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Thanks for the replies everyone - I'll get a photo up later. When you say I had the hot/neutral crossed... you mean that I might had the two cables crossed on the bottom side of the receptacle?

Just tried to wire up my first STC-1000 and as soon as I plugged it in she ****ing fried. This is the wiring diagram I used: Not really sure where I could have went wrong - the diagram is pretty simple. I double checked everything 10 times before plugging it in and after it fried...

I got a good price on the Zythos and Cascade but the Amarillo was a little pricey. The brew went good but my efficiency was a sad 55%.

I've never used the whirlpool/steep method before but I might give it a try. I picked up the ingredients for this last night - so many hops for a 3gal batch.

I've never dry hopped anything longer than 5 days - probably just stick with that.

So this is the first time I've put my own recipe together in BeerSmith. Was hoping a few people could take a look and let me know what they think. I was looking for citrus/pine flavor/aroma with a subtle malt backbone to back up the bitterness. I'm not sure if the hop schedule is all over the...

I'm having issues getting my second temp probe to work, see this log: Nov 19 2014 13:06:45 Installed devices received: [{'a': '28E07D2A0600000C', 'c': 1, 'b': 1, 'd': 0, 'f': 9, 'i': 0, 'h': 2, 'j': 0.0, 'p': 18, 't': 1}, {'a': '289BF0D0B6F97409', 'c': 1, 'b': 0, 'd': 0, 'f': 5, 'i': 1, 'h'...

I'm in!

Hmmm - okay well I read different things elsewhere. Either way I've decided the smaller batches is better anyway as I can have 2-3 different beers on the go. For my 3.5 Gal batch does 4.85 Gal of water seem about right? Does my grain bill look good?

Hello! I've got 4 extract kits under my belt but AG/BIAB is completely new to me. I found recipe and plugged it into BeerSmith (first time using) and converted it from a 5.25 Gal batch to 3.5 as this is all my brew pot could handle once I consider boil off, etc. I'm looking to start...

Thanks Yooper. I just did some additional reading on splash racking so I'll give this a try.

I'll try this Yooper - if it does "clean-up" should the smell go away?

I just took a little taste of the second that smelled good and it taste great :) I still have a sample of the stinky stuff but I'm a little nervous to give that a taste haha

Thanks for all the great info guys - really appreciate it! So I just took a couple samples from these batches as fermentation finally seemed to slow down. The gravity readings in both came in around 1.005~. Unfortunately the batch that I had issues getting to ferment has a very strange...

I just pitched the remaining yeast dry, fingers crossed! Thanks Yooper

Okay... so my batch with the coopers yeast has taken off but the EC-1118 is still hasn't moved. I followed the instructions on the package to hydrate the yeast before pitching, maybe I screwed that up? The coopers was just pitched dry and there doesn't seem to be any problems.

Thanks for all the suggestions folks! I'll check my juice when I get home to verify whether or not preservatives are present. Updates to come!!

I just put up two 1 gallon batches of hard cider. I used plain apple juice and added some brown sugar to get the OG up, around 1.060. I went to the local brew shop and got two different types of yeast, Lalvin EC-1118 (5G) and Coopers brewing yeast (7G). I assumed that these were for full...

Okay, well other than the possible fire hazard is there any other reason I shouldn't brew on my balcony?

This is my first post here as I just started getting into home brew. I've got the majority of my supplies but still need a brew pot. I currently live in an apartment building and don't think that I'll be able to get a hard boil on my small electric stove. I do have a balcony in my building...