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SanPancho, I'm trying to argue if it sounded that way. This is all good discussion about improving brewing processes. And I agree about helping the OP is the priority. And after rereading my origial post as normal my brain works faster than my fingers. I left out a few key words that may...

DIY Projects under Show Off your motorized mill thread page 6. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/motorized-grain-mills-time-to-show-them-off.159950/page-6

There is a ton record keeping requirements that are enforced by the TTB. Daily records of operations, inventory, brewer’s reports (ect). There are heavy penalties for failure to maintain records to include fines and jail time for the owner. First thing based on what I know you cannot buy the...

No you are not missing anything. Unless you are serving beer from you fermenter then everyone uses a secondary of some sort. Just not a secondary fermenter or is having a secondary fermentation. We can point out the semantics of the word secondary all day. It doesn't answer the OP's...

You are correct. I don’t know why homebrewers want to call it a secondary fermentation. When no fermentation takes place unless you’re adding more fermentable. If you are transferring your beer into any vessel for aging then technically you are doing a secondary. Even if 10 days later you...

I think using a secondary is an unnecessary step that will lead to oxidation problems. You are on the right track about an O2 free transfer. I leave the beer in the primary until it’s completely fermented. I then use the same sterile syphon pictured by DayTrippr to transfer my beer into one...

I've never had any luck with those hand pump sealers. I think the little plastic disks shrink when frozen and lose the seal. I lucked out and found a pretty new FoodSaver on Craigslist for 10 bucks. I've used both Foodsaver bags and Mylar bags. From what I've read on the internet...so it...

I couldn’t agree more. Knowing your system is key to brewing great beers. I brewed with a cooler and a keggle for 10 plus years. I made some award winning beers. I knew exactly how much heat I lost per hour. I could hit my strike temps perfectly. And when I built my new system I had to...

I've used Bru'n Water well over 100 times. It's always been within .2 of estimated pH when measured with my pH meter. I think you answered your own question earlier in your post. I’ll bet the pH paper were flat out wrong. They are known to be inaccurate. Unless you are using the high...

Bobby always has the part to fix any problem. I didn't know these existed. You learn something new every day!

I run center inlet chuggers with camlock fittings. I've never thought of changing to TCs nor were TCs in my budget when I built my brewery. TCs are way to expensive (more than 3 times the cost) and for the same exact job as other QDs. Chugger center inlet pump is $141, a $13 ball valve, and...

I don't see anything that a ball pein hammer, file, and small piece of wood can't fix. Hold a piece of wood to the outside of the hole. Give the inside a few taps where it's pushed in. Key word was TAPS, do not wack it. Work the taps in small circles around the hole it will flatten easily...

You my friend have a tough decision to make. It took me a lot of time and research to decide when I built my brewery. The cost of building a 50a panel is not very much more than cost of a 30a panel. Now buying a pre-built panel can run you quite a bit more cash for the upgraded amperage. I...

I've been using the Tasty McDole Hoppy Beer water adjustments for years. Built up from RO. Ca-110ppm Mg-18ppm Na-17ppm SO4-350ppm Cl-50ppm Sulfates are acceptable from 200-400 ppm for hoppy beers. What I think you need to look at more closely is your Chloride to Sulfate ratio. 222...

8 dollar racking cain filter on the outlet hose from your mash tun works like a charm at stopping grain husks. https://www.morebeer.com/products/racking-cane-filter.html

If you are mixing the mash thoroughly at dough in there is no need to stir again. If the entire grist is wet and mixed well than your efficiency will be fine. With a gravity system there is absolutely no worry about compacting the grain bed. Open the valve fully just be mindful not to drain...

Fermenting in a bucket and not kegging don't waste your time trying to purge with CO2. It’s not worth the headache especially when you blow the lid off by adding to much CO2 which will happen. Make sure you're adding the dry hops before the beer is finished fermenting. Don't wait until its...

Some grain pieces will always find away past the false bottom. When I ran a cooler with a false bottom. I mashed in stirred the heck out of the mash and never stirred again (unless batch sparging). The real key was a good vorlauf to set the grain bed and remove the husks from under the...

When I was building my system, I read plenty of post of brewers running the HLT at 180F and cycling the wort pump. I've even send or heard of HLT being set to boiling temps 200F plus. I've never ran my system that way so I cannot speak from experience only theory. In theory, you would...

Oh it will be hoppy! Ballpark of 160 IBU not that you will get 160 but damn that's 10 oz of hops for a 4 gallon batch. Call it...The Face Inploder