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Hi guys I've got a very annoying issue going on with one of my PID's. I've got a 3 vessel herms system with 3 Inkbird ITC106VH PID's The issue is with the PID that is linked to my mash tun. The mash tun PID isn't hooked up to any SSR's and elements. It just takes a temp reading from a probe...

Hi guys This question is perhaps for the electric brewing gurus out there. I have a small brewery that has just started up. My brewing system is a 50A single phase system, running two 5500w elements at a time. Control panel is wired for single phase. I am based in South Africa and we run on...

Recently I watched this video from Get Er Brewed on YouTube on their tour of the Guinness brewery in Dublin as well as some recipe tips from their "brewing technologist" on brewing a Guinness clone towards the end of the video - Of course, the majority of Irish stout recipes online feature...

Hi guys I am in the process of setting up a microbrewery with a 200L pot herms system and need some expert advice on how best to deal with steam from the kettle during the boil. Right now I'm looking at the option of a 1mx1m condensate hood fitted to the concrete ceiling above the pot with an...

Hi guys I'm in the process of building a DIY glycol chiller with a 13000 BTU portable air conditioner. I need this chiller to service 6 x 350L fermenters. Each with a 13 meter 3/8" coil As usual the bath will be a cooler box but I'm unsure of what size the cooler should be seeing as this is a...

Hi guys I am converting a 12000BTU portable AC into a glycol chiller. The AC unit I'm converting seems to be pretty identical to the unit used in this post Making a DIY 12000 BTU/hr Glycol Chiller - a BrewUnited blog entry I've successfully bent the evaporator into the right position. All I...

Hi guys I have a question and need some advice on grounding the elements on my pots please. Firstly, I am unable to find a suitable metal enclosure/housing for the element connections. So I'll need to go with a plastic housing. That means I'll need to ground the pots outside the housing...

Hi guys I have some questions regarding wiring sizing and grounding my control panel correctly. I'm going to be running a 63A control panel 230v... 2 x 5500w elements running at a time. The electric brewery recommends 10 gauge wire for wiring the element components(relays, contactors, fuses)...

Hi guys I am in the process of putting together a 200L vessel herms system. There are going to be 2 x 6kw elements each in the HLT and Boil Kettle. PID options here in South Africa are basically limited to the REX C100 so I have to resort to an order from abroad. I am well aware of Auber but a...

Firstly, let me apologise as I am sure this type of thread comes up often, and I am happy to be directed to a thread that will answer all my questions. So I am in the costing and planning phase for a 200L eHerms system Elements My first question is regarding the heating elements. From what I...

Hi guys I want to establish whether perhaps a step mash is to blame with this issue I experience. I have brewed a few hefeweizens now. Every time I try to do a mash with a ferulic acid rest, my efficiency would drop drastically, from my usual 80% to 63-65%. When I did the mash without any...

Hi all Please could someone assist me with an issue regarding a chiller coil that has me stumped. I've recently purchased a glycol chiller to use for fermentation temp control. I've also purchased a chiller coil which is in the image below In this case with this 30L fermenter, the coil goes...

Hi guys I'm having trouble lately with getting my weiss right. The strange thing is the first two batches I ever brewed of weiss came out great but were just a little too dry. I used wb-06 for those. Those batches were 15L batches.The subsequent 2 batches after that, each 25L have not turned...

Hi guys Im hoping someone can help me out. I bought a used Franke Blefa 30L Euro keg with a S type spear. I cant seem to get the spear out like I can with other S type kegs. Ive tried the coin and coupler method and it doesnt release the safety latch like with other s type kegs. It...

Hi guys This is my first time kegging and I have a keg of weiss pressurized at 20 PSI in a keezer at 4.5C I'd like to find out if my beerline is going to be long enough at 3 metres/10 feet. I'm using 3/16" bevlex thickwalled beer line. Am I at risk of heavy foam at this length?

Hi guys I'm 100% new to kegging and am in the process of gathering all the bits I need to keg my homebrew for the first time. I have a S type sanke keg and I need to establish something regarding carbonation. I want to be able to hook the keg up to co2 to carb it without having to connect...

Hi all I want to start kegging my stout and serving it on nitro. Would someone be able to break down exactly what I need to do to be able to do this. From the moment that you've racked the beer into the keg to the moment that it is served on tap. Thanks guys

Hi fellow HBT forum members I'm sure this forum has experienced a wave of South African's joining in the last two months... sorry if we're overcrowding the place. I am a total beginner to brewing. Have always been keen to give it a go but was somewhat intimidate.. Fortunately the current...

Hi all Great to be part of the community, I'm a first time brewer. I've long been wanting to brew my own beer but never got to it. With the current covid-19 lockdown in South Africa we have not been allowed to buy alcohol for almost 2 months now so here I am and can safely say the bug has...