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I will tell you how I test for starch conversion, not saying it is the best method but it pretty much eliminates grain particles interfering with test interpretation and it has worked for me for at least a couple dozen batches. I use a piece of white sidewalk chalk. Just like the chalk teachers...

There is another page in this spreadsheet that allows one to specify how much to dilute the existing water with RO water and then uses those values. I have specified 100% dilution here. Since I always use RO water I leave this at 100% dilution. Here it is for this beer:

Martin, I don't want you to think I'm trying to argue with you because I'm not, but I want to get my head around this, so with that in mind: If I assume it is more like a roast malt (that thought had crossed my mind, BTW) and change the grain type for the Patagonia Crystal 190L to roast malt on...

I am using 100% RO/DI water, here's the grain bill.

I am hoping I can get some feedback here. I've been using Bru'n water to build water profiles for my beers for a couple of years now and am somewhat comfortable using it. I am making my first very dark beer (EBC 73.8) while building a water profile and am surprised by how acidic these dark...

I'd throw it away and consider the $60 as "tuition". The picture appears to show a warping around the opening and if that is the case it likely will make the soldering problematic at least since soldering works best with a close fit between pieces. In this case the close fit needs to be between...

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Wow! I've never seen those posts, they're all impressive especially the first link from JonW's post. I like what appears to be a computer monitor with graphical beer info for each tap, cool use of tech and very creative. Also, the billiard ball theme is cool.

Sounds doable, just have to get the right sized unit for how many kegs you want. IIRC, I've seen a post here where someone had done this by putting the kegs on their sides in the freezer. He drew the beer out of the gas in port and supplied gas through the liquid out port setting the kegs so...

Roller bearing are definitely superior to bushing bearings. What mills are you using?

:off: Yup, I'm 57 and I regret to inform you it's probably not going to get any better! Also, at 39 you're coming up on the age where many if not most folks start to need reading glasses, too. Can you say presbyopia? Getting old s^cks, but it is far better than the alternative.

Cleaning with compressed air is a good idea. Using lube, by the way was not my idea, the manufacturer of the BC calls for it. After I posted above I found out where I had read about using vegetable oil. It is in the instructions that came with the BC...

That collar with the screw holes unscrews from the front. The wires are soldered to the plug. Resoldering is a bit of a challenge in that confined space but doable. It may be easier in the long run to cut the wire somewhere and soldering in an extension of sorts in the middle. At least with...

Dry lube is dry, attracting no dust. I'd agree regarding liquid lubricants.

My Barley Crusher has done the same thing. My advice is to disassemble it, clean the bushings and matching shaft areas. Lubricate and reassemble. The first time I did this I used a cooking oil as lube as I had read somewhere here or on another brewing forum to use that. This worked, for a...

I don't BIAB so can't speak to that but I mash one day (usually in the evening) and boil the next day quite often. It works very well for me and I always heat the wort with a cover on the kettle to at least 185 before shutting everything down. The next morning I remove the kettle lid and proceed...

Thanks for the heads up on this opening, unfortunately I am in the middle of something else and won't be able to make a beer in a timely fashion at this point.

I should have pointed out that a pH level of 3 is the often cited level at which above this it loses its effectiveness.

+1 for Starsan, the best of both worlds- cheap and effective, a rare combination! I use distilled water to make five gallons, buying 5 gallon jugs. I make that much so I can sanitized cleaned cornie kegs usually doing 10 or more kegs at a time. After the last one is sanitized I put it back into...