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Got mine today - 11/18 as well.

If you have a carbonator cab (or can get one), fill a 2L bottle with your cleaning solution of choice, put the carb cap on, hook it up to your line, and squeeze/use gravity to flow through. Do the same with hot rinse water, sanitizer, etc. Not ideal, but it'll work.

Just bought 2 of these from the ebay seller - thanks for the link!

Just for another data point, I've had 2 of these setups for about 6 months and one has already developed a slow leak. Time to move on

The technique of heating the strike water in the boil kettle will work, but it's a bit of a hassle as you note. Another option is to start with your HLT full and your strike water in the mash tun without the grain. You can then recirculate the strike water through the HERMS coil as things are...

In water it does, at least at ~standard temp/pressure, as 1 mL of water has a mass of 1 gram. Not so much for other liquids necessarily. Good clarification.

No worries, I go through a few of these types of exercises periodically just to make sure I'm on track as well. Good luck!

Hi Brooothru, Keep in mind that, in water, 1mg/L ~= 1ppm. So, 1 mg of NaMeta in 1L of water yields ~.24 ppm sodium, whereas 100 Mg of NaMeta in 1L of water yields ~24 ppm sodium. To get there, the NaMeta (SMB) molecular formula is Na2S2O5 The Elemental/Atomic masses of constituent elements...

A small-ish HERMS HLT isn't such a bad thing, it gives you the ability to ramp temps more quickly (if you're interested) due to a decreased amount of HLT water that needs to be heated. With that said, Stainless Brewing sells a variety of 10" diameter stainless HERMS coils with 1/2" tubing. I...

I went through the same musing about a year ago - specifically wondering if there were any sorts of predictable seasonal variations. Fortunately, the water department folks here are pretty accommodating and sent me monthly summary reports for the previous 5 years for both of the treatment plants...

+1 ,and it doesn't hurt to combine it with a diacetyl force test: https://www.winning-homebrew.com/diacetyl-test.html

FWIW, I have two of the same valves and they'll both release pressure when taken off the keg by backing the valve screw out. I've heard/read that there's quite a bit of variability with these, though. I also had krausen get in one of mine and was able to disassemble the three parts (QD, valve...

Braukaiser has done a handful of tests on various mash parameters examining both efficiency and fermentability: http://braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php/Effects_of_mash_parameters_on_fermentability_and_efficiency_in_single_infusion_mashing#mash_thickness_series Briefly, he got better efficiency...

Here's another option - I put these together before migrating to the LOB spreadsheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1onW5HdlLOHMO3B1GKhQZvga85r4n5CiB/view?usp=sharing You should probably download it and work off of your computer, or at least click the link for "open in google sheets" if it's...

Had a sucessful brewday today after making the changes noted above and replacing all of my switches with heavier duty Carlings. Thanks for the suggestion Vale!

Ahh, of course, I'll try testing them without load. I kind of neglected this because there's no ground wire on the switches, but they are directly mounted to the panel face which is grounded, so who knows. Thanks!

So, I'm about at my wit's end and I'd be thrilled for any suggestions anyone might have. After sorting out some initial tripping issues about a year ago by trying a different GFCI breaker, I had 7-8 successful brew days with no issues. Then, I started getting some tripping again. It was...

One of the big challenges here is that these recommendations may change over time as people learn more, discover different trade-offs that need to be balanced, etc. For example, Kunze actually changes his own suggestions if you read through different editions. For example, in the 3rd Edition...

FWIW, I've had luck email Briess with questions like this in the past, although as Vale states, the most you can probably hope for is a measure from a standardized procedure.

Pils makes a better APA/IPA than 2-row makes Pils in my opinion. Of those options, I'd probably go with Castle Pils.