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My kreezer died but my neighbor gave me his old mini fridge. I am almost finished converting it but I noticed the fridge gets really cold even on the low setting. Can I splice the two wires together in the fridge temp controller so it runs all the time and control the temps with an external...

I wanted to start brewing again first time in about a year. I plugged my kreezer back in and noticed it will not get cold. The compressor gets warm so I assume its running does any one have any ideas?

I usually mash thin in my herms system with my false bottom once mash is done I usually start the sparge slow. The question is would my efficiency change if I would quickly drain the mash tun to about 2 inches above the grain bet then slowly sparge which adding water on top then when sparge...

My app recently updated and I can’t add any ingredients to recipes getting this error. Anyone else experience this

My father in law is heading to Munich And wanted to know if I wanted him to bring me back some beer could anyone recommend something that you cant find in the states

I just finished a BDSA the OG was 1.090 and FG is 1.012 using wlp 530 I started at 65 degrees and ramped temp to 80 over 8 days. Right now it has been 10 days the beer is still at 80 in my chamber. I plan on leaving it on the yeast for 3 weeks total just to make sure its done and cleaned up...

Made high alcohol beer fermentation finished at 7 days waited a day and checked hydrometer again it didnt move so cooled beer to 50 to help yeast fall out and clear now I can taste the green apple but I couldn’t taste it before I crashed it should I raise temp back up or let it sit for a while at 50

Was hoping to brew a blonde last week using wlp575 for the first time shooting for around 1.065 OG ended up at 1.070 cant tell if my brewing partner made an error measuring the grains or my new false bottom is getting insane efficiency. Anyway this yeast is nuts I underpitched and ended up at...

Looking to get one of these for a HLT. I am planning to install a 1500w element and controller to heat up all my water. I am going to use a controller and a timer so when I am ready to brew all my mash and sparge water will be ready to go. Does any one know the actual water capacity of the...

Was going to male a batch last week but ended up getting sick my stepped up starter has been sitting in the fridge for a little over a week should I feed it some more or should it be ok for tomorrow

So I made several belgian blondes in my day with wlp500 and wlp550. The last one with wlp500 and it had a little too much banana. I decided to give wlp575 a try and I am debating under pitching the yeast for some reason I am scared to death of under pitching. I usually pitch the proper...

Thinking of making a porter for the first time with some left over malt would it be ok for 10% crystal 40, 6.5% chocolate malt, 2.6% black patent and rest 2-row thinking may be on the roastier side which I like but is 10% too much crystal?

I am on my last hole on my mash tun already drilled the hole for the valve using 7/8 step bit. I am trying to drill the hole for the recirculation port and it will not budge. I drilled the 1/8 inch pilot hole and now the step bit will not go any further cant get past the first step. What are...

Just fitted my new false bottom in my new kettle there is a little gap do you think it is acceptable?

Trying to design my new mash tun. I will have false bottom that is 2 inches off the floor. I am going to put valve and pickup tube under it. Question does it matter where the pickup is? Should it be as close to center of kettle as possible or does it matter with a false bottom

Just got new 120qt concord kettle it looks a lot better than what I was expecting but there are some marks on the to where the handles are. Wonder what they could be could it be rust?

Thinking trying to male a 10 gallon no sparge batch to save some time. Its been tough finding time to brew these days I have a dedicated herms vessel and a 120qt cooler mash tun. My thoughts are putting all water in mash tun the night before and setting a timer so water is heated up ready...

Are the fittings all stainless?

Finally decided to get rid of my aluminum kettle and mash tun. I took it apart and noticed rusting around the hole for my valves. I usually make 15 gallon batches and just ordered a 120 qt concord pot for my kettle and I plan on using all stainless to connect the valve Now to decide on the...