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Well, I want to chime in and give an update. I brewed this beer over 4 weeks ago. I knew dumpsterboy did not have great efficiency, so I adjusted my recipe to 15 pounds of briess, 1 pound honey malt, and here is where I f@cked yp, I used a full pound of c40L. I use an electic rims set up and...

I have only used 04 on my apricot blonde, two times, I have kept fermentation temps around 68 degrees. I have never had any off flavors, the apricot beer was a low alcohol blonde (summer beer), so I would think that off flavors would be more noticeable. However, US-05 is my house strain. I...

I don't think it is that hard. The welds shown are kind of standing on top of the metal. Not enough heat and or wire speed for good penetration. the grey colored welds also look porous= tiny little holes=sometimes caused by the gun tip not held close enought to the weld=little shielding gas...

I have always wanted one of these, but at 35 bucks, I haven't convinced anyone to buy me one yet.

I run an electric rims setup. The e stop is for things like a stuck mash, pump problems- although, I have not had any. Possibly a stuck or faulty ssr. I can't really think of a reason to have a manual switch. Every single component is protected by circuit breakers, all elements have ssr's on...

I run my bcs system from my laptop with no problems. I do have one selector swith with a 5K potentiometer because I have pumps that run on 90 volt d.c. current and are adjustable speed. Other than that I only have a emergency stop button. When the e stop is activated all power is cut off...

My second all grain batch was EdWort's stone ipa clone. 60min 1oz. warrior, a high alpha acid hop, great for bitterness. 15 min 1oz. centennial, 5min 1oz. centennial, and 1oz. centennial dry hop. Base 2 row with some light crystal 20L (1lb) and some munich(1lb). The original recipe is great...

Yea, my batch got up to 72 degrees for a part of the day while I was at work, I still have a blowoff tube in it on day 4! Part of the reason is because I wanted a good 5 1/2 gallons or so because with such a big beer I knew there would be more loss to trub than on a smaller beer. Plus, the 3...

Brewed this over the weekend. I always seem to have good efficiency with my system, clocked in at 1.080. I ended up getting a second pack of yeast and pitched it yesterday. Its chugging along quite nicely. I am trying to control temp in a fridge that I have with a primitive controller. I do...

I am not a big fan of fruit beers. However, I have made an Apricot blonde ale twice over the summer. I added the apricot puree as you are suggesting, also a 3 lb. can. Apricot has a tartness to it that I really like. My recipe also uses apricot extract when kegging. If just using the puree...

I have used basically the same thing, looks a little different though. I have used it since my very first extract batch. Gets the wort nice and aerated. I think this is probably the best aeration method next to pure oxygen and an aeration stone.

I have a 3000 watt element running at 240v. It is a foldback, but only 10" long, so It is probable a medium density? I do run a high flow rate over it. Easily goes from 152 or so to 168 in about 7 minutes or so for a 13 pound, 5 gallon batch grain bill. I have never done a step mash, but I'm...

Old factory cart, I can see that, with the cast iron wheels. While brewing this summer during a 94 degree day, my rubber wheels left 1/2" dents in my driveway blacktop. My wife asked why there were holes in our driveway, of course I knew what they were from but played dumb. P.S. you are going...

Hey Lars, with a user name like that, you must have brewing buddies named Thor and Magnus, because that stand is totally medieval!:rockin:

I doubt this will cause any problems at all. Wel all stick stuff in beer, wine thiefs for samples, auto siphons to rack to secondary etc. Sure all of this stuff is clean and sanitized, but how clean? You are also opening the beer up to microbes and bacteria everytime you do this. The beer has...

1" triclover ferrules measure 1.98" across. I have a quantity of 12 1" triclover hose barbs, that fit a 1" diameter hose. I also have two 90deg. butt weld fittings, they have a triclover ferrule on one end, and just a straight 1" on the other end. These are great for welding into kegs,, etc...

That question was asked almost three years ago, thanks for the quick response:mug:

I think the standard L6-30 receptacles look nicer installed than the flanged receptacles. Mine fit super tight, you have to twist them into the hole. Make the hole first, install the outlet from the outside, upside down, to mark the two mounting holes, drill them and you are done. Mounting...

I've been havin' a few and watchin some ball. All I got out of this post was hydration pack and beer:tank:

If you are going with a single tier, HLT, Mash tun, Boil kettle, going left to right, I decided to mount my panel to the left, with all cords coming out of the bottom. If mounted to the right of the boil kettle, you get the steam coming out, etc. The HLT just heats water, no stirring, no...