Recent content by MadZack

I'm finally getting around to having plumbing installed in our garage (erm, my brewhaus...) so I can do my cleanup in there, instead of having to lug stuff into the kitchen... Any recommendations? I don't want a cheap "home depot special" plastic laundry/utility sink, I'm looking for a...

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Good idea, I'll give both a try, and see how it goes. Thanks!

Thanks for the quick response! Interesting. For my most recent batch, temperature may have been part of the concern, as fermentation dropped to 63º at one point for a couple hours (my remote control on the heater lost its internet connection while I was away for the night...), which is less...

I'm on my second batch using Wyeast 1968 (London ESB). The first was a partial-extract pumpkin porter, and this one is an all-grain ESB. In each case, the fermentation completely stopped long before it should have, at about 60% attenuation, resulting in a stuck fermentation. For the first...

I'm not too satisfied with the performance of my store-bought copper tube immersion chiller, and I'm planning to build my own. After reading up on it (in this forum and elsewhere), I'm planning to do a split-dual, i.e. inner and outer coils running in parallel, since that seems the most...