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Getting rid of items no longer needed. Buyer pays shipping. 1. Stirstarter stir plate; works great, no problems - SOLD 2. Brand new, never used, stainless steel ball valve, barb and coupler - $15, plus shipping - SOLD 3. Bottle capper - $5, plus shipping. 4. Hydrometer and jar - $10...

I'm new to water chemistry. What's the definition of "high" for alkalinity? My water report from Ward Labs has my total alkalinity at 100 and HCO3 at 122.

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Three days isn't long enough. Give it at least a week. I just did a Helles with 34/70 and I waited three weeks, just to be sure.

I have to admit that water chemistry is getting to be way over my head, so any help would be appreciated. I'm on a well and have a whole-house water softening system (Rainsoft). My treated water tastes good, no salty taste to it. The beers I've done so far taste good (at least to me). My...

I use a 12 ounce plastic Coke bottle to gauge carbonation. It's the first one I fill when bottling. The bottle will get harder as carbonation occurs. If you need to, keep a second plastic bottle filled with water so you remember what the uncarbonated beer felt like. Takes my batches 2 weeks...

I fill one 12 ounce plastic Coke bottle in each batch to gauge my carbonation. If the bottle starts to get hard, I know carbonation is happening. After about 2-3 weeks, it should be hard like a soda. I also keep another bottle filled with water for comparison.

Bell's bottles. Labels come off with hot water.

For what it's worth, I use a clear 12 ounce diet Coke bottle to gauge carbonation. When the bottle gets hard, your beer is carbonated. And since it's clear, you can also see the sediment build up in the bottom.

I agree with Bobby. I used a 21mm carbide hole saw on my Tall Boy kettle and it worked lke a charm. Perfect hole in less than 30 seconds. Pilot hole with a cobalt drill bit took forever, though.

Getting ready to do my first lager and I'm a little concerned about yeast viability after lagering for weeks on end. I've read the threads here that pretty much tell me not to worry and that there'll be plenty of yeast to carb, though it may take a bit longer. I was thinking that if I were...

Getting ready to do my first lager and I'm a little concerned about yeast viability after lagering for weeks on end. I've read the threads here that pretty much tell me not to worry and that there'll be plenty of yeast to carb, though it may take a bit longer. I was thinking that if I were...

I use a plastic 12 ounce soda bottle to gauge carbonation. Once the bottle gets hard, I know the batch is carbonated.

I'll second this. Just drilled my Tall Boy kettle with one of these and it went through it like was nothing. The pilot hole, on the other hand, took a while with a 1/8" cobalt drill.

Well, add me to the list of happy users. I just bottled Biermuncher's Nierra Sevada clone and I'm kicking myself for not getting it sooner. The trub stayed in the in the conical bottom and the dip tube, when horizontal, worked perfectly let me get 5 gallons of clear beer into my bottling...

This is what I used for fan speed control. It includes an on/off switch.

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Nice article. Rather than hassling with the switch and potentiometer, why not buy one from Amazon? Here's what I used and it works great. Gives me much more control over fan speed than just a potentiometer . https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N0UGVPU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Yeah, been working that as well. No success over there, either.

Add-ons have never worked since I installed Beersmith (Version 2.2.12). I can connect to the Cloud and Cloud Search works. The "Check for Updates" function apparently works, too. Tried both disabling the popup blocker in Firefox and my Windows firewall. Neither worked. Thanks for the...