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Am desperately trying to get my eBIAB train rolling, but I seem to keep hitting bumps. First was electrical, now it's the brew kettle. All I want is a 20 gal kettle with a heating element port (2"TC) that is as low as possible (port center ~1.25" from the base. This will allow more flexibility...

Live in an old, small house and can't fit another double breaker in the box. So what I was originally wanting to do is to simply wire a spa panel inline with the existing dryer receptacle. However, I'm also a cheap bastard and would like to take the spa panel with me when I move. So I'm...

Interested to see what solutions people have tried for mounting an IC in a kettle lid. I have a 50' copper IC which I would like to semi-permanently mount into an extra kettle lid. The idea being that when ready, I can simply swap out lid to begin whirlpool and chilling. The lid would protect...

Title about sums it up :) Getting a custom kettle from Spikes and just noticed that Bobby @ Brewhardware offers a nice looking 1.5" TC 5500W heating element. So, seems I could save some $$ by going with that over my original plan of: conventional 5500W element + Dragon Element Guard. My...

The more I read, the more attracted I am to simplify and go with a single pot, eBIAB system (I was thinking RIMS before). Now that I'm looking at options I see that a 3500W 240V induction plate (something like this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016XY88AA/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20)...

Hi guys, Annoyingly broad noob question to follow (so you have been warned!) Been brewing over 20 years now, and finally want to transition from my propane fueled (boil kettle) hot water infusion system to an electric system. My plan to to move in two stages, with the the first stage being a...

My 18 year old Frigidaire keezer suddenly has hit hard times. Currently it can hold ~55F but no lower. I noticed the problem about two weeks ago, when the freezer suddenly began frosting up heavily in just one small spot on the inside (about a 8" x 4" area sort of directly above the...

Debating between heating element and induction for my new electric brewery (to eventually replace my propane brewery). I prefer several aspects of the induction setup, but realize that a heating element is going to deliver more ooomph. I brew nearly exclusively 10 gal batches, and most of...

I have a heavy gauge SS kettle with an internal diameter of 17.5" that I'd like to convert to a directly fired mash tun. There seem to be a lot of options out there but I don't know exactly what would be best (my experiece thus far has been with a domed bottom in a 10gal cooler). For...

I seem to have some of this malt in my possession and was thinking about using it in a pils. Weyermann lists it as being 5L-8L and says it's good for "intensified malt aroma and taste; full body; malt sweetness" What do you guys thing of adding a bit of this malt into a Bohemian Pils recipe...

I used this yeast a long time ago, in the days before I had a fermentation chamber. I never got a beer that I like from it and now I have a likely explanation. Now that I have a way to control ferment temps, I decide to revisit 1098 since I was brewing a bitter where I really wanted a highly...

Can't find a thread on this so I'll ask here: what are the consequences of adding too many brewing salts? I am concerned that my municipal water may vary in its mineral levels over the course of time. Can adding too many of any particular salt(s) ever result in a prickly "tartness" in the...

This was supposed to be an APA: 11.3 lbs American 2-row Pale .75 Munich Malt .75 lbs Victory malt .5 lbs wheat malt OG=1.056 IBUs~40 (calculated) Yeast: American Ale yest Brew day went off without a hitch except that I realized (after it was in the fermentor) that I had forgotten to add 3/4...

I know this cannot be an original idea, but I can't find plans/ideas anywhere. I'm hoping that somebody can perhaps point me to an appropriate thread or discussion... Basically I want to use my chest freezer for lagering/serving and then build a freezer collar and run a short air duct from...

Hello brewers! New guy here. Have been out of homebrewing for 7 years but am starting up again and almost have all my equip in line to start doing 10gal batches. Here's my question: I have an extra (long story, but it was free :ban:) 60qt stainless kettle (one like these: Update...