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Hi All, I'm looking to upgrade from my 10 gal cooler with false bottom to a 20gal SS MT. I recirc with a pump and RIMS tube now. Does the insulated MT like the SSbrewtech have an advantage over a non-insulated MT? I'm thinking it would be just an extra cost. Although, the Spike MT's can get...

I'd hate to scratch up my new stainless surface. Any material work better than others? Cork? Silicon? Thanks!

It’s coming along. However, maybe the 1/3 HP motor would have been fine. My goal is to spare my nice cordless drills and maybe save time.

I'm on the fence about making the jump up to a 20Gal. mash tun partly because of the cost. I brew 10-12 gallon batches sometimes up to 20lbs. of grain. The mash is right up to the top of the cooler for a high gravity ale. A couple times I split the grain bill and did 2 mashes. It just makes the...

where I live, the ground water will chill my wort down to only 85-90deg F. I have to use a huge tub of ice water through my chiller to get the rest of the way, and it takes a while. I'm using a wimpy water fountain pump in the tub currently. Anyone see an issue with using my chugger wort pump...

Hi Folks, I'm trying to avoid having an electrician come out and install a 30 Amp GFCI breaker in my panel. Are there any solutions for a portable GFCI device? I see a lot of North Shore Safety devices on Amazon, however, none are split phase. My control panel uses L14-30 connectors with the...

Now that I have the ability to cold crash my beer in the fermenters, can I cold crash for a few days to clarify, close transfer to kegs and then store them at a higher temp like 65deg? Or, after cold crashing, do they have to remain at serving temp from then on? Mostly talking about ales and...

Hi Folks, I'm not sure what happened. I made a 1 liter starter using WLP001, 1 can of Propper Starter (dated 04/15/19 on can bottom), and 16 oz of purified water. This is in a 2 liter flask and on a stir plate. Room temp between 65-70F. After 36 hours, the most awful sulfur smell developed...

Are there any forums for Pro-Brewers or folks looking for information? Thanks

Hi folks, I brewed a 5 gallon saison and used Wyeast 3724 (Belgian Saison yeast). OG was 1.056. Now after 16 days it is sitting at 1.032. My fermentation temps have been 75-80 degrees. It is still bubbling but slowly. It this normal for this style and yeast? Should I just let it continue...

I'm finishing up my build of my controller and RIMS tube. My controller is 240VAC 30A. I selected a 5500 Watt element for my 16 inch RIMS tube. I'm reading that there are some 2000 Watt 120VAC RIMS systems out there. Did I go too big? My plan was to upgrade someday to having an electric...

I was wondering if someone can help me out. I'm wiring up a control panel. The issue is that I can't get the wires to secure tightly in the 63A contactor terminals. I'm cranking them down but as soon as there is a bit of movement, the wires just slide right out. I'm using 10AWG stranded...

Hi folks, I want to make the jump to a simple RIMS tube and temp controller. I have an existing dryer outlet real close that I can use. Home built in the 80's so the receptacle is a NEMA 1030R, the 3-pin type. Can that be used with some of the new PID control systems? I see that there are...

Hi Folks, I'm trying my first lager beer. I brewed a 5 gal. batch California Common type of ale. I'm using White Labs WLP810 lager yeast. It has been 5 days, bubbling pretty good. I have a steady temperature of 53-54 deg F. But what is that sulfur smell? I hope the finished product doesn't...

My first kombucha brew, I bought a SCOBY from Kombucha Kamp. My glass container is about a gal and a half. I brewed last night and this morning I noticed that the SCOBY was on the bottom. It it supposed to float at the top like the pics I have seen? Thank!

Hi All, I've been brewing some 1-gallon batches lately, they fit nicely in my fridge. After 2 weeks of fermentation I placed in my fridge for 5 days to help clear the beer. After I bottle, should I condition back in the fridge? Or should I let the bottles set at room temp for a week? My fridge...

Hi all, I'm building my own stir plate and have a question. I have to strong rare earth magnets(Round) affixed to the top of my cooling fan. What is the orientation? One with North up? The other with North facing down? I have a stir bar on order so I don't have it yet to test...

After I cooled my wort and aerated it for a while, I pitched my yeast. 20 minutes later I realized that I didn't take a gravity reading. The OG reading should be fine? Right? Thanks!

First off, this recipe is extract with specialty grain steeped. It calls for a hop aroma steep at 0 minutes. Are the hops added at the end of the wort boil and left in during the chill down and fermentation? If further indicates that there is 0.0 IBUs added from these hops. Thanks!

I have a 5 gal. recipe that needs to go into a secondary fermenter. Both my carboys are 6.5 and 8 gal. Will there be too much head space or air to use as secondaries? The recipe is a cream ale. Thanks