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I tried with a brew-belt. Just not enough power there. I'm not sure how I feel about putting a higher wattage wrap under the insulation. It's not that I fear it's flammable as much as I wonder about how well it can handle prolonged exposure to direct contact with the heat source since it's...

"Water" says "Biocides are also recommended for closed-loop glycol systems because glycol can be a food source for some bacteria." (pg.208) At ~25-35F in the chilled reservoir I wouldn't be that concerned since essentially nothing grows at that temperature, but at 80F I have to wonder. Star...

This is becoming a slow project now between new baby and christmas. I did finally get the coils around the fermenter. It's totally overkill - 50' 1/2" copper tubing on a 7gal blichmann. Wrapping the coil was a pain, especially towards the bottom of the cone where the radius is rather...

I have had an A/C unit sitting in the corner of my garage for a year or so now from a failed attempt to air condition my garage (when I bought it I had not realized that, although drywalled, they did not actually insulate the exterior walls of my garage). So, after reading some of the other...

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I replaced the 2 gal tank that came with mine with a 10gal tank. Plenty for 5 gal batches. Since I've moved to 10gal, I just collect 10gal into my HLT a day before brewing and I have a second 10 gal waiting for me on brew day to make my ~17 gal total I need. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I need one of those

Yeah, it is pretty low attenuation. That didn't surprise me from the 1056 as I suspect it's right at its alcohol limits, but I've never worked with WLP099 so I didn't know what I should expect there. What attenuation should I expect with the champagne yeast in such a big beer? Flavor-wise I...

Our LHBS recently had an anniversary sale offering 30% off grain. We took that opportunity to brew a 5 gallon batch using a full 50lbs sack. It's been fermenting the past few months, but seems to have stopped at 1.055. I was hoping it'd get to 1.040. Yeast was Wyeast 1056 to start (built up...

I just sounds like you're not getting the chuck tight enough. Mine works just fine with a cordless dewalt drill with keyless chuck. I find on keyless chucks that the best way to get them good and tight is to hold on to the chuck and hit the power for a second (or as long as you can hold onto...

If you want to drive up to Raleigh, American Brewmaster sells them. Thats what I do.