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I have a weird issue that happens when I temp control. I would love to have a time lapse camera on my temp readout and on the carboy so I could actually see what is causing it. I use a chest freezer with a Ranco 2-stage temperature controller. The freezer and some fermwrap are plugged...

Long story short, I am using WLP007 (a heavy flocculating yeast) on a 1.071 OG beer. At around 1.022 I transferred (in hindsight too early) to secondary to start dry hopping. It has been two weeks and it is now sitting at 1.020. It's too sweat for my liking. I emailed White Labs and had a...

The picture below is from the MoreBeer beer filter. I already have the same filter and all the other parts except the Male Garden Hose to what looks like a 1/4" barb. Can't find it in my searches. Anyone have a source? -Cheers

Link to the refractometer: http://www.hannainst.com/usa/prods2.cfm?id=039001&ProdCode=HI%2096811 I wanted to post up and see if anyone out here in HBtalk land has one of these? I have one and, frankly, I don't trust it 100%. Here's my typical procedure when I go to use it. Turn on...

Thought I would post up a few pics of my homemade hop back that I just finished. Basically it's a 2qt Polarware bain marie with some fittings welded onto it. I haven't done a brew on it. Plan to use it next brew session in place of 0 minute/whirlpool additions.

I am a little puzzled on why my last few beers didn't fully finish out their ferment and wanted to see if anyone had some ideas. Here is a typical example of a brew. Mash rest is always around 150-151 1.065-1.085 beers Always use Wyeast yeast nutrient per recommended dose 10 minutes before...

I am concerned my pump is drawing too hard and want to make some type of inline vacuum gauge on the pump inlet. I saw a post where someone said they made one but I am unable to get a response via PM from the OP. Looking to see if anyone else has made one and if you could hook me up with a...

I am brewing an porter recipe from the book(let), Old British Beers, put out by the Durden Park Beer Circle. I want to brew a Porter and am interested a yeast that would closely approximate yeast of that time period. Does anyone have a specific recommendation? I will probably end up splitting...

I have searched around in the forums but I haven't seemed to find a recipe that has been universally accepted. Does anyone have a recipe they found closely matches the Anchor Porter?

I have about three brews done on my new Brutus 10 styled system I built and each time I have been having issues during the recirculation and fly sparge getting grains under the false bottom and coming out through the dip tube. I am looking for some help figuring out what to try to prevent this...

Looking for a vessel that is lighter weight than glass because a 30 mile bike ride home (stopping by a brewery first) would go by a little nicer than carrying glass.

So I made a BobbyM version of the hopstopper device using 18x18 mesh. It worked pretty well on my old setup. I recently built a keggle BK setup with a whirlpool input and just the device on the bottom with no false bottom. I tried to whirlpool at the end of an IPA brew and it failed...

I saw the setup at NHC and could only find the below picture. Would be great to see some more (that weren't blurry).

In an effort to avoid countless trips to the hardware store I drew out my LP gas diagram for my system and am looking for some help filling in any areas I may have misunderstood. I can only hope that once I have this figured out and I post the final diagram it could help someone else...

I am looking for all types of feedback on my fittings diagram as this will be first time building up something like this. I am open to any ideas.

I am planning out my Brutus 10 style rig and I just watched a couple of Lonnie's videos. I don't fully understand the placement of the temperature probes and why a dial thermometer is even needed. Why can't the temperature probe just be placed in a thermowell mounted to the side of the tank in...

I am about ready to pull the trigger on buying three burners for my brewing rig I am building. I see that Hurricane makes a 6" burner. I was thinking of getting that for the MLT. Technically it would be easier for me to get three of all the larger 10" size so I can build three wind screens...

I have a 20CU refillable CGA-540 O2 bottle I picked up. Besides getting a stone and some hose I am trying to figure out what flowmeter would work with this. I want to accurately measure out the O2 I am adding. Can someone recommend a make and model flowmeter that would work with this bottle?

So I am sloooowwlllyy building out my parts list for a Brewtroller controlled gas-fired Brutus system. I have decided that I will be running LP for now with the option to switch to NG down the road. I am still trying to figure out the whole world of gas and pieces parts as I am deviating...

I apologize if this has been covered before but I didn't find the thread. So I have been reading through countless posts about keggle conversions for a typical 3 vessel setup in preparation for my eventual trip down this road. I have seen a bunch of different ideas and some really beautiful...