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Is there some sort of danger to the element to output 100% power during boil? I read on cobrewingsystems.com that 100% output is just as bad as dry firing, wondering what everyone else's experience is. I use pwm during boil but utilize 90% output for a nice rolling boil of 10 gallons with an...

So I ran my brewery for the first time and had a couple of bugs that I'd like some help on. 1. I utilized a pull request for pwm boil control and got it to work pretty flawlessly and hold a nice rolling boil. When I turned the boil program off the boil heating element wouldn't turn off. I...

Yet another brewery build, but thought I'd share my build like so many others before me. I'm doing a couple of things a bit out of the ordinary, but essentially everything in the build should be similar to any HERMS build. First picture is the before. Inside the large cardboard box is my...

Haven't posted here in a while, but I'm building a new house and get to build an electric brewery out in the garage! Currently what I'm looking at is using a 3 kettle system with blichmann g2's, with the boil kettle having a 240v boil coil. I'd like to build a RIMs system and buy the 240v...

So admittedly, I'm not so much a beginner as I think I've been doing this for over a decade, but I definitely need some help with this one. So, typically when I brew, I don't drink. However, this last brew I was a little sloshed and don't quite remember particulars. Furthermore, it was my...

Anyone in here have any experience gelatin fining a wit? I brewed a wit with a huge yeast pitch from a pro brewery (their house saison yeast). Right now I'm thinking about throwing some gelatin in and dropping the yeast out so I just have the protein haze. Thoughts? Sent from my iPhone...

Or the electrically minded, I'm building a tower cooler and bought a thermaltake 80mm fan rated at 27 cfm, .18A, with 9v starting power and rated for 12v. I'm connecting that to a Nokia cell phone acdc power brick rated at 200ma, not sure the volt rating. My question is, will this acdc brick...

I racked an ipa off its yeast cake today and was wondering if its ok to let my cake sit in the primary for a couple of days with the lid sealed until I make time to harvest?

I've been going through a 5# co2 canisters like crazy due to various leaks draining my co2 canister usually overnight. Now I went to my keg and noticed that over time my regulator has been reading high pressure so I dialed it back. After a couple more weeks I noticed my regulator reading 7#...

Hey all. I've always had problems with leaks in my co2 system it seems, thus I always check daily to make sure my regulator still shows positive pressure on the keg. I've had my beer on the gas for almost 3 weeks now without a problem, of course today when I check, the needle is at 0 and I...

Have you ever gotten halfway through and forget its a homebrew and made the comment, "I wish I could make something this good", then snap back to reality and realize you did. Happened to me for the first time...good feeling!

I've been having some issues with my kegerator of my beer not getting cold enough. Originally it was an old GE dorm fridge that I bent the freezer compartment back, when I did that I think I broke the thermostat because the thing would run constantly. I bought a digital temperature controller...

Hey all, I'm going to be making a strawberry blonde next week and had a few questions regarding how to mash this beer. Since this beer will be lightly hopped with only a 60 minute addition and the grist is 80-20 pilsner/wheat, I'm afraid I won't have a ph suited for optimal mashing. What...

I didn't know where to put this, but figured this board gets the most hits so I went with it. Looking to get a wort chiller, Ice bath is starting to become a pain. Anyone had any dealings with homebrewstuff? I'm looking to get...

Grain 10 lbs two row 1.5L .5 lb Crystal 10L .25 lb Special B Whirlfloc @ 15 Hops .5 oz cascade @ 60 (6%AA) .5 oz cascade @ 45 (6% AA) .5 oz falconers flight @ 15 (10% AA) .5 oz falconers flight @ 10 (10% AA) .5 oz falconers flight @ 5 (10% AA) .5 oz falconers flight @0 (10% AA) Dry hop 1 oz...

I'm going to be entering a beer in my first competition this week! When I went to enter the beer online, they asked for "pertinent style information (for the judges)". What does this mean? Should I put facts about the beer, malt, hops, yeast, SRM, alcohol % etc.? Or should I put tasting...

For the LSU-Oregon game! First all grain brew! Tastes amazing, especially while watching the tigers manhandle the ducks!

First all grain today. I use a bucket with ice to cool, no wort chiller. My large pot doesn't fit well in my bucket. My question is, can I put my hot wort in to fermenter then surround that with ice? Not sure of fermenting buckets heat capacity.

Hey all, I'm preparing for my first all grain brew this weekend and had a question about how to figure my losses from my tun. I have an old 48 qt igloo cooler that I put a cpvc manifold in. I haven't put the slits in the manifold yet, but I decided to see how much water it would take before it...

Hey, I'm going to be doing my first all grain batch next weekend, and I'm also going to venture into water adjustments. I got my water report and realized (through this board) that I'll need a 75% dilution of RO to tap water for various reasons. I also checked into the use of Burton salts to...