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    Starting Electric Built

    Just starting to put together things to build a controller. Got 2 of these electric boxes from my work that were being thrown out. Wanting to know if there are any parts in here I could use. Box may be tight but it was free!!
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    Where to Drill Holes Keggles,MLT,HLT?

    I'm working on building an e-herms and wanted to know where to place fittings. I have a guy that's going to weld the fittings on the 3 kegs that I have. I'm going to do bottom drains. But how high up from the bottom do you put the element on the keggle and HLT? How far from the top do you put...
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    Fruit Beer ABV%

    I brewed a English Pale Ale that had a SG of 1.054. After 2 weeks it was at 1.008. I then racked it over on to Strawberries due to a late request. After I rack it off the Strawberries 7 days later the FG was down to 1.004. I now by adding the strawberries it added some sugars. So, My...
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    Using Sanitizer on Fruit

    My wife wants me to add Strawberries to my beer. It's been fermenting for 2 weeks and I was going to rack it to a secondary on top of the strawberries. I've heard some people soak there fruit in vodka, others just add it without doing anything. One method is to soak it overnight in water that...
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    1st try at a summer ale

    I'm working on a recipe and I want it to be a honey blonde light and malty. I have right now 6# of MO, 2# Vienna, 1# honey malt, 3\4# flaked oats and 1\2# of carapils. Should I cut back on something or change a grain? It falls in to an ESB as I have the hops EKG and yeast.
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    Help with Salt additions in Brewers Friend

    Trying to see if I got my addition right?
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    I'm trying to ID this keg

    I'm looking for a new gasket for this old soda keg but I don't know what type of keg it is? Can I use a rubber gasket if I can find one to fit?
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    Temp probes in Thermowells

    I'm currently working on a new Fermentation chamber. I got a commercial freezer from my work. I have a Johnson controller to control the temperature of the freezer (probe is in tubing in a jar of water) and I have 3 STC-1000 to control my fermenting brew. I built a box to house the STC-1000 and...
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    RasberryPi Strangebrew vs Hard wire Control panel

    I've been thinking about building an electric brew system and I've done a lot of reading. I'm pretty sure I can build either control system. But I was wonder which way would be the better way to go? Long term vs short term. Any suggestions would help as the more I read the more questions I come...
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    Alcohol taste just showed up 3 month

    I made a Honey Blonde back in May. This was my 2nd try at this recipe as the 1st one didn't have enough Honey flavor. Fermented for 3 plus weeks at 63F. Moved it to the Keg where I added more Honey to give it more Honey flavor. This was then put on the CO2 to carb and condition. I went on...
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    Just got my Wards Report What next??

    I just got my water report back from Wards. Now what do I need to do to tell if my water is good to use or do I need to add something? I'm on well water in Central California Here's the results pH 7.5 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 137 Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.23...
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