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This is my fault... Tried to secondary with a huge dry hop addition in the keg. I'd have normally waited another few days, but my neighbor was enthusiastic about a follow on brew day that would reuse the yeast cakes from this fouled Pliney the elder clone. His schedule was limited. Always...

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As summer is about cranking, I'm not thinking of brewing too much, but there are three that I am eyeing for the fall season taps. I could brew one a week anytime now: An Oktoberfest style. It's a little late for a true Marzen, but thinking I can shorten the process some and if I don't tell...

I like to do this. Do you? Typically when I brew 10 gallon batches, I'll force carbonate half, while that's on tap, I'll keg and/or bottle condition the second half of the batch, using corn sugar and often a second strain of yeast like a champagne - high attenuating addition. Interesting...

So this past week I completed my junkyard sourced, 3 keggle eHerms system. I brewed yesterday and I'm looking to refine the process. Have you got a better way or suggestion? Here's how I brewed a simple ale yesterday. 1) First off, I filled the HLT that contains the heat exchange coil...

I had never used a PID before. so? I order a few inexpensive ones from an eBay vendor two weeks ago. While experimenting with one of them before the weekend, I found that not all of the functions I expected from reading the online manuals were supported. Noticeably, the alarm contacts were...

After looking at a lot of panels, I see many are equipped with a 3rd PID simply for the sake of being able to measure the mash temp. I must not be understanding something correctly because I don't understand the point of a MT PID that doesn't drive an element. Does anyone employ or see a...

Ours can be a very scientific hobby. So if you clicked on this post, it's likely you have at least a basic understanding of Diane Vaughan's concept taken from her book on the Challenger disaster. Guilty of straying from some of the hard fast rules, I am a self proclaimed deviation. Although I...

I have finally acquired a third ss keg and am heading to the local scrap yard for some materials I've already spied on a recon mission this morning. Goal is to weld up the main frame and trolly system... that will be fitted out once it's on wheels. It'd be nice to work to a plan, but honestly...

...but decided since I want to move from coolers and a turkey fryer, to a single (or maybe two) tier system of my own design and built, that I might need a friend or two here. So greetings from the edge of the urban sprawl in what used to be rural central SC. BTW, I went straight to...