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No prob. I always freak out when I'm doing something permanent.

Keep in mind that this only works if the sides of your kettle are straight, ie, not a keggle. There will be substantial error for vessels with curved sides.

Finally got my hot rod all put together, and oh man is it sexy! Great job bobby! I ended up taking an rtd out of a pre-made thermowell and wiring it up inside of the element housing and it couldn't have been better.

0.75 oz chinook early harvest with much more to come 10.25oz.

Seems this forum is rampant with examples. How are you searching? You might start with having a specific brand if pid that you order then do a google search with that specific brand and you'll be able to find it that way. The wiring diagrams by pj will give you more than enough details for a...

Sorry, OP, my point in all that rambling is that it can be done with 2 1500W heat sticks. I know, because I've done it. Spend a little bit on insulation and it makes a difference.

I brew my batches with 3000W and it takes me almost exact same amount of time as when I brewed with propane with same size batches. There may be a total of 15-20 minutes extra over the course of a brew day compared to my setup and practices on propane. 3000W will get the job done just fine, but...

Math is math, but with my anecdotal experience, maintaining a boil on a 5.5 gallon into fermenter batch is too hard for only 1500W. I think it requires 3000W to maintain. I've tried to maintain with only one of my heatsticks running and it is a less than ideal boil with the vapor barely making a...

On vacation in Florida and I saw a billboard for keystone light lime. It literally made me laugh while driving and swmbo was looking at me like I was nuts.

So the hot rod serves as the thermowell. Good deal.

Bobby, I was just wondering about the hot rod with integrated temp probe. Were you able to make it happen? I don't see it on your website. If it's not feasible, what recommendations do you have for a fully immersive temp probe to couple with the hot rod? I really want to avoid holes in my...

I have an aquarium pump with a small stainless stone attached. I plop that in while I finish cleaning the kettle and other various things. Usually ends up being 5 minutes or longer. I have great fermentations.

I would get 6.5 buckets for fermentation and use the 5 gain buckets for sanitizer and miscellaneous things. Secondaries are unnecessary.

You're gonna need a bigger bucket.

It possibly could be still fermenting, but most likely you're knocking the residual co2 created during fermentation out of solution. If pitched correctly, most of fermentation should be done in about 3-4 days. You may want to read up on not transferring to secondary. It's unnecessary to say the...

If you do a quick search for his name on this forum you'll see why he is so concerned that a: you are him and b: that you bought a product of his.

You might try to find some other refined palates as well that can give you some objective feedback on flavor notes. Then compare everyone's notes and the overlap in flavors could be considered consistent.

I wouldn't aim for that arbitrary number. Look at the graph for the bu:gu ratio and make sure your beer is in the malty range, otherwise 20-25 ibu may not showcase the malt like you want. Edit: you also may consider boiling for a full 60 minutes because there are many flavoring reactions that...

You might think about getting a 240v element and running it at 120. That'll help prevent scorching and it will still have enough power to do step mashes. Depending on your flow rate you'll most likely get a temp change of 1 degree per minute.

I wanted to make sure it worked before I shared and I have 3 years of evidence. I hope it makes things easier for some.