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I only used it once. Will ship in the original box. $175 shipped. Forgive my messy garage. I’ve got pin lock connectors installed right now, but I’ll include ball lock if that’s what you’re into.

I'm planning my next brew day, and I currently have a ton of Chinook and El Dorado hops in the freezer. Would these hops play nicely together? I want to do a big double IPA, and I'm looking for suggestions on recipe ideas, since I don't have great instincts yet. I'm thinking Chinook for...

I brewed an IPA on Sunday (4 days ago), and I have been dumping the trub one 64 oz jar at a time over the last couple of days. The beer has been in my temp controlled conical at 65ºF and primary fermentation is finished. My question is: when does this yeast (WLP001) typically flocculate and...

I recently put together a DIY glycol chiller with a 5000 BTU window unit and an ice chest. It's currently doing a great job of keeping the fermenter at 60°F in a garage that it about 80-85°F. I have it hooked up to a Johnson digital temp controller and I'm keeping my glycol reservoir at about...

I recently put together a DIY glycol chiller with a 5000 BTU window unit and an ice chest. It's currently doing a great job of keeping the fermenter at 60°F in a garage that it about 80-85°F. I have it hooked up to a Johnson digital temp controller and I'm keeping my glycol reservoir at about...

My fermenter cooling situation is kind a Russian roulette situation. I have an Ss brewtech fermenter with SS coils for cooling, and I have an immersion pump and a temp controller. It works great unless the water temperature in the ice chest gets higher than the wort temperature. If that...

I brewed a big double IPA yesterday and forgot to take a gravity reading when the brew day was over. I checked it this morning and it was at 1.071. Any idea where it may have started?

I've got about 1/2 lb each of chinook, cascade, and willamette hops in the freezer. I've also got an oz or two of centennial and simcoe. I'm looking to brew a biggish IPA (probably ~7-8%) this weekend. Any suggestions about grain bills, hop schedules, etc? I'd like to brew something kinda...

Ok, here's the situation. I have had a beer fermenting for about 10 days now in a temp-controlled conical fermenter. I have the SS brewtech 7 gallon with the integrated chiller coil with a Johnson controller and a submersible pump. It has been colder than expected lately, so I haven't really...

What is your experience with fermentation time for this yeast? I typically go with WLP001, but my local store was out. I brewed a pretty big beer (OG 1.084) on Saturday and pitched a 2L starter. It's been fermenting at ~67°F for 4 days. I took a sample last night and it was in the 1.050 range...

I posted this in the kegging section, but maybe it'll get more traction over here. Hey all - I'm trying to figure out what I need to buy to do closed pressurized transfers from my new BME Chronical fermenter to a keg. I don't have any TC fittings other than what was included with the...

Hey all - I'm trying to figure out what I need buy buy to do closed pressurized transfers from my new BME Chronical fermenter to a keg. I don't have any TC fittings other than what was included with the Chronical. I'm thinking that I'll need a couple of tc fittings to convert from CO2-size...

I got my SS Brewtech BME Chronical this week, and I christened it with an imperial IPA brew day yesterday. I also got a march pump, so that was pretty cool. Among other things, I used it with a whirlpool fitting to circulate the wort around an immersion chiller. It helped immensely. I need...

Is it ok to make starter wort hours in advance of pitching yeast? I'm planning to brew on Saturday, and I'd like to give the yeast a good 36 hours to propagate, but I won't actually have my yeast until later tonight. Would it cause any problems to make the starter wort this morning, cool it...

I inherited a keggle with a couple of welded fittings recently. I would like to use it as a mash tun, but there's an issue. Whoever welded these fittings did so in such a way that the threads are inaccessible from the inside. I can't get anything to thread from the inside - I guess there's some...

I'm looking at buying a SS conical in the next couple of weeks. I was initially planning to get an SS Brewtech brewmaster's edition with the built-in immersion coils for temp control, but I'm wondering if it'd be more economical to go with the regular version and use a cool jacket for temp...

I'm planning to treat myself to a new stainless conical (14 gallon SS Brewtech BME) with some Christmas bonus money. Up until now, I have been a 5 gallon batch brewer, but I would like the option of moving up to 10 gallon batches. The only issues that I can see: - the thermowell is...

Has anyone tried one of these as opposed to a false bottom or bazooka tube? Looks interesting... http://www.austinhomebrew.com/MattMill-LauterHelix-1000_p_7190.html

I'm looking at picking up a 14 gallon conical fermenter in the next couple of weeks, and I was curious about temperature control options. I know that SS Brewtech sells their own system, but since I already have an immersible pump and a digital temp controller I was curious about just rigging...

I have been brewing for a couple of years, but I'm just starting to get serious about good practices, doing a lot of reading, etc. My Pliny clone is done fermenting (about 1.008) after 7 days. I have read that a lot of people recommend letting the yeast continue to work for a couple of days...