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That sounds like it should work just fine. The is a problem with that. The fermentation process is exothermic - it generates heat. So the wort heats itself as it ferments, slowly heating the air, and eventually you gallon jug. You want to keep the wort at a stable temperature. Taping the...

Cutting the cord can work fine, but you do need to be careful when you put it back together. I stagger my cuts so that one side is longer than the other, then strip and wrap the wires around each other, then tape each side carefully with electrical tape. Then I wrap both together with more...

I would remove the probe wires, retwist them, and reinstall. Make very sure there are no stray strands that could cause a problem and are securely tightened. The other wiring needs to be modified as outlined above - move the green ground wire to the green screw on the outlet. That wiring will...

Some small dorm room coolers use Peltier thermoelectric cooling. From what I have read in other HBT threads on building fermentation chambers, while they may work for ales they don't seem to reach lagering temps. There are dozens of threads on fermentation chamber builds. What you end up...

I did this, using SIPs (Structural Insulating Panels) and it works great. But it more than doubled the floor space used by my GE mini-fridge. I got the mini from Craig's List for $50. Make sure when you buy it is a real refrigerator with a condenser so it can lager.

I would tighten the cutoff temp band to no more than 0.3 degrees. I would also make sure the probe is well insulated from the ambient temps. I use a combination or insulating tape (used to keep outdoor pipes from freezing) and reflectix and that seems to work quite well. Place your...

That's what I have been looking (and waiting) for. How much did that bad boy cost? It looks awesome, and should fit inside my immersion coils. It looks like it is time to buy.

Has anyone else tried to just set their basket on the bottom of their pot? Since normally hops just float freely in the boiling wort, why not do this all the time? I don't see where the hops would burn if indeed you get a rolling boil inside the basket. They seem tall enough that they could...

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Does the controller wait for the delay every time? Or is it smart enough to know the delay time has passed, if it indeed has? I would hope for second case to be the true one. I have one of these builds (not the Walmart parts version though) and it works very well. I use a 0.3C swing with my...

Does anyone know the mesh size for voile fabric which is used in so many BIAB bags? Or compared these buckets to voile? And lastly, has anyone used a voile bag as a hop sack?

Squeezing shouldn't change the pre-boil gravity. All you are doing with squeezing is getting more the same wort that is in the kettle off (not out of) the grain. Squeezing will increase volume, as you said, but it also increases efficiency. If you are able to get 10% more volume by squeezing...

A caution here. Most extract and partial mash kits have explicit instructions to NOT squeeze the grains. They have calculated the efficiencies and resulting flavor profiles assuming you do not squeeze. If you DO squeeze, you will get "higher", stronger adjunct grain effects / flavoring above...

+1 to this. Everyone seems stuck on 5 gallon (or 10 gallon) batches. One of the beauties of BIAB, or ANY all grain brewing, is you are not limited to 5 gallon increments of beer. I am moving to smaller batches, not because of limits on what I can make (I have a 15.5 gallon keggle and a 20...

I would say yes to an "always on" fan and suggest dropping to a 40 or 60 watt bulb. I use a 45 watt old soldering iron in a "professional" holder which is designed to hold an iron left on all day along with a fan. Someday I will change out the iron for a bulb so I can get the holder back...

While squeezing, or letting the bag drip into the kettle while raising the wort to boil, doesn't seem to add a lot to the SG of the wort, obviously if you recapture 1 gallon of wort to a 7 gallon boil, taking it up to 8 gallons, you are adding about 14% more sugars to the total amount which will...

Pulling that address out for no known reason is exactly what they did. The PayPal and eBay reps had no idea how it could have happened. My shipping address in my profile was correct. I know the seller only sees what PayPal sends them. Yes, PayPal shows me the shipping address. I looked at...

The STC-1000 was ordered from MixTea and was shipped quickly, given a tracking number which worked fine, and delivery was attempted but initially refused. It was not a problem on the seller's end, strictly an eBay / PayPal problem. They provided the seller with an address that I haven't used...

For heat in my fermentation chamber, I have just been using an old soldering in a holder and a 12V fan. I like having a fan on at all times to keep condensation down and temperatures more stable inside the box. My STC-1000 and my single stage controller were ordered over a month ago. PayPal /...

I am so in!