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I have hard water and things left in star san get a thick slimy film. I would have no desire to drink something coming from a container with that film on it. From what I've heard softer water doesn't have the same effect. I use my RO water to fill starsan spray bottles and suck and don't get a...

Well this certainly flies in the face of conventional wisdom as well as my 10 years of brewing experience. I mean I'm not a chemical engineer, so I'm not going to argue that carbonating warmer with a higher pressure is faster than carbonating colder with a lower pressure. But If I want my beer...

RO systems are pretty affordable. Buckeye Hydro participates in this forum and has good prices and excellent customer service. You'll always know what kind of water you're brewing with and mineral additions are pretty simple when you use RO water.

I drink a lot of "meh" beer, but to me that doesn't mean it's bad beer. I guess where I'm making the comparison is that I also drink beer that is said to be great and I'm like, eh, yeah it's good, just like a lot of other beer. I can't say I've had much beer that I would say is so much better...

I like about 95% of the beer I try. My opinion is that there is really no such thing as great beer. There are great moments when you drink the right beer in the right moment and have a great experience. But beer is beer most of the time. Making good beer is something that any competent brewer...

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Is there a volt/amp meter that can display on the brucontrol software?

www.hopsdirect.com and it should be noted that a 1lb package of hops from hopsdirect.com usually has at least 18oz of hops in it. I've had a 1lb package with over 22oz of hops.

I remember a time when I was sort of like "Humm, look at this, a NEIPA. That's cool I've wanted to try one of those." Now it's like "Humm, is there any IPA that isn't hazy around here anywhere?" It's cool as another option, what sucks is that it has become the dominate option and pushed several...

I have boiled too hard with the lid on and the steam slayer going. The steam slayer pulled all the boil over gunk in. Not recommended as a practice, but basically you won't have a traditional boil over with the steam salyer, as it will suck all that foam out before it pushes the lid up.

I really like the steam slayer! I think it's the best thing since kegged beer.

My Spike conical can absolutely get to 33F. The problem with the coil freezing happens if your glycol mixture temp is too low. Mine is set at 29F and I have no problem crashing to 33F.

Has anyone overpressurized a Spike conical? I've had some blow-off in my CF15 and I'm not sure what would happen if the blow-off port got clogged. Does anyone know what the weak point is as far as pressure? Like what would give first? Hopefully the conical wouldn't turn into a bomb.

My concern with brass is beer brewing specific. Beer (wort) is slightly acidic, which is what causes the concern for me when using brass. I have no concern at all using brass with culinary water.

Guess I missed the BIAB part. Sorry.

What's your water to grain ratio in the mash? I imagine there's a little room to go thicker?

I wouldn't want to widen my gap much more and give up additional efficiency. If I had trouble running wide open I'd just slow the flow a bit.

Yeah, I've been doing 10G batches (11.5 into fermentor) for the last few years on a Kal Clone type system. I can't remember what I set my mill gap to because it was a few years ago, but I also run my pump wide open. I don't just go full open though, I gradually open the valve over a few minutes...

I want to clarify something. You say that if you don't run wide open then you don't have the same temp between the HLT and Mash Tun. Does that mean that if you run a bit slower your mash progressively loses temp? As in, it'll drop a couple degrees below the HLT after a few minutes but after 20...

A metaphor I've heard used to compare RIMS to HERMS is: A HERMS system is like a school bus, big and safe but can't turn or stop quickly. A RIMS system is like a sports car, fast and maneuverable, but more likely to slam into a telephone pole. HERMS systems are great in that there is little...