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Hi all, I spent a lot of time on this message board many years ago designing this system and learning but my brewing days are over. This is for pick up only, in Central New Jersey. Would like to sell this as a whole package for a reasonable offer starting at $250. 3 x 60qt aluminum pots with...

I'm looking for input on controlling boil off rate. Brewing 10 gallon batches in a 15 gallon kettle. We are experiencing inconsistent boil off rates as we brew outdoors. Looking at pro hardware, I see that some equipment has only a small 6" exhaust port rather than a whole open top. Obviously we...

Just wondering if anyone has done something like this. We are just playing around with a good base recipe and had some pils on hand. 10 Gallons, 75% efficiency 50% 2-Row 25% Munich 25% Pilsner 1 oz Nugget @ 60m 1 oz Glacier @ 30m 1 oz Saaz at 15, 10, 5, and 0 For ~35 IBU WLP 060 Gratuitous...

Most of us ferment in either a glass or plastic carboy, maybe a bucket, maybe a fancy stainless conical fermentor. I'm curious to know what you guys would come up with if you had the opportunity to design a fermentor from the ground up. For me it would be plastic, have some sort of angled...

Last week we brewed an Amber, had quite a bit of nutty taste during mash but I figured it was because of all the crystal we used. However this week we are brewing a pale ale. 20% vienna, 78% Briess 2-row, 2% C-60L. Again the mash has a distinct nutty taste and it's less sweet than I'm...

All, I've got a 17.25" diameter 40qt MLT. I tried a few braid combinations, single large diameter braid, a long braid with a T and looped around, and so on. Braid is not going to work for me. Unfortunately our kettle is not standard, so we are looking at a DIY or custom FB. Any suggestions on...

Without going into too much detail, I had these built. For just the time, not the materials, what is a fair price for the labor?

So I kegged my second batch (second batch into kegs not lifetime) a few weeks back. Well as I'm checking the gravity I drop the cotton swap from the hydro packaging into my carboy. Couldn't get it out and figured eh, it'll be fine. Well it ended up in the keg, and then in the pickup tube. I had...

Well I took a crack at this, not sure how I did, also don't like electrocution. Would someone mind helping me out here? Don't mind my drawing, I can only do so much with mspaint and a laptop track pad. Is my understanding of the SPST switches correct? 2 terminals, one in one out? Is there...

Hey all, I've got all my parts together for my 1500W LWD RIMS tube and I'm getting close to building. Potting I think I'm clear on, I'm going to use a short length of stainless tubing and have it tacked to the element nut and then seal with JB weld. But as far as grounding the goes I'm not...

Hey all, I've finally decided mostly how my electric RIMS rig will work. I have a 1500W 120V LWD element for the RIMS and will be heating HLT and BK with propane. I'll be ordering a March 809hs, and have an Auber PID, 25A SSR, and RTD thermocouple in the mail. I purchased a plastic box which...

All, I'm hoping to build out a 10 gallon electric brewery with a friend. He has what I believe to be an L6-50 outlet in his garage which his father used for his big drill press and table saws. Can I safely build a rig using a few 240V elements using this outlet? I'm assuming ( I haven't...

I'm designing an electric 10 Gallon brewery and I'm thinking of doing a 5500W 240V heatstick hooked to a PID or Brewtroller to heat the HLT and possibly boil. I'm looking at the Camco 02933 . Is this smart? Is this dumb? If I recirculate the HLT with a pump and if I recirculate the wort in...

Hello all, long story short a friend and I would like to go 50/50 on a 10 gallon brew rig. I'm currently doing 3 gallon BIAB batches and it's a lot of work for a little beer. Here's what I'm thinking: 2 tiers, 4 vessels, direct fire ( fire fire ) RIMS. BK and MLT on the bottom, HLT and RIM...

Although I realize it's early, cones on my second year Chinook plants are big and some are starting to brown on the tips. So I stood on a chair for the last hour testing all the big cones for feel and it turns out a lot of them feel ready to go. Some are browning, some are papery, some are...

Just did a batch of pale ale OG:1.053->-SG:1.017. Pitched at like 62, settled down to about 58 in ~3 days. Just an FYI, not sure it works well much below there...And yes I know it's advertised as such I just figured it be a little slower. I guess I'll switch to pacman for the winter.

Does anyone plan to or has anyone entered this. I'm thinking of sending a few, wondering if the HomebrewTalk Brewers Club is open to all or only some of you belong to it, should I put myself in with them/you/us?

This is the second revision of my APA. The goal was a middle of the road ABV APA with caramel malt and earthy hops. To that end I think I succeeded. This beer won a Gold medal at the 2009 Schooner Homebrew Competition in WI for the APA category with a final score of 43.5. I do 3 gallon...

I have an idea for a label involving spray paint. Basically I want to create a template and spray a single color picture onto the bottle. Will any old spray paint stick to the glass?

I posted a similar question over in the hardware section, it was suggested I try here instead. I'm wondering if any of you guys/gals doing BIAB and a sparge in a second vessel mill your own grain and if so do you have any issues with excess flour ending up in the fermentor? Basically I'm...