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  1. J

    Economical Brewing

    i figure about $40-50 for a 10 gallon batch. Biggest cost is now grain since I moved back to south Louisiana a few years back. No local brew shops so I place orders of 6 -10 lb bags from More Beer for free shipping. Previously I lived in the Chicago burbs and could call my local brew shop...
  2. J

    Mash under temp

    If you have enough room in your mash tun you can add enough boiling water to get up to temp. Or you can pull a gallon or so of wort out of your mash tun, heat it up and return to the mash tun
  3. J

    Considering a Pump - Reduce Heavy Lifting

    +1 -- I do the same thing with a couple 5 gallon food grade buckets - (about $5 each at Lowes) -- I move about 3 gallons at a time and having two buckets allows me to keep the flow going while I am dumping one of the buckets
  4. J

    Control Panel QC and testing

    Do you have a multi-meter? If so, test continuity between the SSR neutral and the PID neutral to determine which wire goes to each SSR
  5. J

    Building RIMS Control Panel, RTD sensors reading way off

    Mostly just in air, but I also tried an ice bath and was still off 14 degrees. Is it normal for the offset to be 12-14 degrees, I was expecting maybe 1 or 2?
  6. J

    Building RIMS Control Panel, RTD sensors reading way off

    thanks for the suggestion the digital thermometer matches my lab thermometer which is correct. I tried an ice bath last night and I was getting about 33 degrees on the lab thermometer and 47 on the RTD. if this is normal, I'll calibrate the RTD's at about 152 and determine the required...
  7. J

    Building RIMS Control Panel, RTD sensors reading way off

    I am building a RIMS control panel with two MyPIN TA4-SNR PIDs and I am in the process of testing the components before I start to assemble the panel I ordered two PT100 RTD temperature probes from Amazon and the probes are reading 12 and 14 degrees F too high. Is it normal that they would...
  8. J

    What creative/interesting ways do you make your brew day more efficient?

    I have two burners, so I heat a couple gallons of water on second burner to use for heating up my mash cooler (you could do this on stove top also) I then recover this hot water in a bucket with PBW to use for miscellaneous cleaning during my brewday. I also usually have a couple kegs to...
  9. J

    Where do I find fitter for my wort chiller? 3/8" copper, 3/8" tubing. Help

    go to the hardware store and buy a few feet of vinyl tubing that fits tight on the copper, four hose clamps and a garden hose repair kit for the end fittings. Make sure that the hose is rated for at least 150 degrees. Keep the plastic hose short so that it does not get in the way when you are...
  10. J

    I got a brewery for christmas!

    +1 on the go larger for kettles -- I have a 15 gallon kettle from spike brewing and it works great for both 5 and 10 gallon batches. I normally brew 10 gallon batches of my house beers and go with 5 gallon batches when trying out a new recipe or making some of my winter beers which seem to...
  11. J

    4 picnic taps or 2 perlicks?

    get the two perlick's, you can always leave a picnic or two on the inside and add more perlick's later when you get the funds
  12. J

    What did you find under your tree?

    a Pair of Perlick 525 SS's to replace my sticky faucets
  13. J

    2013's How many gal of homebrew in 2013

    12173 + 5 gallons Irish red = 12178 gallons
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