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Planning to build myself a homemade stir plate. I've read couple of tutorials and I'm left with some questions lol. I'd like to wire the fan to a potentiometer so I can control the speed. 1. I intend to use a pc fan (80mm) or something. I've read against using brushless fan as you can't...

Alright guys, thank for the answer. So looks like I won't complicate it too much already and will use a braid or something like that :)

I'm currently looking into brewing with grains and building my mash tun out of a cooler. Since I don't have much time when I brew, I'll batch sparge instead of fly sparging (I don't mind the lower efficiency). So I'd like to know if it is necessary to make a manifold in my mash tun if I...

I've read from someone that homemade candi sugar is far more unfermentable that it should be. Not sure from where but you might wana check before you do it :)

The video says to not put the flask on an electric stove top, which I have. So if I don't mind not using the flash on the stove, does normal glass is correct? Any reason I should still invest in pyrex?

I'm currently looking to get some stuff to be able to make starters for liquid yeast. At my LHMS they have ERLENMEYER , 2L / Glass - 9.50$ ERLENMEYER , 2L / BORSILICATE - 38.75$ I don't know what Borsilicate is. Is it worth is really? I read that it's more resistant to temperature...

Ah yes makes sense! Thank :)

I'm currently reading "The joy of homebrewing 3rd edition". At some point the author says : "10 determine alcohol content by means of the specific gravity scale, like* wise subtract the final specinc gravity from the original specinc gravity and multiply by 105 to get percent alcohol by...

All of it really? Damn, I was living in a lie all that time... ;) Thank for letter me know.

I don't know yet how much I would brew at the same time. How different are the temperature of your brew while fermenting? Do you ferment 1 pale ale at 68 and another one at 66?

I also thought that chest freezer would be more efficient. Lifting 50-60lb won't be hard, but given the position I will probably have (over the freezer and arm cannot reach the bottom correctly) I don't want to hurt my back. If I have enough space I could put stuff in the bottom to lift it up...

What a plan lol. The only thing that concerns me is the wood. If water drops gets on it and fall back in the wort... Not sure how efficient it will be, but I'm pretty sure it will be better than no chilling. For best result if you can also drop the pot in an ice bath or something...

When the primary fermentation finishes or is about to finish the yeast goes in a "conditioning" phase. They start converting heavier sugar like Maltotriose and byproducts produced in the primary fermentations. These byproducts can result in off flavors. John Palmer also explain why the beer...

Thanks for the quick answers guys! You outlined issues/questions I already had. A fridge will either need to be bigger or stripped of inside parts because there is a lot of spaces lost to trays and other useless (for my need lol) stuff. What I hate about stripping the fridge is voiding the...

So since Summer is comming, the temperature of my basement will start to move up and down. (Currently I only need to heat so it's easy to "manage"). I'd like to build myself a fermentation chamber not only because in summer I have variable temperature, but also for a better control of the...

10 bucks at my lhbs. Up to 5kg on it.

My LHBS told me that hops should be stored in a cold chamber in a sealed bag with no air. They could last 1-2 years if stored properly. He also told me that they don't really loose AA over the time if stored properly (Not enough to make you recalculate your recipes at least). This information...

Currently at hearthland brewery, took a very nice IPA, gf took a damn good red roaster ale. Im impressed, and the food is very good. Thank guys!

Wouldn't it be a bad idea to cover at these temperature? I thought DMS was still produced and if you cover the wort it doesn't get out and lend in your beer. Or is it another myth :)

Better that than nothing :) Was curious to know if it was just urban stories or no. I don't mind the foam myself.