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  1. mkirkland

    Peanut Butter Cup Stout -- Need for secondary?

    I never secondary my beers unless i absolutely just need the fermenter space. Throw the cacao nibs and PB2 powdered peanut butter into the primary, it'll be fine.
  2. mkirkland

    Looking to go electric and could use some advice

    I run a 3 vessel electric RIMS system on a 240V 30a circuit. The RIMS tube is a 2000W 120V element and the HLT and BK are both 5500W 240V each. BUT the HLT and the BK are on a 3way switch so only 1 240V element can be on at any one time.
  3. mkirkland

    Are my Columbus ready fo rharvest?

    I can see some brown in them on the tips so normally ready or very close at that point. So they dont have the papery crunch feel/sound to them yet?
  4. mkirkland

    Whirfloc - possible fail?

    It will settle with some time. Or if you have the capability to cold crash it then that would speed up the process of dropping everything out of solution.
  5. mkirkland

    Vessi Fermenter/Dispenser

    Seems a little silly to me to have your system tied up in one beer until its completely consumed. Yes you can push it into another keg but then you are only utilizing half of the system that you just paid $1800+ for. As Mirilis stated, the +/- 2 degrees is a big deal for fermentation. Ive been...
  6. mkirkland

    Conical Fermenter

    I have the 7 gallon SS Brewtech Brewmaster Edition with the casters. I built a 9 gallon glycol chiller system for temp control and it works really well so far in the warm garage. Everything about this conical i like and i dont have any exp with any other of the conicals. Was worth the price to me.
  7. mkirkland

    Citra IPA recipe critique/suggestion?

    Citra is AWESOME for dry hopping. I dry hopped a 2.5 gallon split batch IPA with 1.5oz and i think it easily should have had MORE in the dry hop!
  8. mkirkland

    Walkin Cooler TX Build

    Awesome, what part of Houston you in?
  9. mkirkland

    Same taste in my beers

    Wonder if you are oxidizing your beer between primary/secondary transfers or during bottling when added priming sugar. I remember i also use to have the "certain" taste that was in ALL my beers. Things ive changed since then are i ALWAYS flush everything with CO2 when moving any amount of beer...
  10. mkirkland

    Joe's Ancient Orange Mead

    I made this over 4 years ago and then forgot it in the closet. Tasted it not too long ago and damn its good..
  11. mkirkland

    Insulating kettle bottom

    I insulate the bottle of my Keggles of for the reason of heat retention.
  12. mkirkland

    Did you do a "test run" ?

    Every time i need to test new equipment i just brew a SMaSH beer and keg it up. Works every time and is cheap.
  13. mkirkland

    The Walking dead

    I dont think it was Glenn's guts. Also The Talking Dead didnt make one mention of Glenn being dead, which NEVER happens when a key character dies...
  14. mkirkland

    HELP!! Was this the perfect mess up

    You can fill a glass with ice, then fill the rest of the way with water. Let it sit for about 5 minutes so the water acclimates to the ice. Then stick the thermometer in the liquid water/ice and let it sit until the temp is stable. The thermometer should read right at 32F. Or you can boil...
  15. mkirkland

    Hello from Houston

    Follow them on FB and Andy(Manager) usually posts them there.
  16. mkirkland

    Hello from Houston

    Awesome, you shop at Defalco's Clear Lake? They are having a bottle share today at 7pm. You should go. I cant make it this time but normally go.
  17. mkirkland

    How many gallons of homebrew in 2015?

    + 5 Gallons SMaSH 20691
  18. mkirkland

    Will PID turn on automatically

    I can only speak for my Auber PID's but YES this should be possible ss long as the PID can read the temp probe and you dont have and power switches turned off to the element from your contactor/ssr then yea it should fire right up as soon as it gets power.
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