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So a few years back I became quite excited by all the HBT discussion and experimentation around the topic of freezing yeast. I avidly followed and began building up cultures and washing yeast, then carefully mixing yeast cake sludge with a proportion of wort and glycerine and then freezing in...

I've made my first attempt at spunding my FV with my home-crafted device on an Cascade/Falconers Flight IPA. I built in a racking cane with a valve and a industrial gas quick-connect fitting for the CO2 side. The racking cane is straight, otherwise it'd never fit through the assembly. It does...

I posted a while ago about my plans to move to electric from propane. I've currently got a 3v HERMS system running on manual propane with a Themopen probe in each vessel. I usually heat my HLT to strike temp, transfer the volume to the MLT and monitor the temp there while recirculating through...

I'm considering apostasy.... I've been brewing with propane for probably 15 years, but am considering a switch to electric. At least the propane guys probably don't even read this thread, I should be safe. I've been using little STC-100s forever, got 4 or 5 of them around for controlling my...

I'm seriously contemplating the switch to 240 volt electric for my HLT. My attempts at a home-built heatstick are dismal, leaking 120v failures. I figure might as well go whole hog at 5500W. If that works well, propane may disappear entirely. :) What I want - Temperature control on the HLT. I'm...

I've been using beermith for a few years now and like it for recipe formation but I've had issues with it I've never really resolved. One is that the calculations for mash water and sparging never match and frankly it kind of annoyed me that I was unable to simply run a test to set up the heat...

Sadly, the freezer of my keezer died. I tried some necromancy with a refrigerant recharge, but alas, the resurrection was temporary. So I gave away my collar to a brewclub member who was able to fit it to his freezer while I tackled a re-build. I found the perfect freezer candidate on good old...

I need to build a proper grain storage bin. I tend to buy in 25kg bags from Gambrinus as they give such a great rate at the gate. Currently I have 9 of the Rubbermaid 74L plastic bins for my base malts (pilsner, pale, ESB, honey, munich, rice hulls, vienna, wheat, plus one for my specialty...

I have a 3 year expired WLP 665 sitting in my fridge. Is it worth even trying to rejuvenate it? What I mean, is if it DOES actually come back for me, will it be worthwhile? I believe it's a blend of bugs and yeast - so if some are dead and others are not will it throw off the results? I'd...

Since I had a difficult time finding actual schematics or blueprints for a well functioning rig, I've had to go and put it together myself. I've already built one stand myself from steel bed-frames, but I want to re-do it in stainless and try to work in better ergonomics and account for some of...

I know. Shape, poor reason to select the device right? I want to swap out the STC1000 in my brew control panel that controls the burner for the mashtun, for a PID. But I'd like the PID unit to fit pretty much in the same cut out as the STC had as room is limited and now is NOT the time to be...

I am finishing off my brew controller. :ban: Most of the output from the control box goes to Speakon connectors. I'm now making up the connecting cables. Obviously I am putting Speakon connectors on the control box end of the cables, but I'm wondering about the OTHER end(s). Should I hard...

Yes, to call my bedframe steel brewstand welds "farmer welds" would be a gross insult to a most noble profession. I don't even let my friends that weld for a living even anywhere near my brewstand..... I'd like to build a new brewstand. The old one is just not that well put together or...

I thought I'd start a thread about projects that didn't really work out that well. Feel free to share yours! Mine is the flat counter flow heat exchanger I made based upon an article I read in Brew Your Own. It's a cool looking 1/2" copper tubing inside 3/4" PEX that consists of 6 straight...

I was very keen to brew with apricots this summer. I had 10lbs of fresh apriots and decided to do do a golden strong ale with WLP500 as the alternative looked to be a wheat ale but I'd done way too many of those lately. I wanted something different and was itching to to do something with a...

I'm having trouble finding what I want for connecting/disconnecting my input/output wiring. I'm not worried about the power supply. Mainly the 10 24v sensor and solenoid leads and then 2 120 volt lines for the pumps. Any suggestions? Chris

I'm building a simple panel to control my pumps and automate my HLT. It'll run at 110VAC max. 10A I'd like to have a master switch to turn the panel on and off. I ran across these http://www.mcmaster.com/#push-button-circuit-breaker-switches/=zfu2v9 Which I thought might be a nice way to...

If anyone has specific experience putting a control panel together, I'd appreciate the help! I'm trying to partially automate my single tier propane HERMS brewstand. I'm in the process of adding a gas valve to my HLT. I already have 2 pumps and two digital flow meters that I've been using for...

If I have an 110v STC temperature controller, would there be any issue wiring the relays with 24VAC instead of 110V AC? I'd still leave the power supply to the controller at 110v. I want to run a furnace valve of of the controller. It's just a relay, so it shouldn't matter if the voltage...

I've got a manual HERMS set up using low pressure propane, but I'm considering automating (just) the HLT to simplify maintaining the temperature there. I've been following discussions about using the Honeywell VR8300A3500 with a Pilot burner (Q314A4586) and thermocouple (Q390A1061) but...