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So I brewed this kit from Northern Brewer a little while ago. It is basically a hoppy wheat beer. I really liked it, but I felt it could use a little more malt flavor and mouth feel. The hops were just about right. How do you guys think I should change it? Wheaten Beatdown Ingredients Amt...

I am ready for a brew stand. I've been going gravity for a while and more recently have started doing 10 gallon batches. I'm already tired of picking up 10 gallons of liquid. Here is my current setup: I'm getting a pump and building a brew sculpture. I really only want to get one pump...

I'm sourcing parts to build my own sight glass and it seems the most expensive part of thing is the pipe to tube compression fitting. I've come across this... http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?sku=60424&catid=676 Does anyone see a reason this wouldn't work?

By my calculations, a 5500W element at 240V will draw 23 amps or so at full load. That says I need some 10AWG wire. What kind of wire are you guys using? I'm thinking about just buying a nice 10 gauge extension cord and cutting it up. Is there some nicer rubber coated wire I should be using?

Anyone using an arduino digital pin to directly drive an SSR? Most of the input currents for the 40A SSRs I'm looking at is 10-20mA. I think the arduino should be able to handle that. I'm trying to build a very minimal system that basically controls 2 heating elements and has 2 thermometers...

So I got this corny keg for free and I am trying to fix ti up for use, but it has a few problems. First off the air side dip tube is different than all my other kegs. It's skinnier in diameter and there's no o-ring on it. It actually sit down in the fitting instead of on top of the fitting...

I just boiled a new brew yesterday and it's in the primary fermenter. sometime overnight last night the airlock became clogged and the top blew off the bucket. When I got up this morning before work I cleaned out the air lock and out the lid back on hoping all would be well. When I just got home...