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Just an update to this post: The beer didn't come out all that great. The days of fermentation got very hot (in the 100'2) as I had no fridge to keep it cool and the swamp cooler couldn't get it down below 74- 76 degrees ( i think at points it may have been hotter). Slight raspberry...

I actually have one. The problem is that the cheaper ones are A. Not big enough and B. they mostly use cooling fans and not refrigerant. They are nice but i need it to get colder than 52 ish degrees ( standard cooling for wine) and didn't want to spend a few hundred on a big wine chiller.

I am going to work on a GE mini Fridge this weekend to add a temp controller for a Fermentation chamber. I will take photos for a build guide later but I'm wondering if anyone has had some snaffus with what I want to do. The fridge has that little shelf on the bottom. It was to possibly cut...

So i guess I'm confused about the Heating part. I get the wiring and such and cooling makes sense but how is the fridge or mini fridge supposed to heat? Am i just missing the step where you need to add an element of some sort?

About how much did you end up using seed wise???

Well im looking for subtle flavor. Does anyone else who likes fruit beers have any thoughts?

I have been reading and searching through all these fruit addition posts and am getting mixed advice. Currently it seems people add 1/2 lb per gallon but I also read the just using 2lb total would do it which is way off. Im making a wheat IPA with raspberries, trying a 5 gallon batch first. I...

SO Im curious where you got the element parts? Also, with that much wattage im assuming it's 240V? Did you just wire all the elements in parallel on a block and then run one 240 wire?

Where did you get the valves for that? Are they sturdy on the fermenter with it being plastic and all?

Yeast = California Ale WPL001

Does 74 on the outside of the Ferm bucket means I maybe brewing my IPA to high? I want it to be dry and a good body and way less fruity. If so, does anyone have good ideas for lowering temps while in that fermentation stage. Thank you in advance.

I am actually trying to finish with 7 gallons in Ferm. what does this mean?"52 vs 78 is about 5 vs 7"? Thanks :mug:

With this you get 52IBU's My software is way off then. I'm reading at 78 IBU's!! How did I go wrong here? I attached my software pic of recipe below.

So its possible to get rid of it by more controlled temp ( around 150-ish) then batch sparge with high temp water, use a different yeast and not too much Crystal. I will be making one later today with these thoughts in mind. How does this one look? I may up the gallons but ill just let the...

I believe my last try was a bit lower in temp I think i tried for 152 and ended up a bit lower because I forgot to heat up my mash tun first. UGH!!

This was one of the recipes: Ninkasi Total Domination Clone (kinda) All-Grain - Interceptor IPA ________________________________________ Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Wyeast 1968 London ESB Yeast Starter: Nope. Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: Nope. Batch Size (Gallons): 5...

So I am having some issue with my all grain beers coming out a little sweet to the taste as IPA's go. I have been experiencing this sweetness in the beers for about 5 batches now and I have been trying to narrow down the possibilities of what could be causing it. The constants in the equation...

oops your right. I will try and use less then and see how it all works out

So you think Mashing at about 158? Less percentage of Crystal? I used only about 1lb

Heres the full recipe IPA-EJ Brew Type: All Grain Style: India Pale Ale Batch Size: 5.50 gal Boil Volume: 6.30 gal Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0 % Date: 3/21/2012 Brewer: Eric Assistant Brewer: Boil Time: 60 min Brewing Steps Check Time Step 3/21/2012 Clean and prepare...