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I googled for this, but I couldn't find anything definitive. Is there a convention already in place for systems that use DS18B20's with XLR connectors? I realize I can do whatever I want but if I can follow convention then that would be my preference.

Got my water report in from our mountain house. It comes from a fairly deep well due to the altitude, but I was genuinely surprised at the breakdown. We do have a sediment filter inline but nothing else. Should I just treat it like it's RO water? Is the iron content going to be a...

Product Page Interesting idea, might have to think about this since I feel like the most volatile time is after cooling while transferring to fermenter. Is trub an issue?

My current 2-tier brew stand can be turned on its side, wheeled out of the way, and stored under a grill cover. But I want to be able to detach the control panel, pump and RIMS tube. The pump is easy because I have the mount from Morebeer, and the RIMS can probably just have the guts removed...

Anyone have any experience running starsan through a sprayball with a pump? I would assume it foams out like crazy, but does that cause you any problems?

I have going on 20 years in the software business (ugh, getting old) but none of it is embedded or industrial work. How realistic is it to buy a cheap / used PLC and get it working on my brewing system? Can mere mortals figure these things out?

I am beginning to draw up my plans for a half barrel, 3 vessel, electric RIMS brewhouse. My thinking is that I would have 3 4500w elements in the system, one each in the HLT, BK, and RIMS tube. I would probably want to interlock two of them to prevent firing all three at the same time and...

My wishlist: * Enough headspace for a full 15 gallons of wort * Stainless * Sanitary fittings * Pressurizable enough to push through a filter into a keg * Accepts cooling coils on the inside The SS brewtech was at the top of my list, but as I understand it the lid with the coils...

I installed a thermometer in my Igloo 10 gallon MLT and I am iffy about it leaking. Being a software guy, I don't consider something done until it's been verified, so it's killing me that if it's leaking, it's doing so into the insulation and will essentially never be discovered. I probably...

Do any of you that have these take out the false bottom to clean after brew day?

was playing with a mash calculator and it seems I could still do 15 gallon batches with 15 gallon HLT and Mash Tun. I already own the two 15's so I am stuck with them. would get a 30 for the boil kettle. anyone have any wisdom or experience to share on the matter?

Here's the recipe: 9 lbs Light DME 0.75 lbs Crystal 120 0.5 lbs American Roasted Barley 0.5 lbs American Chocolate 0.5 oz Warrior (60 min) Nottingham Ale Yeast (or US-05 potentially, haven't decided yet) Trying to figure out how much malt to use for the boil and how much to add at the 15...

Cooper's IPA HME, Cooper's LME, Safbrew S-33, Cascade leaf hop tea. It looked kind of like tobacco from a cigarette floating in my beer, it almost entirely moved off and stuck to the side as I racked to the bottling bucket. The beer tasted a little odd but not bad in any way. I was...

Per the Safbrew WB-06 PDF: Viable cells at packaging: 6 x 10^9 / gramme So, if that is an 11.5g sachet, then wouldn't that make the pitching cell count 69 billion? I understood that pitching cell count for a typical 5 gallon batch is in the neighborhood of 200 billion. I am pretty sure I...

I have a Coopers Irish Stout Kit I wanted to mix up today, but I just realized that all I have is 3 lbs of Wheat DME for the additional fermentables. Will that combo cause me any problems?

As it happens, I have a room in my house that (under current weather conditions) swings from about 60F to 64F and back on over a 24 hour cycle. As I understand it, this is preferred for certain kinds of ale yeasts (WLP300,380) but what about for others like S-33 and Coopers Ale? Am I risking...

I am about to do another wheat and I want to find the most appropriate yeast to use for it. I will be fermenting in the low 70's due to my living situation, and last time WLP300 at that temperature left me with a beer that was borderline terrible. I love the clove flavors and body of good...

So I blew off work and headed to LHBS to pick up a fermenter and a hefeweizen DME/Specialty kit. I ended up with a slightly different kit (they were out) but I still got the WLP300 yeast tube. The only bit a regret I am having is that the shop attendant convinced me that I wouldn't need a...