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I've figured it out!! :ban: I recently bought a refractometer but in the interest of being concise I did not mention that I have been taking my measurements with it. What I did not realise is that once there is alcohol present in the wort it throws off the reading. I used some distilled water to...

Thanks Pie Man, I think I've got lots of things to work on for the next batch. I was thinking of trying a SMASH beer which should hopefully keep things simple for fermentation. Now I just have one other question. Do you think it is worth keeping the beer? I don't have time to fix the...

Thanks for all the replies!:mug: It sounds like there are lots of things to consider and things I may have done wrong. It looks like I should have kept the beer in the primary for longer, I think this may be one of the main causes of all of my troubles with the raspberry beers. I transferred...

Hi everyone, I’m fairly new to brewing and I’m having some problems with stuck fermentations. I brewed 4 batches of beer this month and all of them seem to be stuck! I’m wondering if anyone has any ideas of what I can do to fix my problem. I have to move at the end of the...

BTW, does anyone have any experience with wiring up PIDs? I would like to modify the the following design pictured below (credit goes to Disintegr8or for the drawing) to control more than one heater. But I'm not sure if this is even possible without buying 3 separate PIDs. I have drawn up a...

OK, it sounds like I should probably go for an additional heat stick to help with getting up to boil a bit faster. Or maybe I will go with three elements.

I am looking to build this same setup but with two (or three) elements hooked up to the same PID. I would like to do this so that I can leave all three elements plugged in and walk away without having to worry about overshooting my mash temp or boilovers (I plan on setting the target temp on the...

Thanks for posting, this helps me out a lot. It is nice to find a simple, easy to follow PID setup as I am not very good with electrical stuff. I am thinking of doing a similar setup, but plan on boiling ~13 gallons with 1500watt 120v elements. Do you think it would be a good idea to add a...

Too bad. I guess I'll have to look somewhere else.

Thanks so much for all the replies! I think I will go ahead and order 2 of these, and maybe even a heat stick to help with speeding up the process a bit. I think I will stick with the 1500 watt elements for now just in case I don't have access to two 20A outlets

Hi All, I am looking into converting my keggle which I use for 10 Gallon BIAB batches to an electric system. I will be frequently moving over the next few years and I have no way of guaranteeing reliable access to 220V. I haven't found any other posts with people doing batches this large with...

I just contacted Canada malting about buying from them (I live 10 minutes from their warehouse in Vancouver) and they told me "We do not sell to homebrewers. You will need to work with your local homebrew shop." I am wondering how you went about setting up an account with Canada Malting as my...