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So, long post incoming. For a while now I've suspected I was getting a little buzz occasionally when using my electric kettle. It's a 1500w 120v 6.5 gallon kettle. The housing is a hot pod. Every time it happens, I double check my wiring with my multi meter. It always checks out. The circuit...

Hey everyone. So tonight was my first test with a recirculating eBIAB system. It's a 120V setup with a 1500W element. During the mash, the element kicked on and my GFCI tripped. I scratched my head, shut everything down, fired it back up, and it tripped again (in retrospect, maybe not the...

I just finished up the controller for my 120V recirculating eBIAB rig. I've got a bag from Wilser and I'm going to use a false bottom to protect it from the kettle element. Here's my question: what do people use for the output end of their recirculation setup? I've got some silicone tubing...

So I've used my 1500W eKettle for about 10 brews (I do about 2.75 gallon batches), and the element always comes out looking pretty shiny after a little light scrubbing (1500W camco HWD element). Yesterday, it came out pretty blackened and scortched. I'm betting it was a combination of the...

I just dug up 1-year Cascade plant and moved it to a pot. I know that sounds strange but as a rowhome dweller I'd rather try to grow it tightly up the side of a cage than try to manage it in my already small flower bed. My question is in regards to anything that may have been left in the bed...

I'm in the middle of a Kal style build for a 1500W e-kettle for 2.5 gallon batches. I built the element housing this weekend and was testing continuity/resistance for my ground connection at a number of different placing on the housing. I read that a good ground connection per NEMA is at or...

So I just got a load of grain from the DC group buy and I was going to test out the Cereal Killer mill I purchased last year for the first time. It appears to be set for at .375. Does this seem reasonable for first go round at milling myself?

Hey guys, I just mashed in and overshot my Mash Temp by a few degrees. It's sitting at 158 rather than 155. I'm making a milk stout with the following grain bill. I'm not too experienced on malty styles. Does anyone have an opinion on whether I should reduce the amount of lactose...

So I've recently taken to adding a bit a gypsum to my fairly soft water to bump the Ca content to about 50 ppm. I normally add it to the Mash water. I've been doing some more reading on Gypsum additions and I'm wondering if I should be adding it to the kettle instead? I'm interested in...

Many years ago, I screwed around in college with some extract kits and had terrible results. Last December I decided to take another go at it and dove into all-grain. I've had a blast so far and some brews have been quite good. I'm taking a stab at a Strawberry Rubarb Beglian Blonde. Last...