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Do I need this correctly if I summarize this discussion in: No chance you can get a flow that is faster than the speed at which heat is transferred This especially holds for high DT between tap water temperature and wort temperature. As the DT gets smaller, slower flow rate could be preferred...

Hi, How can I compute the optimal flow rate for my immersion chiller? Too much flow and water is too fast to steal energy from the wort, too little and it will take forever.. Or, more formally: Given a volume of wort of 19 liters (5 gallons) at boiling temperature, and a steel chiller 8m (26...

https://www.ebay.it/itm/CONTENITORE-BIDONE-FUSTO-OLIO-ACCIAIO-INOX-18-10-RUBINETTO-OMAGGIO-FUSTINO-FUSTI-/142563367055?nav=SEARCH This is it - or something very similar. I went for it as it's cheaper than similar containers ised in brewing. The disadvantage is that the tap is only 2-3 cm from...

Hi, Thanks for tour help! Here my answers: 1) no, but my last time was years ago 2) no, it's still the equipment I used years ago 3) pellets 4) two weeks. I can't exclude the black dots were there when I opened it for dry hopping, but I did not see them 5) stainless steel 6) its original design...

Agree - I highly doubt it could be hops as it's sparsely present everywhere, e.g. in between the threads of the lid. On the other hand it doesn't look as the classic mold infection either, with areas of dense growth and/or hairy-looking spots. Re alcohol, I'm puzzled. What better than a 70%...

Hi all, I've beed washing my equipment (pipes, tubes, fermenter, bottles) with bleached water, rinse them and used alcohol (70% ethanol or isopropyl alcool solutions) for sanitization. Any particular reason I should switch to commercial products? Thanks! AC

What can I use as dehumidifier?

What's weird is that the was no sign of it outside the fermenter.. just inside! The fermenter was sitting in my bathroom, which is relatively dry.

My initial thought, but how can hop jump up 20cm from the beer bed?

That "me thinks" though..

From the sinc where I poured the water I used for cleaning the fermenter

Should I worry about health concerns? I don't think I should drink that ale, should I?

Important notes: - The fermenter was not airtight.. the airlock never bubbled - I opened it 3 days ago to dry-hop. I did not noticed / did not look for the black stuff

Hi all, I just bottled my ale and found a strange dark powder all over the fermenter's walls. - The powder is so fine it disappears from the fingers if I run them together; think green-tee-powder-kind-of-fine - it's black, or very very dark gray - It was all over the fermenter ABOVE the...

Great stuff, thanks Brundog! Question about sizes: I fully understand why a larger the spray chamber is preferable, but what about the pipe connecting the kettle with the spray chamber? Is a 1.5" Pipe preferable, maybe to create more suction? Or a 2" maybe, to maximise air flow? Or it really...

hallo, I'm looking for suggestions for a full-grain setup. I would like to go for ca. 6.5 gallons / 30 liters of beer. I already have fermenter and tools, and I am looking around for options for a brew kettle and heating unit. I really like the setup a la' Robobrew, with a false bottom...