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So I had the worst brew day ever on Sunday, supply hose froze and cracked, sparge system clogged, number one chugger pump blew up, heat exchanger completely clogged, batch was saved (i hope) after 24hours of passive cooling in my fermenter. Anyway, my question is around hop management. For...

So I don't like rinsing and washing yeast, I worry too much about sanitation and ruining batches of beer (I brew 20 gallons at a time, so there is cost and time). I already make starters, so it occurred to me that if I make a big starter for a brew day, why not pour off some into a second flask...

I have an old ceramic round tower I need to install on a counter. It has a brass ring or flange that fits through the counter with the lines housed inside... There are no holes in the sides of the flange for bolts to go horizontally, so what holds these things down - something like my sketch...

My wife, who doesn't drink a lot of beer is interested in me brewing a Hefe and specifically an Erdinger clone. I haven't had much luck in finding one, although there was a 8 year old discussion started by @damnyankee and supported by @jaba and others which set me on this path: 20 gal (start...

I am switching from a 50's fridge/kegerator to a keezer that will allow me to set up a beer engine. I'll adopt the propane regulator mentioned elsewhere on this site for the keg that I will be drinking right away, but since I brew 20 gallons, there will be several kegs in waiting. Maybe I am...

I have a 50's kegerator now, but acquired over the years a nice vintage beer engine/pull plus a multi-tap ceramic tower... and I am told I must maintain a tap for soda water.. With that much hardware on top, I am thinking i don't want to have to "tip" the top of the keezer to gain access I...

So this started on a cold day when I realized my 120v RIMS wasn't quite keeping up with temperature. So the natural solution was not to increase the voltage to 240, because that would be easy, especially since i already had a supply right by the rig, instead I thought I should insulate the tun...

I think I have zeroed in on the best one for me and my budget, but looking for further opinions. I brew 20 gallon batches at least monthly, I will rebuild my chamber that currently houses 2x17 gal rotomoulds to fit new fermenter I live in Canada so some options get really $$ to ship here. I...

Well, I was in a rush before Christmas, I dry hopped late in the fermentation, kegged 3 days later before the temperature here plunged to minus 28 (my chamber is in an unheated garage and I didn't want my little ceramic heater booming away in there) and as a result have a fair bit of hop (from...

Probably a dumb question, but I though I would confirm. I had always left mine in as I used to use an immersion chiller and there seemed to be no harm and a number of recipes call for 0 min additions. I recently up-sized my rig and went to rims and whirlpool and found my hop container...

I think I have this sorted - doing a RIMS, NG fire, 2 pump stand and am trying to limit the number of fittings - they are not cheap here to get here in Canada so I was thinking of using a few three way valves. The two way valves near the pumps are mainly there to throttle the pump speed for...

I am building the standard 2"tube steel stand and have some nat gas jet burners coming. I have seen lots of threads asking the height to kettle distance, but not a lot of definitive answers - probably since it varies on conditions/pressure etc. I was thinking of simply snugging the black...

When all was said and done, I was within $20 of buying a completed kit vs building one (mainly because of shipping to Canada), so I bought the OBK RIMS kit. It arrived last week and is a nice collection of stainless steel and with the tri-clover fittings, I feel almost professional :)...

I am moving from a gravity cooler set up to a 15-20 gallon set-up. I have a 30g boilermaker, 2x 20 gallon pots, a RIMS (on the way) and one march pump. My questions: I found a cheap false bottom, but it doesn't have a silicon band/edge. Anyone have any issues with these not sealing and...

I just acquired a 30g G1 boilermaker and am contemplating going to single tier – if I can afford it. My current equipment includes: 1 30g boilermaker 2x 20g pots with single valve 1 ½” 50’ Hex (in BK, hooked up for household water) 1x march pump 3x12v solar pumps 1x PID controller...

So, I had been running a coleman extreme cooler with a 20 gallon HLT and BK. My cooler got a little too close to the flame last week and doesn't seal as well now so I talked myself into going stainless. Then I talked myself into looking at a larger BK since that was my limiting factor in going...

I currently brew in my detached garage and then drag 10 gal batches from my garage, up 8 stairs and then down to the basement for fermentation. I have the space outdoors though for a fermentation chamber. Most examples I see are from further south where the challenge is staying cool enough - I...

Ok, I have just about had it with dumping beer... I have brewed extract for years and never had a problem, switched to AG 6 months ago and am only having a success rate of 30% and even there some of them have been a little funny... I brew 10 gal batches - usually ales, my set up is...

Don't recall seeing this approach so will post just in case. First of all thanks for all the ideas that flow through here - 95% of this is borrowed ideas. Started with a colemen 52 quart extreme cooler that I already had and planned on building the same set up that other had here with the...

Hi Guys, Here is a link to a collapsible crane build that I posted in the "other" category: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f256/20-biab-crane-lift-519168/ Around $20 depending on the bits you have lying around and less than an hour to build. It's narrow for easy storage in a shed or garage...