have not been monitoring PH lately. Yes fresh hops, stored in freezer...

I am really getting frustrated with my efforts lately. I have not made a good NEIPA in ages. THe last one has a really weird funky sour taste to it, almost like its bad somehow. I have complete temp control and fplowing same process and using same ingredients as most here. Able to do closed...

Anyone used South African SA blend or South African Southern Passion in a NE IPA? Got a pound of each. Wondering if I should mix or just do single hop brews to see what they bring to the table.

Quick PH question. What should ph look like for these beers, post mash, post boil? Also if adding lactic acid, when is the best time to add it?

It usually is not as bad as this time. I got a new sight glass for my unitank and attached it right under the conical. Well it basically completely plugged up. Even with close to 15 PSI in the tank it would not budge. So that caused a big backup of trub and hops as I could not dump it. I...

but are they very difficult for home brewers to clean?

So I know the likes of spike, ssbt, brewer hardware and others visit this forum. They all make a ton of amazing products like kettles, unitanks, chillers etc. But one HUGE miss is my mind is better hardware and options for begging. I just spent over an hour trying to unclog stupid poppiits...