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I have four wires going to it, yes. I contacted the vendor--he seemed to think there was a wire that came loose during shipment.

This is the contactor: http://www.ebrewsupply.com/220v-2p-63a-110v-coil-din-rail-contactor/

So, yesterday I plugged in my controller and got it going. Everything was going well, then I walked across the room and heard the internal breaker pop. I unplugged the controller, opened it up and a small white puff of smoke came up off the contactor, which was incredibly hot to the touch...

I'm still fairly new to brewing beer, but have a long history making mead and cider. I jumped right in to all grain brewing and have enjoyed the process quite a bit. I honestly think that extract or BIAB would be too boring for me and wouldn't have enough variables to keep it interesting for...

So I had a co-worker recently hand me two somewhat large vacuum sealed bags of whole leaf hops he grew and I'm at a loss as to what to do with them. He said that he thought they were for dark beer and that maybe some of them were cascade. Anyone have any ideas on what I can do with these?

That's interesting that it evened out the flavor. Did you taste before and after bottling?

So I had a batch of lemon ginger mead that I made using D47 that I wanted to clarify a bit quicker so I could bottle it and gift for the holidays. I have used bentonite clay in the past, but I honestly haven't been comparing taste all along, just sort of blindly doing stuff. I added the clay...

Thanks for the quick reply and the welcome to the forum. Should I leave the yeast cake behind or bring it along? I imagine most of the yeast there is dormant at this point, no?

Hello all, I'm new to the forum but not new to making mead. I think I've been at it for the past seven years or so, with mixed results. I've begun to try and hone in more carefully exactly what makes a batch turn out well and what makes them miss the mark. While I'm getting more...