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I aim for 5.5 gallons in the fermenter and do full boils. For heavy beers, my 10 gallon kettle is pushing it - I have a little headroom but not much while mashing, no problems with the boil. I am building an electic BIAB setup and went with a 62 Qt Bayou Classic model so I won't need to worry...

It is a 3 way switch - seems perfect to me. Switch the alarm to PID until you hit the mash temperature, turn it to timer until you are done mashing, turn it back to PID to hit boil or a couple degrees shy, then back to the timer for counting down hop additions/boil. I don't now what I...

P-J, thank you very much for that diagram. You are helping more people than you know. I thought I had adding the Auber timer figured out from a few different posts, but this is exactly what I want to build, and I'll sleep better knowing someone who knows what he is doing electrically has...

My biggest problem (BIAB propane) is holding mash temperatures, even with a reflectix jacket and a quilt over top of my ten gallon pot. Are you using the element to add heat while mashing? Does it take a lot of attention to hold your mash temperatures? If I didn't already have most of what I...

Carlon E989 Junction box - 12 x 12 x 6.

May I assume you have ruled out BIAB? I have a ten gallon kettle, and I shoot for 5.5 gallons in the fermenter and it can be tight. I have no plans to ever do ten gallon batches, but my next kettle will be 15 gallons, for the headroom and the possibility of really big beers.

Hop bag - suspend it over the kettle while the immersion chiller is doing its thing, then squeeze. There's only a pint or so of wort in there so it's cool enough to touch in five minutes. By then my hands have been soaked in Star San from spraying the yeast smack pack, fermenter, etc. so...

The three tips about bottling in one of the threads here - making some sort of dip tube to get all the wort out of the bottling bucket with no tilting or pouring, attaching the wand to the bucket with a short piece of tubing, and using the dishwasher to sanitize the bottles. I save a lot of...

Thank you. I will be going weldless using Kal's method - with the single gang box like johnodon used. I'll be ordering the 15 gallon Bayou Classic with steamer basket tomorrow. (I keep on SWMBO's good side by depositing the money for my toys into the Credit Union before I buy anything, so the...

I like how you have the control panel at a slight angle. :) Since I won't have a drawer handy, I was thinking of possibly putting some rubber feet on the back and making something like a lectern that they have in church to prop it at an angle for easy viewing. I can't thank you enough for...

I don't have a Blichmann, but +1 on the 15 gallon. I have a ten gallon pot and the 15 would have prevented some minor spillage on even moderately heavy brews. With 10, you are just too close to the top and need to be very careful when stirring. (I shoot for 6 gallons of wort, 5.5 into the...

I suspend the bag with one of those Rope Ratchets when the flame is on, then lower it again to stir.

I assume you have looked at and dismissed BIAB?

Very nice. I intend to copy a lot of this and leave room for a future countdown timer. Are you intending to install any terminal strips or will you use wire nuts to connect the wires inside your control box? I was planning to buy a regular electrical enclosure, but this is a lot - like $80...

I have no camera, but it fits a standard four prong US dryer outlet rated for 30 amps - look for NEMA 14-30 in wikipedia to see the configuration - one ground pin at the top, two vertical blades at the side, and an upside-down looking L at the bottom. If you have a 3 prong dryer outlet (like I...

I'm not sure what the right size hole saw costs, but it's $2.50 for a metal cover plate with the right size hole at Home Depot, even less if you are willing to use plastic.

This is great, and the problems I've had have been due to my noob mistakes, not the calculator. (I had the diameter of my pot slightly wrong the first time, next I was wrong on my boil-off rate and I spilled some wort once.) I use a stainless steel ruler to measure volumes and last time I was...

Shippinng to Syracuse was under $14 and very fast - about 3 days and the box was on my doorstep. I'd do business with them again in a heartbeat.

Do the groupon kit, it is a great deal if it's the same Midwest one I started with. You get two ingredient kits. Do yourself a huge favor and spring for a 3/8 inch autosiphon. I'm probably 10 batches in and still use everything that was in the kit except the plastic racking cane.

I have been a longtime lurker here, just starting to gather parts for something similar to johnodon's control box. I joined now just to say "thank you." I didn't want to permanently install a spa panel in the basement, so this is going to save me a pair of receptacles and the panel and a power...