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My Inkbird ITC-1000 had a massive temp calibration shat-the-bed and froze my beer. It was reading 45*F with the probe in a block of ice. I know you can set calibration on this but I've never seen it go out 10-20 degrees before. While I'm waiting to thaw I'm wondering if the probe is no good.

I took my Arbor Fab hop spider out of the cabinet the other day and to my horror, it was covered in rusty powder. I washed it off and it doesn't even look like stainless steel. Arbor Fab told me its fine and I just need to passivate it. I've only used this thing once. I've never had to...

Well I've been working on my first lager, it's been in the chamber @36 for 2 months now. Or so I thought. I just got back from a 30 day deployment and the compressor died somewhere in there. It's 73 right now. What do you think is up with the beer?

I know there are other threads on this farm supply API Bucket Heater, but I figured I'd buy one and test it. I think it cost $36 plus shipping. Here are my results: I started with 5 gallons of 68* water from the tap, into my 10 gallon orange cooler mash tun. With occasional stirring, it...

I just pulled my yeast out of the fridge to make a new starter. It's bi-colored, never seen this before. It's probably 4-5 months old in this flask. It's a 4th generation WYeast 1335, used in my blonde ales. I was thinking about pulling the darker stuff off and sending it down the drain...

I spoke with my water company today about chemical additions they use because I recently found out about "chloromine" sanitizers and the added effort to remove them. I wanted to know which chemical they used. But it turns out they also add fluoride (not surprised) and "iron inhibitors". Upon...

So I had a few boll weevils running around in my victory malt and me being sort of cheep and 90 miles away from the closest HBS, I decided to improvise. So I thought, hey, the best way to dispatch the little buggers would be to roast them alive, and then I forgot about the oven. Ended up...

Just started a couple months ago with a kit from Homebrew Den in Tallahassee. Having a pretty good time so far, surprised myself with the first batch of Big Sky Ale. I just racked a Roid Rage IPA into the secondary tonight. My gravities aren't quite where I thought they would be. Should of...