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Xier, Thanks for your kind words. It was not long ago I started brewing, of course with many more resources in the USA. Yes reading this board and other how to sites has helped me greatly. How else would one know that HLT "Hot Liquor Tank" was not booze but just hot water? Lol... The only...

So now, I adjusted the distance, I adjusted the Magnets, I lowered the input to 9V. I tweaked and played. Now at SLOW speeds it throws the magnet, Oh my… At full speed it runs fine, I can slow it down but not to the point it doesn’t make the vortex touch the bottom and add air. So...

I use a Brix scale refractometer so I only need small sterile samples to check my gravity. I have read the only way to know for sure if fermentation is done is to see a steady reading over four or more days. When I dry hop I put the hops in the bottom of the secondary then move from the primary...

Jayhem, Thanks for posting this. It will go into the rotation for sure when my fermentation chamber is free. The SWMBO loves Blue Moon. Thanks again.

Xier, It looks like a two pot system. You have a Mash pot and you use the other pot with the coil for both the HLT and the brew kettle. With the pump you can mash through the coil of the HLT then when you use it to cool the wort it will also clean it out. I love the old school carboys. I...

I too would love to see a good all grain Blue Moon clone. Thanks Jayhem.

Anyone in Orlando Florida interested in home brewing and would like to see how we do it can PM me. We brew almost every weekend in our outside summer kitchen. That way SWMBO keeps her kitchen to herself inside.

OK, I messed with the distance and get close. So next I think I'll try and break the HD magnet and see if that works. It looks so simple in the video.

When is the Broadcast on the 6th?

Ok, Yes the bar jumps right where it should before I start. As soon as it starts it throws the bar. I will try some of the suggestions here. Thanks for the quick help and reply.

I built a stir plate with the magnet of a hard drive like so many. I used a pot and everything I saw in a couple of videos and threads. As soon as I turn on the fan the bar flies to the side of a 2000 ml beaker. Any Ideas why? Thanks. :confused:

If you want cheap I saw a 100 watt light bulb inside a paint can. A very small amount of light where the ac cord came through the grommet so he could see when it was on.

+1 for cam locks. I just converted everything over to them with my new March Pump. Works great. I made up some adapter locks to hose barb too just to have.:ban:

My question is, if I understand the link I read. Are you worried about the PH of the mash will make the α-amylase unstable? This is the part I read and thought might be an issue, just not sure. Quote from link: (Characterization of the purified enzymes revealed that α-amylase was...

Should we guess the project? It sounds like you want to retrieve your stir bar. I built a very ugly but free, I had the parts, stir plate that has a steel washer in the lid to hold the stir bar and holder magnet. I use a 35 cent magnet to keep the stir bar on the bottom of the flask; it never...

Xier, You are an inspiration to me and I’m sure for many. I would love to collect wild yeast and see what it does for the beer in a side by side comparison. The fact that your resolve is so strong to overcome so many obstacles and still keep going is a tribute to you. I do hope your wife...

Please enter me to win. SHMBO would be so happy for me to win and her pocket book. Lol...

Our first attempt at all grain recipe. We brewed the Bee Cave Haus Pale ale.

Our first attempt at all grain recipe. We brewed the Bee Cave Haus Pale ale.

Our first attempt at all grain recipe. We brewed the Bee Cave Haus Pale ale.