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I used this thing once and cleaned with a soft sponge/pbw. Replaced brass valves with stainless. 1/2" and 3/4" bottom valve. I also have four 3 gallon better bottles, a five and a six gallon better bottle, and three 6 gallon glass carboys. I'm now using big mouth bubblers to ferment and...

I'm putting together a 120v control panel for a rims build and am having a massive brainfart deciding where to go with the neutral off the element outlet. Sorry for the rickety diagram but I threw it together quick. Thanks for looking. This is all new to me, but I'm enjoying figuring it...

Currently, I'm in the process of building a compact three tier brewing system with a single pump and a RIMS for mashing. To sparge I use gravity. Thanks Earth. The top kettle doubles as an HLT and Boil Kettle. I use the bottom kettle as a grant/HLT. During my over analysis of building...

I had an epiphany this morning. I can use my exergen temporal thermometer in the surface of a carboy to get a ballpark reading of what's going on in there. Sick of mistrusting fermometers. Anyways, had to share. Cheers! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Bought new this winter, used three times. It's well taken care of, I just don't need it. Comes with all accessories. You just need to have multiple air outlets or a splitter on your co2 out. Live in Milwaukee but will ship if you over the cost. $100 new, looking for $75. Will post when...

I set up this dreamy system, brewed three times and now have to get rid of it unless someone has a cure for celiacs disease... I bought the kegs off eBay from a dealer who sells decommissioned kegs. His name is Chip from New Hampshire. Said he has legal permission from the brewery. They...

I'm having trouble wrapping my head around this. Please help! I have a keggle mash tun with about 1 gallon of slack under a jaybird false bottom, and a dip tube siphoning right down to the last ounce. If I'm shooting for 1.5 qt/lb ratio mash, and I entered 0 for mash tun deadspace in...

I have a herms build in progress using propane, not electric. Control from pid/ssr is not applicable. I just want to use rtd sensors for their accuracy over dial stick thermometers. Are there any cheap alternatives to pids that will just display the temperature from an rtd? I plan on using...

Had a huge change in temp over the week and 3/4 of the blow off tube was filled with sani solution and blow off. A few ounces of dirty star san solution sucked back into my pale ale from the blow off bucket when I pulled the tube out. Bucket was open to the basement for a week and had a tiny...

I JUST made a 20' x 5/8th"o.d. copper coil with 5/8th by 1/2(female) lead free brass compression fittings on both ends...then decided I wanted to get a stainless steel instead to match the pot. I spent $40 at menards, looking to get $35. Work is already done!! I don't know how to solder or I'd...

Used three times to batch sparge, now I'm moving to HERMS setup and no longer need. One hinge broke so I pulled them both off. It doesn't affect seal, last weekend I brewed outdoors 55 degrees in the sun with a blanket over it and dropped 1-2 degrees over 75 minute mash (11lb grain 4 gallons...

So, I ordered this pot: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VXHKMC/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 ....soaked it in pbw for about an hour when it arrived, then rinsed it out and left it sit overnight to dry before brew day. The next day there was rust and pitting all over the handle of the lid...

Dry pitched fermentis s-33 and have this rope-like seaweed spreading from the top. Normal?? I've brewed the same batch with the same yeast and didn't see this last time..