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I tried to brew a basic saison a few months ago with the following ingredients: 11 lb pilsner 4 oz saaz (2 oz 60min, 1 oz 15 min, 1 oz 1 min) belle saison yeast OG: 1.049 FG: 1.002 It was an experiment to see what characteristics I could easily identify from the belle saison yeast as it...

I am playing around with the EZ Water Calculator spreadsheet and Bru'N Water... because I found out my water is very low in minerals. When I set them up exactly the same, there are some slight discrepancies which I think is due to the rounding in Bru'N water (only 1 digit after decimal in...

So I have been reading the process for natural carbonation in kegs...using half the amount of priming sugar as I would when I bottle. My question is: besides being able to carefully control the inside pressure, is there any benefit to installing a spunding valve instead of just letting it sit...

Those of you who have (had) firestone kegs may know the issue with the narrow hole for the dip tubes. I have lost one of the red plastic gas dip tubes and the stainless replacement I have is too thick (diameter) to fit in the hole in the keg... I have read there are two options 1. cut the...

I have an ATC refractometer, but I usually wait a few minutes to drop the sample on the face so its about room temperature. I have noticed if I check the sample right away its, for example, 11.8 brix, and if I don't remove the sample from the face, I will check back 10-15mins later before I do...

I live in an apartment, and at the moment the kitchen faucet has threads on the spout so I can easily thread on a bottle washer for washing bottles quickly or a hose for filling my kettle and cleaning. I am moving into a new apartment soon, and the faucet is much newer and doesn't have...

I have ongoing issues with my kegerator and I am at a loss of what to try next. My system is as follows: 20lb CO2 connected to hose through the drain hole in my mini fridge. The hose goes to a manifold where there are 2 outputs for my two kegs. From there it goes directly to each keg. I...

I used too much water when I conditioned my grains yesterday and I have debris stuck in the knurls of the rollers. What's the best way to remove all the debris? I don't want to damage the crusher. It is a Barley Crusher Thanks :mug:

The liquid post on one of my kegs won't screw on straight. The first five or six full rotations are perfect, then as I tighten the post almost all the way, it looks crooked and isn't straight Why would this happen? I'm worried this is part of the reason my beer isn't fully carbonating..

I have 4 nuts on my pizza screen-false bottom in contact with 7 gallons of water and 10lbs of grain while mashing... The nuts are zinc coated/plated. I understand this is BAD but how bad is it? I have mashed 4 separate batches with 7 gallons water, 10 lbs of grain each and just remembered I...

Long story short my pump got clogged and I wasn't able to chill my wort, so I put it outside to cool overnight. Before this happened I started rehydrating the yeast to pitch. With the pump not working I forgot about the yeast and it sat overnight at room temperature i pitched it this morning...

Stupid mistake please delete

This is the thread for my e-BIAB recirculating apartment rig. It is (and has been) a work in progress for quite some time, but now I feel I have made enough progress to post it to the forums… I went the BIAB route because I have limited space to work with Some quick details: 16...

I need some help with these hops... I picked them from a local brewers garden today and I am wondering if they are okay to use. They are nugget, and most of them smell floraly, with the odd one smelling slightly like cheese. Are these all okay to use? I don't want to go one by one smelling...

I am using BIABacus software to calculate water volumes needed. I started brewing yesterday morning before I had a cup of coffee and I didn't double check the spreadsheet since I set it up last week, and forgot to change my boil time from 90mins to 60mins... Long story short I added too much...

I am mashing right now with the element off and using the temp probe to monitor temperature When I turn the element on the OUT1 light flashes, whether it is below the set point or above. Why is it flashing? I would understand its flashing if the temperature is at the set point and the...

I have a weldless diy hot pod enclosure, see picture below. On the inside of the kettle I have a nut and o-ring, and on the outside is the kettle wall, o-ring, the enclosure base (which acts like a big washer), then the heating element. The hole in the kettle is the right size, and I had...

I am using a hotpod type element enclosure, and I am curious to hear if there is any sort of water-resistant disconnect I could use so that the cable isn't always attached to the pot? i.e. at the exterior of the element enclosure I would have a disconnect so that I can remove the length of...

I have seen some e-brewery builds that use the RTD probe to be installed in a SS tee, with the probe perpendicular to the flow. So the probe is vertical (out the top) and the liquid flows horizontally. I have a 1.5" probe so it won't work the way I want - is there something I can add in...

I have done quite a bit of wiring before and I am comfortable with diagrams, but I thought if there is someone with experience, it would be nice to confirm! Yes, it's a storage container. It's temporary because I can't find an inexpensive enclosure in Canada. I am going down to Oregon this...