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Try soaking the tube for a few minutes in hot water, sanitize and connect it to the spigot. I assume the tubing is the clear plastic or vinyl tubing, you could use silicone tubing which is more flexible but costs a little more.

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I presume the controller is in charge of the fridge or whatever box you are storing the carboy in. A couple of hours may not be enough time for temperatures to stabilize, give it 24 hours and check it. Better yet, calibrate the thermometers and temperature probe of the unit. I usually make an...

Make sure to keep the door closed until you are ready to bottle. The door should seal out most everything, it is water tight after all. As long as the dishwasher can maintain a washing temperature at least 171 degrees and a rinse about 180 degrees, everything inside should be fairly sanitized. I...

As stated before, sanitation is everything. I use the dishwasher for bottling so if you do not have access to a dishwasher or one without sanitizing facilities, skip the rest of this and use a liquid sanitizer. I read in a posting somewhere sometime ago about using the dishwasher to sanitize...

I bought this setup for my initial venture into home brewing. I've done about 5 batches so far, all 5 gallon batches including one BIAB most recently. I added a ball valve and thermometer to the 40 qt kettle and so far it's worked out pretty well. It certainly wasn't a lot of money to get...

Thanks for that, I kinda figgered it would come out pretty hot at first. Today I brewed up a batch 'o Cream Ale (NB extract kit) and got the chiller set up: wash tub filled with water and I tossed in the 30# of ice (still in the bag) to cool it down 15 minutes before the end of the boil. I...

Thanks everybody. I got a bigger pump, 210 gph, it's all hooked up and today I am starting a batch of Cream Ale. The weather is fair with a high temp in the mid 50's so I'm going to give it a go. Before I start, I'm going to get 30 pounds of ice and really chill down the cooler, maybe more for...

It may be true that which tab to break away may have been stated, but I may have overlooked that part of it. The point being that this minute little detail is very important and may not have been emphasized enough in the text or videos. I have seen a couple of YouTube videos on this and this...

I got my STC1000 from Amazon the other day and proceeded to wire it up, following the advice and techniques from the many fine people of HBT. I then tested the connections after programming the controller for 30 degrees C and 1 minute compressor delay. The STC1000 responded by enabling the...

I like wheat beers, gonna brew up a batch someday. You will have to get another batch in the works right away 'cuz that first batch will go fast if you are already enjoying it. The taste gets better the longer it stands and you will need backup. Hey, Houston! I used to live way east of there in...

That was the first batch I made after a long hiatus. I followed the instructions as written, but I rehydrated and proofed the yeast. I had a lot of good activity for several days, temperature was always around 66 degrees. I can only offer one piece of advice based on your description: when...

I am building one, too. I just started brewing again after a long dry spell (40 years, OMG), so many new things here. I am in the process of converting a fridge into a fermentation chamber and am planning to eventually use the BrewPi setup described by FuzzeWuzze in an earlier thread. I plan on...

I picked up the little water pump pretty cheap (< $8) so I guess you really do get what you pay for. A little more investment should get me a pump with greater volume, but how much is enough and is it bad to have too much? This little pump puts out 80GPH, that's over a gallon a minute, as long...

Thanks, the water the pump is submersed in is pretty cold water ( < 60 deg.) but I will continue to monitor it and add ice when necessary. Most likely when the weather gets warmer I will need a lot more ice. Off-Topic-I have not been to Wiseacre's, not sure where it is but it would be great to...

I did that, although not constantly but quite a bit.

I brewed up a 5 gallon batch of American Session Ale, an extract kit from Northern Brewer yesterday and used my new copper 25' 3/8" immersion chiller. I've read several posts and articles about ICs, CFs, and plate chillers so I thought I'd start out with the basic copper IC. Previously, I was...

All sounds interesting but I'm just getting started here so I am open to suggestions. I've surfed through lots of websites for supplies and finding pretty much the same price for the equipment. This one looks to be about 10 bucks cheaper because it is filtered air only, anyone have this...

Spotted Cow is awesome! I never really looked at the neck on the bottles but thanks for the pix, now I'm going to check them before I bottle up. I recently acquired several Grolsch bottles with the ceramic caps, rubber gasket and wire cages (really good deal, too!) and I have just put up a batch...

The temperature in the area used for conditioning dropped down past 60 degrees so I moved everything to a slightly warmer location. I figured the cooler temperature slowed down the conditioning. After a few days (nearly 3 weeks conditioning) I tried another bottle. It was better and seemed to...