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I mean I would have a trap and cleanout on it. Plus a simple wire cage around the outflow could stop that. If it doesn't I suppose I catch the varmint and make rat beer.

I might have miscommunicated. The trench drain would be a direct outflow from the home to a swale. The house is essentially on a mountain so everything drains down. I just don't want my chiller flow directed to the septic. I can always run a hose out the door from the chiller, but I love the...

We're finally building a home and I'm currently working up my plan details. One piece of planning is surrounding my future brew room. I want a trench drain with a sloping floor. One thought that I've had is where to send this waste water. I think, based on my review of applicable code literature...

I've had absolutely terrible luck with clogging of the plumbing with hops in generally any amount in my boil kettle. I've been using 1/2" camlock fittings, valves, and tubing. For systems with plate chillers I highly recommend buying a nice stainless hop spider. I add my hop additions to it and...

The Warrenton Brewers Guild will be having our kickoff meeting of 2020 at Powers Farm & Brewery in Warrenton, VA on February 6th, 2020 at 7:00pm if anyone is interested in joining. Educational topic will be building your own keg and fermenter washer. We'll do a bottle swap and have some...

So what if you applied the same principle and used a cooling loop with a swamp chiller. Use a large volume reservoir for the cooling loop and using a 6” pipe with air blowing through it let the water fall down into the reservoir. This will have a significant cooling action and works very similar...

Looking to make a clone of Bling Bling Bon Bon, have an idea of the hops bill, but looking to fill out a malt profile to get that awesome body with the subtle clean sweetness. Thoughts?

The Hop Formerly known as Equinox

I’m entered!

Thank you very much. I’m going to sketch up a schematic of my proposed panel tonight. I think I’m going to go 5500 in the bk 5500 in the HLT and 1800 in the RIMs. Do you have a source of the 1800watt 240v element? I did some hunting last night and had trouble finding much under 2000 watt in 240v.

Chill in the snow

I concur, this isn’t a matter of standing too long or temperature. This is high pH causing extraction of not only higher alpha acids but likely tannins and other undesirables. I have not had a single grassy bitter bomb since I started water chemistry modifications. Need a good 5.4 pH with high...

I do mean back to back

So can that 1650w element be wired for 240? Most seem to list as 120v. My understanding is that applying 240v will cut the draw from 13.75amp to 6.875.

Carry your pot from the water source to the brewing area.