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Yes, I forgot to include the qualifier that a SnS starter is slightly more complicated than dry yeast. I use proper starter, so I could make the point that dehydrating dry yeast and a SnS starter are roughly the same steps and same time to execute. I use dry yeast regularly. I do not think of...

If you want the variety of liquid yeast and the convenience of dry yeast, check out the "shaken not stirred" starter. AKA SNS starter or a 007 starter. If short lag times, strong fermentation cycles and good tasting beer is a valid yardstick to evaluate a starter efficacy, then my experience...

Has the beer reached final gravity? What is the temperature control situation where the beer aging? If you are happy with your last gravity reading, go ahead and lower aging temp. My last beer (American Brown ale) had a one week delay in my planned bottling schedule. I dropped the temp down to...

That would be my first choice. I use Camlock QD, so 1/2" NPT wort I/O is about as good as it gets. Plus I can add any other plumbing fixtures that capture my fancy.

I think I would rather drink a properly made extract homebrew than a flawed all grain homebrew. Extract lets you pass the chore of the most difficult and time consuming step of brewing over to an professional and an expert, while the steps you are less likely to screw up under your purview...

The more you stir, more heat will leave the mash compared to stirring less. How much more? Depends on how much stirring. I have learned to stir the water before adding the grain. Take a few extra minutes and make sure you water temp is strong and stable. Then dump about half the grain, stir &...

I bought a pill crushed for Campden tablets. Too easy to not buy and use.

+1 on upgrade the SSR and the matching heatsink. It is good to over rate silicon and hard to have excessive heat management. The additional cost does not add that much more to the total cost of the project.

Glass is an excellent candidate for chlorine. Pour chlorine full strength into the glass container and swish around. Rinse well with tap water. You do not have to worry about any lingering germs, nasties, pathogens, etc. Chlorine is cheap, easy to acquire and very effective. There is some...

In the past, I have had problems with Oxyclean not rinsing clean. I am a right tool for the job kind of guy. PBW never failed me. I use it and do not worry. Certainly others use Oxyclean and report, "I have never had a problem." There is a recipe for making a DIY PBW, which is lower cost...

You could have the panel switch turn a relay/contactor coil On and Off. Any switch should be able to handle switch a coil many cycles without failure. It will probably add cost more and consume space inside your box. So it is not a solution for everybody.

+1 what teddy4xp said. In my world, the reason to be distracted by efficiency is to understand variables such that you can make the beer you like. Too many home brewers worry about efficiency because *the higher the efficiency, the better of a brewer you are." This aint true. Having said...

Most manufactures provide best practice for the rehydration of their yeast. Go to their web site. They know their yeast best, that would be the best place to go. If you do a generic "How to hydrate dry yeast" internet search, you will find a wide variety of answers and procedures. All...

Oh man, you are going to have a Ton O' Fun with that bit of kit. Do a wet run with it. Do a batch with water only, no grain. Make sure nothing leaks. Do all your brew steps, and see how it all works. Get the kinks worked out. You will have a few oh sh*t moments that you overlooked.

It is important to pitch your yeast into beer before you pitch you yeast into beer. Import - if you call the first pitch a "starter". I have been very happy with doing Shaken, Not Stirred (aka SNS) style starters. If I was in your situation, I would rehydrate the yeast, then do a SNS starter...

Not trying to be a wet blanket here, but . . . . . I thought the gotcha of sampling SNPA yeast from the bottle is they add yeast to bottle condition. The yeast used to bottle ferment is rumored as not the same as their fermentation yeast. I have bee hearing this for 15+ years. I know SN is...

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Seems to me Bobby's message is simple and clear. If you a) do single vessel mash & boil and b) recirculate your wort and c) wish to actively maintain consistent & accurate mash temps, consider the following hardware setup. If you do not qualify on the propositions, stop reading this topic and...

I think he could go with The Gap Band.

I am going to believe there is no water and wort pressure difference that can cause the flattening of that tube. Your tap pressure and your pump cannot have enough pressure difference to cause that. Building up heat and steam and expanding and contracting gas? Yes, I will buy that. Try it with...