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Oh, I didn't realize yeast makes C02 and a little ethanol. Thanks for the insight! I bottle carb all my beer. You prime it with sugar before you bottle, the yeast re-activates and eats the sugar, thus carbonating the bottle. I was hoping to do something similar with the wine, but not letting...

I'm a beer guy, but decided to give hard lemonade a try for my wife, and whoever comes over who doesn't like beer. I read a few threads on the forums here, and decided on a recipe. Using some champagne yeast, I whipped it up, and let it ferment. A week later, I began to think about the fact that...

A quick update for anyone interested, I've found out that oats are rolled with roller spacing between 0.014" and 0.039". The barley crusher is adjustable between 0.015" and 0.07", which means I can easily roll oats with it. The rollers are the exact same design on an oat roller as a crusher. I...

Perfect, thanks a ton!

Hey, I've been doing all grain batches for a while, and have a nice big cooler for my mash, but I have yet to put a drain system in, I just use the built in drain on the end. This doesn't result in the best efficiency, and I'm sure I'm throwing out tons of good stuff because it doesn't drain...

The motors could easily trip it, and the moisture in the element, but it would be a pretty big coincidence if it happened at the same time! Or does the controller do the pumps through control contacts not on the diagram as well as control the heat element? Are both GFCI's inline? Maybe they...

Hmm. Very interesting! So your suggesting that a separate ground be run for the PID if possible, and if not, making sure the thermocouple is isolated? Makes sense! I still wonder what caused both GFCI's to trip? There must be some sort of potential difference somewhere in the ground/neutral...

Haha, my bad. I took the ground coming off the element in your diagram as a neutral. I guess I've got a worse cold than I thought. :( Let's try again. Powering the 240v coil from a separate source (the 120v line) is fine, so that shouldn't be an issue. If I'm understanding you right, you can...

I got tired of carrying 5 gallons of boiling wort to the bathtub, so I finally built this. 50ft of 3/8" copper with angled fittings on the end. There's a 3/8 to 3/4" hose adapter on each fitting, and I use an 8 ft washing machine hose on each side to my sink. I usually brew in the kitchen (no...

Exactly Wberry, can't agree more.

I'm wondering the same as Walker, where's the neutral wire on the 240v? You said the neutral and ground were tied together on the 240v. Did you splice them all together inside your control panel? If so, I'd agree, that's probably your problem. If you aren't using the neutral on the 240v for...

We already have a mill to make flour, and buy 50lb bags of wheat, and the guy who sells the wheat also sells hulled oats, so I don't have to worry about that. Thanks Boo, I'll email them and ask!

I'm looking at purchasing some sort of grain crusher. I'm not 100% sure which one yet, but at this point I'm not too concerned about the brand. I'm more concerned about the function. My wife and I are also looking at getting an oat roller so we can buy sacks of oats to make oatmeal with (for...