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The solution was 100:1 water to Ca(OH)2 (1 gram in 99 mL). It doesn't stay in solution 100% so you have to swirl it before pulling a sample. I used 0.5 mL increments in 250 mL of beer. The beer was terribly tannic/astringent (session IPA). Raising the pH from 4.31 to 4.50 helped slightly but...

I've used a Calcium Hydroxide and distilled water solution before. I forget the concentration and amounts. I'll look at my notes tonight.

If you want to go with a bunsen burner, you can use a Home Depot camping cylinder, a Camco 57626 regulator (~$20 on Amazon) for fuel/control and I use an EISCO burner (CH0094LP) and hose (CH0100A), both from Amazon. You have to pull the snap ring and slide the threaded fitting off the regulator...

I left it as is. It was for a party along with 4 other beers and I didn't take the time to do the second bench trial. I have about 1.5 gallons left that I can still fine tune for competitions.

Looped it from a starter made from the dregs of a growler of fresh Corpse Finder. I'd be happy to share it once I put it through a trial.

I'm going to try a Jean style hoppy beer with their actual yeast. Thanks for posting this recipe, it'll make a good baseline.

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I went through 2 other inexpensive pumps before buying one designed for the application. Should have just bought the correct one from the beginning and saved the money and hassle.

It's a cast iron pump and none of the other materials of construction are listed. I wouldn't use it, especially with hot caustic. I use a March AC-5B-MD pump and this spray ball with good results for cleaning half barrel kegs and the heat exchanger loop. This all-in-one stainless element...

I just dry-coffeed a 10% abv RIS. 12g/gal whole bean in the brite for 24 hours @ 33F was perfect. I used Backyard Beans Costa Rica medium roast.

copper to stainless solder

copper to stainless solder

The HLT would be electric if I had enough power going to the garage, that's for sure. I have to adjust the heat every 5-10 minutes. I heat the strike water in the HLT, 15ºF higher than Beersmith indicates. Pump it to the MLT and let it pre-heat for 15 minutes while I refill the HLT and bring...

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Electronic control is certainly not necessary. I just put an immersion chiller (50' lg, 1/2" tubing) in my HLT. One pump recirculates the water in the HLT for a uniform temp and the other recirculates wort through the immersion chiller now heat exchanger. The HLT is on a KAB4 burner that I...

Yes, I built my own stir plate. It doesn't produce the gigantic vortex that I see a lot of people doing. It's built to handle a 250mL flask up to a 6.5 gallon carboy. I use 1.040 wort from DME and use wyeast nutrient.