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So I own a craft brewery in Hendersonville, NC and we have been pouring black and tans (half and half) with my pale ale and stout, not nitro stout, but now they won't layer. It's very possible that the stout is a new batch but I'm not certain.Even if it is a new batch it tastes the same. Any...

I just wired up a Mypin TA4 with an RTD and it's reading over 500 degrees F when it should be reading room temp. This isn't my first time wiring one of these so I'm pretty sure everything is correct. I even tried different RTD and wire but it didn't fix it. What could be causing it to be that high?

Does anyone know of a calculator to determine how big of a starter to make when making one from a slant? I've been just making starters based off the size I would make if I were using liquid yeast but I don't know if that's correct.

Everything worked fine for a couple years and all of a sudden my elements are always at 100% power output even though the PIDs are telling the elements to turn off, i.e., the out1 light blinks when it's close to temp and turns off when the temp is reached. It's doing this with two PIDs and...

Has anyone tried to make a variable speed pump using a variable frequency drive for a pool pump?

I'm about to brew my first "big" beer and am debating weather or not to keg. BTW, I keg all my other beer and hate washing and filling bottles. Any downside to kegging this style of beer? Since this beer is likely to last a while bottles might make more sense.

I have a question for the electrical engineer types out there. I've built a glycol chiller with a prototype control panel for fermentation. I currently have the manifold and control panel set up for for two fementers but it's expandable up to four, or as many as I want really. The manifold is...

This is a soda carbonator that someone gave me. Does anyone think it would work for beer?

I was given this about a year ago. It's a seltzer water carbonator for a coca cola soda fountain. Does anyone know if it could be used to carbonate beer? It might work similar to the Blichman inline carbonator.

I use 20ml autoclaveable vials to make slants for yeast propagation. The method I currently employ is to add sterile wort to the vial and shake it until the yeast is in suspension. I than add the contents of the vial to about 50ml of wort to begin my steps for a starter. My question is can I...

I just built a glycol chiller out of a 12,000 BTU air conditioner and so far it works great with water. My questions are, aside from the risk of contamination and poisoning do I need to use food grade glycol or will antifreeze work? If food grade do I need to use one with an inhibitor? I know...

I want to try using an ABS 1/2bbl Sankey yeast brink as a fermenter. Does anyone know where I can get a 4" Tri-clamp cap to 2" Tri-clamp ferrel reducer (not the concentric reducer) with a stainless coil welded to it that will fit in the 4" opening? It will be used as the glycol coil similar to...

Does anyone know if this could be adapted as a glycol system for fermenters and if so, what size fermenters and how many? http://www.micromatic.com/up-to-125-feet-run/pro-line-glycol-power-pack-125ft-run-1-3hp-mmpp4301

I have several tap handles for sale. Some are commercial and some are hand made. All prices are inclede shipping. Made from a 350 connecting rod. Has chalkboard painter metal inset. $30 Two available. Handmade tap handle made from a railroad spike and has a metal plate to write the beer name...

I've been using these for a few years now and absolutely love them so I decided to make some and see if anyone is interested in buying them. Let me know what you all think. I have one available now and more on the way soon if people are interested in them. $120 plus shipping It allows a home...

Homemade CF wort chiller made from 50" 3/8" copper and silicone garden hose. Only used about 3 times and cleaned very well after each use. $100 https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlp1/v/t1.0-9/9844_959608737463552_1090441852049442727_n.jpg?oh=e2805d95f88c2712c0e7b30af02859f2&oe=57197752

I have a large commercial refrigerator/freezer for sale. I used it as a fermentation chamber and it works great. Will fit lots and lots of carboys. Used Commercial refrigerator/freezer. Works great, overall condition is good, but shelves are missing but this can be fixed relatively easily. It's...

What size and length of copper tubing would be the most efficient for wrapping a conical fermenter? For use with a glycol chiller of course.

Does anyone on her know how much steam is needed to boil 200 gallons in a steam kettle? I'm asking because I ave an opportunity to buy a 200 gallon kettle, but the only boiler I have is an electric 16 gallon boiler that I made from a keg but I doubt it's big enough.

I'm looking for a 15 gal or bigger SS conical fermenter. It needs to be one that will hold pressure, has tri-clover fittings and a thermowell. I'm located in Savannah, Ga.