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A little background: I own two Spike kettles and two SS Brewtech Chronicals (a 7 gallon and a 14 gallon) which I've been pretty happy with....I say pretty happy and you'll see why below. Sometime ago, the guys over at Spike contacted me to see if i was interested in beta testing their new...

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I have a CFC and to clean it, I always mix up some PBW and water in my brew kettle and bring it to a boil (I make enough to cover the electric heating elements). Once at boil, I will circulate it through the CFC and back into the Kettle. Cleans the hoses, pump, CFC and the kettle at the same...

https://comingsoon-tech.com/artbrew-one-week-craft-brewery This has got to be a scam or something. A week after brew and ready to bottle/keg or drink from the tap? The yeast is barely finished in that time.

I just upgraded my brewing setup to 20 Gallon kettles and I am selling my 10 Gallon brew kettle, HLT kettle and 10 Gallon plastic cooler MT, all three are less than 2 years old. They are in great condition, there are no dents in either kettles or gouges. The MT has no cracks in the liner or any...

So last night I brewed and noticed something odd, I couldn't control the rolling boil with my PID like I usually could. Usually when it starts to boil, I will reduce the power from 100 to about 50-60 which then still keeps it boiling but not crazy. Once it gets boiling and senses the temp, the...

So, after all this time brewing, I forgot to add one ingredient to my brew and it was the addition of aroma hops in the last 10 min of boil. I usually have everything pre-measured and lined up next to the kettle but for some reason, I forgot to move the aroma hops from the scale where I...

I've decided to upgrade the racking ball valve on my fermentor to a sample valve. Here is my question, do you drain from the sample valve to keg (or whatever type of vessel you drain too) using the sample valve or do you drain from the dump valve? If you drain from the sample valve, how...

I just recently purchased a Hanna pH meter (HI98127) off Amazon a few months back. I never got a chance to use it but I opened it up and added storage solution to it for the sensor. Yesterday I decided to finally try it out, the sensor was still wet with storage solution so I rinsed it with...

So, I'm upgrading my 5 gallon rig to 10 gallons and decided to buy the new stainless steel base elements. After receiving them, I noticed that there were quite a few scrapes on the elements and the areas where that dark grey coating on the elements were scraped were showing a brass color...

i just realized that I should have posted this thread here instead of in the equipment section so I am just putting a link here on it. I built a 15.5 gallon bottom draining mash/tun from an old Keg. It's insulated and has a nice wooden "jacket" around it and holds the temps very nicely over a...

I just got a 15 gallon keg for free, the spear in it was damaged so it was already removed and the keg is in excellent condition. My plan is to cut out the bottom of the keg and use a triclover kit on the "top" to convert it to bottom drain. To insulate, I am gluing aluminum foil to one...

Well, it looks like Midwest came out with a "version 2" of their glass big mouth bubbler. Supposedly it has thicker glass walls, up to 17% thicker than the previous model. http://www.midwestsupplies.com/big-mouth-bubblertm-evo-2-6-5-gallon.html?PID=4534259 I wonder if they'll offer a trade in...

Just finished building an O2 wand from some left over parts I had. I installed a push button gas valve so that I can stop the flow of O2 to the diffuser stone by just letting go of it. The rod is made of stainless steel.

Currently I am using a 10 gallon round cooler as my MT. I was never comfortable with using the plastic and have heard quite a few people state that the liners in their coolers have cracked from the heat of the water over time. I currently brew 5 gallon batches but I plan on brewing some 10...

ok, so I've been kegging and force carbonating my beers since day one of brewing, i didn't want to deal with bottles. For some time now a lot of my friends and family have been asking me to bring beer with me to parties/get togethers and I've been filling 24 packs of beer bottles. I don't...

I finally got around to building my first stir plate. I used some of the instructions from here: http://www.stirstarters.com/instructions.html and added a power light, rubber feet and an on/off switch. I also built it into a square box, I'm a little OCD and the rectangular box look was throwing...

So, I brewed an all grain recipe for a pumpkin Ale, it was a kit from Midwest and I used white labs California yeast. I hit my SG and pitched it into my new stainless conical and used a temperate controller. I measured my FG and it was spot on, taste was great. I kegged it after 5 weeks and...

I'm an IT guy at a small beverage company (not beer related) that's been home brewing for a year and a half now. Recently I had brought a few of my brews in for people to taste and have gotten some really good and positive feedback. One of the guys here at work who is in the marketing...

I've been brewing for about 2 years now, mostly Extract and just recently switched to all grain and I only have 2 all grain brews under my belt and still have questions on mashing. - As of now, for my all grain brews, I've used the pre-measured kits from Midwest for 5 gallon batches. I plan...