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I just got a Grothen 500 ml/min peristaltic pump ($32.09, free shipping, ebay) for controlled fly-sparging with a Blichmann auto-sparge (See this prior thread about why this is desirable). The pump will move hot wort from my mashtun to my brew kettle. Now I need to adapt its 1/4"...

Have you ever noticed that different people report silent things about the same food or beverage, such as your beer? Maybe this tongue research explains that.

I've brewed this recipe many times: a DIPA that I call Scottish Imperial Ale because I use Scottish ale yeast, usually Imperial Tartan. About 1.090 OG. The next batch is boiling now. The previous one came out too sweet. Why? Conceivably, it was due to using White Labs Edinburgh because the...

I've been brewing beer a good long while. Making good beer isn't real hard. Almost all the beers I make are good. Great beer is another story. Feedback is one thing, whether from polite friends who just say the beer is great, or from those with more detailed responses. But then there's my...

I just disassembled my pump-related fittings for a deep cleaning - much needed given the gunk I found! The most annoying part of the process was removing the old Teflon™ tape from the male threaded parts, which took up more than half my disassembly and cleaning time. (The few bits of tape left...

Both the gauge that came with my Spike manifold bundle and the cheap digital gauge I bought on eBay fail to show useful information for low pressures. They seem to think that anything much below 10PSI is really zero. Is there anything to do about this issue? Anyone have a better gauge to...

I moved a 5 gal. corny of stout into the ~36°F kegerator from a ~65°F closet. In your experience, about how many hours (or days) should it take to equilibrate?

I decided to try a variation in my simple, tried-and-true IPA. I substituted Imperial Juice A38 for my usual Imperial Flagship A07. But then I also subbed some Motueka into the Mosaic dry hop charge. (My process is pretty consistent. And yes, I know that the best experiment would be to...

The idea for this beer came from a thread about very complex malt bills. @Holden Caulfield wrote: "Anything more than 5 grains, not including acidulated malt, is making a muddy mess - we're not making curry or mole." @GoodTruble responded: "Molé porter! Genius!" I thought: why not? For a...

We fly-spargers want a consistent, low flow rate from mash tun to kettle. A ball valve (or Blichmann "linear flow" valve) works fairly well to regulate flow, but sometimes frustrates: setting the desired rate is kinda tricky, and can be bollixed by a bit of malt debris. For under $100 (some...

FOR SALE: 240V 4500-watt electric keggle. Years ago I bought this custom-welded keggle from venerable Portland LHBS FH Steinbart. I added a 3-part ball valve, false bottom, 4500W ultra-low watt density element, and element enclosure. This keggle served me well for about 10 years of brewing. I...

Hey, hydraulic engineers and physicists, I don't understand fluid flow. Please help me with some basic education. I've been using 5mm ID EVAbarrier tubing, with swivel-flare ends, to transfer from fermenter to keg. I'm wondering whether switching to 6.3mm ID EVAbarrier tubing will increase...

FOR SALE: upright freezer. Hillsboro, Oregon. Clean, operational, 5 years old. See photos for dimension info. Pickup only – sorry, can’t deliver. $300.

Greetings, brazers and solderers! My 11-year-old copper "ChillZilla" counterflow chiller has started to leak a little bit of chilling water at the top fitting. No harm to the wort, but annoying and could worsen. The fittings appear to be brazed. I have a Bernzomatic pencil flame propane...

Trying to get back to four beers on tap, I've been transferring to serving kegs even though fermentation is still slightly active (determined by daily releasing pressure from my now-sealed steel fermenter). This frees up the fermenter for the next batch. I keep the serving keg at fermentation...

To prevent clogs during closed transfer I've sometimes removed the keg post and stretched silicone tubing over the keg port as if it were a hose barb. This works well, but silicone is famously very permeable to oxygen. Of course, cold crashing, care with racking arm angle, and filtering also...

We can't see or reach inside coiled tubing, so we circulate hot PBW or Oxiclean solution to rinse/scrub these coils. Then rinse until the rinse water runs clear. But does it? I find it hard to convince myself I've thoroughly cleaned these widgets. Hot rinse water still shows some bubbling...

My "new" (used, actually) AutoSparge almost fits my Chapman 10-gal. mash tun -- the rod is just a wee bit too long. Please, no "that's what she said" jokes. :) It's got the stock 6-inch float rod. Does anyone know if those are 10-24 threads? Suggestions re either 1. cut the rod without...