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I'll be in San Diego for the next week. Any recommendations for blogs or Twitter feeds to key me into anything happening beer related? I was there last year for a week and hit a decent amount of breweries. I am hoping to get a bit deeper into it this year. Sorry if this is the wrong place to...

We have been using a duda diesel plate chiller and a bazooka screen on our dip tube for 5 years and have not any clogs (knock on wood). We use almost only whole leaf hops and when they settle, they create a nice filter bed. I think this bed goes along way towards preventing clogs and also...

I'm starting to layout my new French door kegerator build. I plan to only have taps in one door and use the other side for can and bottle storage. I will most likely have to build all new shelves on the storage side, so I am looking for some slick storage solutions. I would really like to find...

I want to lay my 5 lbs CO2 tank on it's side, in my fridge. It would be under a shelf that my kegs would be sitting on. I know you are not supposed to position them on their side without an anti-siphon tube. My plan is to use a 3' braided high pressure hose to relocate my regulator above my...

I'm having trouble diagnosing what is wrong with my hop plant. It's a 2 year old Willamette, and was really taking off this year. But down low the leaves are dieing.

That's what I stated out looking for, but couldn't find 1" ID. Funny thing after I used the word "Platinum" I found some on McMastercarr. $5.87 a foot. Does that sound like a decent price?

I am looking for some 1" ID food grade, high temp, tubing or hose. This will be coming out of my boil kettle. I found this http://www.mcmaster.com/#5567k26/=zis79x Kind of spendy, but I think it will work since it says food grade and is good to 230 degrees. Am I wrong? Here is the...

I'm looking for a sanitary tri-clamp tee. I want at least two ends to be 1.5" Tri-Clamp, the other could vary, but I would perfer all three ends be 1.5" tri-clamp. The tricky part is that I want it to have 1/2" tube. I could go bigger, but the oulet of the pump is 1/2" and this will be down...

What kind analog to digital board are you using?

That much fermenting beer can create quite a bit of heat. Depending on the ambient temp that you ferment at you might need to come up with cooling solution.

Does the inlet of your mash tun have a Tri-clamp flange on the outside of the vessel and the inside? That is how mine is set up. You can hook Tri-clamp X 1/2" hose bard on both sides. Something like this ... https://www.brewershardware.com/1.5-Tri-Clover-X-1-2-Hose-Barb.html Brewers...

I was working in a manufacturing facility and our passivation tank was heated. I never thought to ask much about it at the time. I believe I read some place that if you can't heat the solution to the correct temp you need to allow it to sit longer to compensate.

I don't know if this helps but.... http://www.bssa.org.uk/topics.php?article=68 That says 4-10% to passivate. Maybe you should just pick up some bar keepers friend. You could us it as directed and just scrub the welded areas really good clean light duty scrub pad. I would use a fresh one so...

Can you give some info on your peristaltic pump? It looks like a Masterflex? Do you have a part # and maybe a source?

Not to hijack, but I'm setting a HERMS and have a similar question. If my Herms is in the HLT do I need to circulate or stir the water in the HLT while I run my HERMS? This is an electric system and I figure I would get a more uniform temp in the HTL if I do.