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I've been using Bru'n water for a long time and have the supporters version. I recently got a new HERMS system and want to add all my salts to the mash instead of splitting them up. I check the box for add all to mash but am wondering.. Should I be aiming to hit the mash water profile for my...

I've been using beersmith for many years with my previous equipment and found it pretty accurate for my needs. I just got a new 20g Spike Brewing system to replace my older 10g electric system and am having trouble with the equipment profile in Beersmith. For my first run on this system and for...

I have 2 chugger center inlet pumps that are a few years old but work flawlessly. I had a sort of catastrophic issue with my control panel and it needs to be replaced. I'm considering replacing the whole system with 20g kettles, likely via a spike 20g system. That system includes 2 chugged...

My new electric brewery setup is ready and I plan to brew my first batch with it this weekend. It's a 30A PID setup withe the control panel kit from ebrewsupply. My problem is with the Love controller connected to the boil element. When it's set to manual mode, nothing seems to happen. It'll...

I posted this in the DIY section over the weekend, but I'm hoping this section has more traffic... I have a Love TS-13010 on my brutus system and i need to replace the temperature probe due to the cable getting a little too close to the burner. I ordered on from brewers hardware to replace...

I have a brutus type system with love temperature controllers. One of the probes got burned and stopped working, so I ordered a new one from brewers hardware. The problem is that the new one has 3 wires (red, black, white), whereas the previous one, and the one on the other controller only has...

2 weeks ago I brewed 10 gallons of oktoberfest. I made a starter of wlp820 with 2 viles and did about 5 step ups of 2 liters each, all seemed well. I let fermentation go for 12 days, then did a diacetyl rest. Today i tested the gravity as i was about to rack to secondary and lager....gravity...

I;m looking for some champagne bottles that are dark brown or black for bottling beer in. Does anyone know where i can find something like this? I know they make them since a lot of breweries use them. Thanks.

I've been having issues with the garden hose disconnect getting clogged with grain pieces during the initial pass through. Has anyone else had this problem? I'm using brass disconnects from the garden section of HD. Should I use something else? Ideas? In the meantime, I have replaced the...

I have a belgian dark strong that I bottled a dozen in corked 750ml bottles. They are currently resting on their sides at room temp where they have been for the past 4 months. Yesterday i come home from work to a wonderful beer smell. Look around and one of the bottles popped. The cork shot...

I've been trying to find how the pilot light works, ie the parts for it, in Brutus 10 but have had no luck. So, I'm thinking of using the Honeywell honeywell q314a4586 pilot burner. My question is, do I need the honeywell valve also? My brutus is built, all gas is already plumbed, leading to...

So I'm doing a test run of my brutus, and the love probe won't fit into the thermowell in the lids. Does anyone know if these from brewershardware.com will fit in a standard thermowell from northernbrewer...

I am in the final stages of building my brutus clone but have hit a point where I just don't where to go. Pilot lights and the mash tun tee connections. I have a 10 tip burners from topfoodservice, and need to rig up some pilot lights. I was hoping to just run some flex line from the ball...

I've been looking for some large size flip top growlers and haven't been able to find any. I'm brewing a beer for a friend that will be a gift and would like to bottle it in at least a 3 liter growler. I know Stone sells them, and I could get one from them and remove the label, but I'd rather...

I bought a few of the 10 tip jet burners from topfoodservice.com and was wondering if anybody knew the inlet pipe size? I was hoping to go with 1/2" gas piping, but I believe these are smaller.

I'm building a brutus type structure (basically a brutus 10 but no weld), and have some questions regarding my burners and a regulator. I have the 10 tip jet burners from topfoodservice.com. Someone on here said they were low pressure, but the guy when i ordered said they were high pressure...

So I asked this question in a different thread, but thought other people may benefit from know the answer.... I would like to use the 10 tip jet burners for my brutus build, but am not too happy about having to spend $95 each for the low pressure ones. Is there a way to use the high pressure...

I know it seems like this has been asked 100 times, but after searching the forums extensively, I haven't found the answer to my question, most refer to the 21 or 23 tip jets or the high pressure 10 tip jets. So, from what I've gathered, without doing any modifications, these seem to be the...

I'm building a brutus 10 type system with boilermaker kettles and have a question regarding recirculation in the boil kettle. I'll be using a plate chiller and would like to recirculate the boil towards the end to sanitize it, creating a whirlpool would be a plus too. I am wondering if the...

I use Beer Alchemy as I like it better than BTP, although have both. I was wondering if there was an accurate way of adjusting the expected FG? I know it predicts it based on OG and yeast used etc, but it doesn;t seem to take into account mash temp. I mean, your FG will be very different if...