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I have gone from aggitating my chiller to stirring the wort to operate like a CFC to using a pump to recirculate the wort. Getting the wort to move will prevent creating a "cold spot" right around the chiller. When you're moving the wort it will homogenize the entire contents and should help...

Agreed. It may just be out of hydro date or it may have an actual problem with the valve and it's cheaper for them to throw it out. I wouldn't expect any medical facility to throw out a bottle just because it's out of date and I'd expect a welding shop to check dates on any bottle they fill.

This. Are you controlling fermentation temperature within a degree or two OR are you pitching yeast and letting it sit at ambient temperatures? If you are controlling temperature how are you controlling it? Mini fridge and a digital controller? Cool Brew Bag? T-Shirt Trick?

Brewed Saturday. Missed my step temperatures for second step and mash out. Must be a setting in beer smith.

It may work to grind off the fitting, smooth the surface down and replace with a better welder and a new fitting.

I brewed Saturday with a propane heated and had the brew burner going at the same time. Occasionally I'd open the garage because it was a little too warm or I didn't like the humid smell from the boil. No headaches, pains or problems.

I can't say I've ever brewed a bad batch from BYO. My step brother just brewed up their Apple Pie recipe from the November issue, I brewed the Australian Sparkling Ale from September 2015, and my step father brews a Belgian Dubbel from one of their issues. The authors used in their recipe...

I went from extract to BIAB and now use an igloo cooler mash tun. I lucked into finding my mash tun for $10 at a yard sale and already had the bazooka screen in my kettle. Its really easy to get into BIAB and try it out. Buy the biggest hop/grain bag you can find at the brew shop and fill it...

NOPE. Low humidity in the desert. As for a hearter I use something like this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EFKURHW/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 I turn it on before I brew and crack the garage. I've used a kerosene heater (tall white cylinder type) with another brewer and didn't die in his...

I'd go with your pH meter then check your mash pH and see how accurate you calculations are compared to actual results. If you measure the water pH to be 6.8 put that into Bru then adjust the mash and see where you're at. I'd expect you to be pretty accurate and the City results of 7.1-8.0 are...

I remember thinking the same thing about the size of the unit then looking at more pictures of people using it and feeling foolish for not seeing they had 4 fingers wrapped around it. Enjoy. You'll get plenty of emails from them for sales and recipes or ways to use your thermapen.

I didn't think of it being too big to cold crash. I guess pitching an extra gallon of beer might change things without decanting. I might start shopping for a 3L. How many cells would you get from a 2L starter with fresh yeast?

I had one on my last brew day. I think the combination of my pump pulling too much and the height going into my kettle just stopped the wort from flowing.

I walked into a local brew shop and saw they had one for $37. They're more expensive everywhere else. I don't brew 10 gallon batches but I'm setup for it with 10 gallon mash tun and an old Coors keg for a keggle. I know I can grow more yeast in a 5L flask and it might eventually pay for itself...

I have done one batch with a 3 hour boil. I aimed to have my pre-boil volume compensate for boil off of the 3 hour boil. Hope you have something to do during the boil because it's a long time and you'll end up checking the boil every 15 minutes or so to make sure it's still going.

Just did a trade where the person sending me beer had a cold front come throug and he lost 4 of 9 beers. Thanks fully it wasn't from me but he asked me what my weather was like before sending me beers. I've always used FedEx to ship beers and sent them out on a Tuesday and they get there by...

If you harvest from starters it's easier than yeast washing. I use the spreadsheet put together by Homebrew dad (google it) to calculate how much of a starter I need to harvest 100 billion cells into a mason jar for the next pitch. Obviously the more often you brew a style and use the same yeast...

It takes me 5-6 hours to do a brew by myself. The key is minimizing downtime. I heat a lot of water for the mash and strike at once, use a pump to move it to the mash and HLT. While mashing I weigh out hops and setup gravity sampling. I recirculate the mash for the last 15 then after the first...

I found the thermapen mk4 on sale on one of the holiday sales. Red, white and blue were something like 15-20% off so I scoooped one up for a Christmas gift. I like the backlight for barbecuing this time of year since it gets dark earlier, and since its waterproof it won't hurt it when you drop...

Go with the ink bird 308. It's plug and play, the same price as building a STC, and a lot cleaner. Heck I'd probably trade my ITC (uses F and C not just C) for the inkbird just for looks.