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The easiest thing you could do to control moisture would be to run the chiller at the highest temp you can and still hit your setpoint. If the glycol is above the condensation point it’s not going to condense. If you are doing lagers or cold crashing that’s probably not going to work for you...

Within an insulated jacket of any sort that has a temp differential that falls within the condensation point, you need to be meticulous in preventing moisture from getting in there. It's simple physics. That insulation is "waterproof" so there is no harm done. You would just want to be careful...

In order to prevent condensation you would need to have a complete moisture proof "jacket" around the outside of the insulation to prevent room moisture from getting into the insulation at the point within that condensation conditions exist. ie, certain temp and certain humidity level. I...

Because you got it too cold.

I would advise that you watch some videos, and then also consider making your first few all grain batches from kits. They figure out the recipe and give you a step by step set of instructions to follow. You will still need to study up and learn a lot of things on your own, but it should make it...

My apologies. You have a good point. I think perhaps my cognitive abilities were not quite up to speed this morning!

So you think that those of us who don't care for NEIPA's don't have any consumer power? While there is always going to be a most popular style/flavor due to changing trends, why be so single minded that you alienate your other customers? I for one tend to avoid ordering any IPA when I am at a...

I’ve been so bummed I couldn’t get up to Canada this year for fly in fishing. If I owned a Beaver on floats nobody is going to stand on the tail like that!

I suppose I would have to concede that point. Out of pride I'd prefer to call the west coast IPA and American IPA, but the NEIPA has gotten enough foothold and market that it should at least stand alongside the west coast version. To be honest, I don't really care what names things are given or...

I'm not questioning anybody's right to brew whatever beer they want. I just want, as a consumer, to be able to tell what I'm getting into before it shows up. I personally don't care much for this hazy craze. I just want to be able to avoid them, but if other people love them, then that is their...

Like so many in this thread, this misses the point. It's not about trying to get rid of hazies, it's about not labeling them the same thing as a west coast IPA or any other IPA.

I'm sure theoretically that is true. In practice the thermal mass of the wort compared to the temp probe sleeve is going to be minimal.

Been there done that! :p

I would suggest that the thermal grease is going to be a mess to clean back out. With fermentation getting instantaneous readings isn't critical. Getting the average temp, over say 5 minutes, is plenty fast enough for a fermenter. The only real thing the grease is doing is speeding up the heat...

I pick up the equivalent of this at a big box store. Economical and do the job just fine. When they look dingy or start ripping I throw them...

You may ask it to hold pressure for a few weeks at a time when you ferment. Also, if you are going to be pumping any bottled CO2 in there, you would not want it to leak even a little bit and drain your bottle. I tend to cold crash for up to a week with bottled CO2 on mine. You can decide how...

What happened to this thread??? I've really missed being able to go to Canada this year. I've made a few trips to the Minnesota/Canadian border in Voyageurs National Park. The fishing was not fantastic, but it was fun to get out on the water. I'm excited now as I'm gearing up for some ice...

I'm an an interloper here, I have a SS Unitank, not a Spike. With my CIP ball, the critical factor is how much pressure your pump can generate. It takes a pretty good blast to get a CIP ball to spray upwards. I bought a larger (cheap) sump pump from Amazon to make it work. I've had mine a...

It depends how anal you are and where in your system they are. If they are on the cold/fermenter side,then make sure they are clean and sanitized for sure. I wouldn’t bother removing the handle unless your valve needs that to get the inside clean. If it doesn’t touch the wort it’s less...

You might get lucky. Star San is a sanitizer, not a sterilizer. It is intended for brewing equipment where we can anticipate the yeast growing quickly and overwhelming any possible small infection that might be in there. Generally people who are storing yeast try to sterilize the equipment...