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I also recirculate to above and below my basket with the pump to keep temps more realistic. I don't like waiting for wort to have to go all the way through the grain bed and then land if a pool of basically barely moving wort when my temp probe is on one side of the kettle. The mini...

Nice custom build you've got there! Here's my answers to your questions: 1. How do you recirculate the wort over the grain bed with this system? I use the port on the basket now. I have the Spike steam lid and I have it play double duty and use it during the mash as well. I bought a...

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I used to have some issues with stuck mashes but recently found a product called Glucabuster. It helps breakdown things in the mash to allow for hassle free lautering. I'll use it in every batch moving forward because it works that good. It's pretty cheap. Consider checking it out. I'm...

This is really cool product! I'm going to buy some regardless if I win. Super reasonably priced as well! Hopzoil - El Dorado Hopzoil - Juicy Fruit Bomb Hopzoil - West Coast Fusion Hopzoil - Ahhhroma Hopzoil - Cascade

You could do exactly what @hotbeer said and then DuoTight Fittings can be bought to then connect your chiller to the stainless tubing. Here is an example that Fermzilla uses for their add-on thermowells. Buy the same size tubing as this offers, bend it carefully to a small loop, and buy a...

How many NPT connections do you have on that fermenter? I ask because even if you use an NPT to Triclamp adaptor, you still have threads that will likely need cleaned every batch. Just throwing that out there.

Ok I BIAB with a stainless mesh basket and I believe i have mine at like 0.03 maybe a little smaller. It's been a while since I set it.

Good to know! Thank you for the prompt reply and again for listing out all the parts! Did the motor come with the mount or did you buy that separately? I noticed in the motors description they reference

Honestly it depends on what kind of brewer you are. Are you BIAB or a false bottom mash tun?

Thank you for posting this as I've been looking into adding motor to my MM3. I have a question though. Does your power supply get warm when used? there's a couple reviews for that power supply that say the specs mentioned are incorrect and that the guage of the wires is smaller than what it's...

This is really cool product! I'm going to buy some regardless if I win. Super reasonably priced as well! Hopzoil - El Dorado Hopzoil - Juicy Fruit Bomb Hopzoil - West Coast Fusion Hopzoil - Ahhhroma Hopzoil - Cascade

Looks great! I take my kegs to homebrew club events and family gatherings around the holidays. This would def make things a little easier.

Yup, @IslandLizard is correct. I'm using a chest freezer for my fermentation chamber and use a seedling germination heating pad in the freezer for my warming.

I think that's your problem right there. That product you listed is a cleaner not a sanitizer. Apparently it's marketed as both but from what I've read (it could be wrong) there are no active sanitizing ingredients in that Chemipro Oxi. After you clean your bottles you should use a sanitizer...

I'm leaning towards likely an infection then. What's your process for cleaning/sanitizing your bottles?

Can you describe your bottling process a bit? I think that will help us potentially diagnose what's going on here. How did you add priming sugar when you were bottling? It's possible if you dissolved the sugar in water first and then added to the beer that you didn't get very good mix and by...

Caution to everyone considering purchasing these taps. First off, they're amazing. They pour perfectly and they look great. The word of caution I have is in regards to the beautiful black powercoat on them. If you soak these bad boys in PBW or Oxyclean for any amount of time, say goodbye to...

Agreed, been there done that. @Brewer dad I actually recently bought 2 of these bad boys and hot damn are they great: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/new-picnic-tap.698452/

I use whirlfloc in the boil but otherwise I rack borderline crystal clear wort to the fermenter. I even pull this basket out before boil and use a big stainless steel frying pan lid to squeeze as much out of the basket as I can. This is a much more enjoyable and more consistent brew process...