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I just finished building a controller per one of PJ's diagrams. I made my control panel with a pid, single element outlet, pump outlet, switches for a pump, element and pid. One element is a 6000w element hard mounted in a 70 quart pot. I made a 5500w heat stick to supplement the single element...

I just ordered everything I need for my EBIAB setup. My inspiration came from this thread and of course the awesome P-J's wiring diagram in the thread. I have the controller components exactly as they are in PJ's diagram. I have ordered a 3 wire dryer cord and 6000watt 240v element with an...

Anyone else do this? I just did my first BIAB and it worked out well. I dough in with around 1.5 quarts per pound and mash for an hour. Then I'll add enough boiling water to get to my mash out temp. If I still need more water to get to my total mash water amount, I add enough water at mash out...

I'm planning to brew an English Mild next Friday and would love to have some criticism from someone with more knowledge on the style. Title: English Mild Brew Method: All Grain Style Name: Mild Boil Time: 90 min Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume) Boil Size: 8.5 gallons Boil...

I have had this one planned for a while. I want a nice Helles lager for spring time. I plan to follow Kaiser's decoction as illustrated in his videos. I'm pretty excited to do my first decoction. I plan to do the same with my Oktoberfest planned for next month. I'm still figuring amounts for the...

i am planning a lemon shandy recipe for spring/summer. From my research it seems it's best to mix it as you serve it. I'm thinking I'll brew an AG wheat beer with 5 or so pounds of pale and 3 pounds of wheat MALT. I like Leine and they use cluster so I'll use cluster to about 20 or so ibus. I...

Is this possible or am I getting a false reading for some reason. I corrected the temp of my sample, mashed at 154*F, and as stated OG was 1.052, FG was 1.007. Was the attenuation just that good?

I use a mini fridge for my fermentation chamber and have very limited space for a heat source. I tried the $40 24w reptile pad that seemed like a great choice and it came up short. I tried the ceramic space heater, but couldn't find one that fit. So I thought about the pain can, but knew the...

so I did my first all grain which went off perfectly. Hit my mash temps perfect. Preheated my tun with hot water for a few hours, doughed in at 170*F and hit 154*F. Sparge with 175*F water. Hit my volumes and gravity on the dot, but as I cleaned out my mash tun I noticed that the walls of the...

Im goin for a nice balanced Amber ale. This will be my first all grain batch as well as my first batch on my new 17.5 gallon brew kettle. I still need to do a test boil to see what kind of boil off with it because this thing is huge. After that it may or may not need some tweaking. I was gonna...

SWMBO bought me four of these for my keezer at $12.99 a piece at marshals. Not bad!!

Ive been in search of a true German brewed and bottled Oktoberfest that doesn't taste like its skunked. This is fantastic. Thoroughly enjoying it. This is what I need to brew in March.

so I'm making a dual coil IC with 60' of 5/8" od copper I bought a while back on clearance. The first coil went without a hitch. Looks great....the second one not so much. I wanted them to go in opposite directions and what did I do?!? Make them going the same direction. So now I'm trying to...

I find myself enjoying German styles more and more. I've read Kaiser's website top to bottom and it has a TON of great info. I'd love to learn more about brewing German styles and learning more techniques. I've googled the hell out of it and I can't find much info about the subject. Any help is...

is it possible to have a 100% Vienna Oktoberfest? It sure does sound like a Vienna Lager to me.

This is very nice and warm on this cold winter day! It has a bit of an alcohol taste to it though. Anyone else get this from it? Otherwise it's very nice and malty! Edit: I don't know why, but my pics always end up sideways on HBT :drunk:

i looked into using a pwm instead of the normal pot and a pre done pwm is not very expensive and is pretty much plug and play. Will this one work? I found it in the cheap and easy thread and posted in there, but got no response. PWM I found on Amazon.

just found this little gem which I would think could be GREAT for a CFC or whatever you want to use it for. It's lead free and it says you can use em for potable water so I assume it's safe for wort. Looked pretty cool so I figured I would share. Sharkbite inline thermometer

i bought a 60' section of 5/8" od copper from Home Depot a while back on clearance for like $40. I just bought a 70qt brew kettle and I'm wondering what kind of diameter I should make it. I was gonna go with a dual coil design with a big and little one inside with a t and the bottom and top for...

so I found this computer next to the dumpster and took it apart for the hard drive magnets. As I got to takin it apart I found this box that is the perfect size for a stir plate that has a power switch and a male end for the power chord as well as a decent size fan. I'm thinkin...JACKPOT!! I was...