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PastorofMuppets, our local homebrew club, MONK, does a monthly brewing get together, Brew Like a MONK. This month it will be held in my garage on 3/9. Likely won't be a big turnout due to weather but you are welcome to come brew or just swing by to hang out for a beer. PM me on Home Brew Talk if...

Already using distilled to cut calcium a bit. Will look in to the lactic acid. THanks

HI What can I add to my strike water or mash to lower the PH but not raise my Calcium? If anything, I would also like to lower my Calcium a bit. Thanks Lakedawgs

If I were to go with RO would I just make adjustment based on the PH? Thanks Lakedawgs

Hello Got my Ward Labs report, below, and have a question. My PH is 8.0 from the faucet and my calcium is 358. Most mash additives I see, usually raise calcium while they lower PH. I know my PH will go down a bit in the mash. Do I just need to start diluting my brewday water with...

Bought the HD part, looks good. Started sealing the element tonight. I have an idea for sealing that I think is very good. I will post a build thread when done. Might not be anything new, we will see. Thanks for the help guys. Lakedawgs

About 20 gallons had vanilla in secondary but about 35 gallons did not. We ended up cutting and scraping 11 vanilla beans, soaking in bourbon and adding to barrel about a week after we filled it. That was about 3 weeks ago and everything looks good. Figure 4 months plus in the barrel and it...

It notes that it is cast zinc with chrome plating. Am I missing something? Just want to make sure I get the right thing. Thanks

Wilserbrewer, something like this? http://www.homedepot.com/p/DBHL-1-1-2-in-x-1-1-4-in-Slip-Joint-Nut-and-Washer-HD8031C/202078107#.Uj8kOYaKKk0 'da Kid, I like the idea of a bit of silicone to help seal up the threaded area.

Building a 1500 watt, 115V heatstick for my wife's 3 gallon stove top batches. Everything makes sense but want to make sure of the following. As you can see in the attached pic, you can see light between the element and the pipe. When I pour in my thinned JB Weld to seal the electrical...

Good stuff guys, thanks. I will make a spice mix with vodka tonight and introduce tomorrow. I'm thinking .75tsp cinnamon, .75tsp, allspice, 1tsp pumpkin pie spice, 1/2 vanilla bean; for 8 gallons of beer. Thanks much, Lakedawgs

Brewed a pumpkin beer based loosely on a Schafley clone. Need to put together a spice bill to add to secondary but am a bit lost. Suggestions appreciated. Thanks Lakedawgs

Thanks Ever had any issue with algae growing inside due to head in the garage or anything?

Making some changes to my process. Among other things, adding a water filter at the HLT when filling and just bought a 75' RV white hose. How do you guys store your hoses when not being used? I am thinking, drain, roll and hang in my basement, out of the garage brew area and out of the...

My wife has started brewing, yea! Problem is, she does not want anything to do with the system I use out in the garage, she likes to brew small, 3 gallon, brew in a bag, batches on the stove. I, of course, want to encourage her more, but I feel like we are putting too much stress on the stovetop...

The green wire connected to the plate should be your ground wire. Don't want to commit to that without seeing everything up close, but that should be it.

Sounds like you guys have a Fly sparge and RIMS setup, I batch sparge. I am most concerned about 1) when I start my mash runnings I need to collect a bit of runnings slowly in a small bucket to 'set the grainbed' and get the initial husks and bits out of the way, then move the hose to the...

Hello, Got a Chugger pump and Cam locks installed. Mounted the pump low on my stand, 8"-9" off the ground, base of mash tun and boil kettle are about 24" off ground. I have the IN port facing down, I have a ball valve on the OUT port facing up, that is all good. Tested and it works fine. My...

Good info, thanks. The rollers are hard steel from my company scrap pile. The knurl is nice and pronounced. Don't mean to cheap out but between the pump, cam locks, water filter, temp controller and ferm chamber materials I have bought in the last two weeks, I don't want to push it with...

I understand that, and figured the grain would be enough to turn the roller, just wanted to see if there was a better option to power the second roller, or a reason I missed that would make it bad not to power the second roller. Thanks