Recent content by Earl_Grey

I am on a quest to find out what the shelf life of these chemicals are. I have an old bag of campden tablets and an old bag of potassium metabisulfite powder. These bags are easily 2+ years old and stored in the garage which gets hot/humid etc, probably not the best conditions. According to...

I like the thought of trying to mimic what a chest freezer would be doing in normal circumstances. Usually theyre full of food so it probably would not kick on very often but once it does its probably on for a while to get that mass of food down to freezing temps.

So right now my keezer uses an inkbird single stage temp controller. The probe is in a glass of water on the hump portion of the inside of the keezer and I have the temp set to 39F with a 2deg differential so it kicks on at 41F and kicks off at 39F when it cools back down to this temp and the...

So I wont be using real cranberries but a cranberry puree. In that puree is mostly water that I want to get out to reduce the volume. I do agree that I would likely be concentrating the color as well and don't really see a way around that.

So I would like to make a cranberry kolsch but keep the kolsch appearance. My initial thought is to use a puree and dose accordingly however the kolsch being as pale as it could succumb to discoloration rather quickly from the dosing that could be needed. I was thinking of taking the puree and...

So right now my method for brewing is to full volume mash in a bag in a keggle with constant temp recirculation, lift the bag out and drain and continue, no sparge. I am in the process of changing the system and lifting the bag out will no longer be an option however I still want to use the...

In a continual effort to shorten the brew day I would like to have the strike water ready to go straight into mashing in the morning. Off the shelf would be the most preferred method but I can do some DIY things as well. The sous vide method seems to be the easiest however I cant tell if you...

Which PID controller has this functionality?

Im in the process of building a RIMS system and as a safe guard I would like to have a field sensor that would detect flowing wort after exiting the RIMS tube. The signal would pull in a relay or contactor to allow power to the element. Ive read a little about the hall effect sensors but I just...

I am hoping this has been done before. I would like to construct a single vessel brew stand with a "crane" to hoist the bag up and down. There will also be a RIMS tube on the side for recirc mash and then a propane burner for boiling. (Cant do 220V). Any help would be awesome.

Over the summer me and the wife built a keezer from framing wood, reclaimed wood from a demolished homes roof and a sheet of copper. The copper was hammered with a ball peen hammer to give it that old look. Eventually the copper will patina and it'll be perfect. Finished product Making...

On the 650s, after the first pour issues what kind of flow rate do you use? No matter the flow rate I use I do not get carbonation in the beer, just some foam on top. :confused:

Would the flow control on the faucets act as longer lines? I mean if I dial the flow rate to be really low I still do not get carbonation in the beer. That was the reason I got the flow control faucets so I wouldnt have to worry about the line lengths.

I recently got into kegging and have a 3 tap system right now. Anyway here is my system. CO2 tank->keg->10ft accuflex bev-seal ultra 3/16 tubing -> perlick 650ss faucets. The keezer the kegs are in is currently set to 38-39 deg and the CO2 pressure is set to 8psi for serving after being at...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011296704/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 It appears Inkbird has released a new prewired temp controller. Does anyone see anything wrong with using something like this vs a STC1000 and make it DIY?:tank: