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Got a STC1000C controlling my fermentation chamber, sensor is pinned to the side of the stainless steel fermenter by a 1/2" thick block of thermal insulation foam, located on the opposite side of the chamber to the chiller panels and fans. I'm seeing a reasonable duty-cycle on the compressor at...

Christmas break turned into a controller panel construction time. Based on a single phase 240V AC design modification to one of doug293cz's circuits with some automation additions. Will try and get the circuit diagram moved from paper to electronic. This will be driving up to a 3500W element...

Okay, so first time using oat malts in a beer, heading for something resembling a stout with stuff I had laying around. I've either buggered up somewhere in the process or the yeasties have stalled. Recipe as follows. 7.11 lbs Chateau Pale Ale malt 1.10 lbs Chateau Oat malt 1.10 lbs Thomas...

Busy with a batch of hard lemonade at the moment, 3 litres of freshly squeezed lemons from the local suppliers with 2kg corn sugar and diluted to 23l in the fermenter. Got Fermaid-K and EC-1118 in there going great guns right now. Not 100% certain of what the ABV will end up as there was sugar...

As deeply discussed in this thread, DYI fermentation chamber, I constructed a fermentation chamber from a used water cooler as a lock-down project. This thread is about the first brew I attempted with the fermentation chamber. Early TLDR - It worked. So I targeted an American strong ale...

After a few years of brewing, I finally got around to start building my fermentation chamber. Now before anyone starts on using fridges etc for a chamber, in South Africa decent second-hand fridges are rare and new ones would have cost me about six times what I've spent on it. I got hold of a...

Just finally hit stability on a light bodied BIAB amber ale using US-05. Been extremely cold weather (for us that is) and the Tilt temp hasn't been above 19 degrees C, averaging about 17 or so. Took over a month to ferment. No, I don't have a fermentation chamber, yet. First image is the full...

So I've begun the process of modifying my BIAB electric urn to better fit the needs of brewing. The urn originally had a Bakelite tap which has now been replaced with a weldless 1.5" TC port to which a dip tube and ball valve will be attached. Inside the urn is a centrally mounted 3kW element...

If we can have one for Game of Thrones, we can have one for the Good Omens series. 3 episodes in so far, trying to finish before the end of the weekend. So far. David Tennant as Crowley, brilliant as expected. Michael Sheen as Aziraphale gets the fearful angel trying to do the right, err wrong...

Been looking around for swing-top caps and found these that have a metal screw clamp instead of needing the wire holes that Grolsch bottles have. Would these provide a proper seal if used on a standard 440ml bottle.

Here's the story. I've been looking into a bar build including a 2 or 3 tap draft tower and am considering a multi-line chill plate in an ice machine bin instead of a keezer/kegerator keeping the kegs cold. Pro-wise, I've got instant cooling instead of waiting for a swapped keg to get cold...

Okay, here it is. I can't decide what to brew this weekend, so ideas please. I have the following in stock (metric amounts cause I'm South African) No DIPA or IIPA please, I'm not a massive hop monster. Grains 5kg Thomas Fawcett Marris Otter malt 4-6 EBC 2.1kg SAB Maltings 2 row pale malt...

Did my first all-grain BIAB this weekend, went off a lot easier than I expected it would. Hit the mash temp spot-on, maintained it nicely, got all but one liter of wort out of the bag by gravity and hit the SG within 0.001. Boil was, to say the least, interesting. Using an electric urn (3kW...