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What plugs is everyone installing on their 220v controllers? I need a 4 wire, since the design has 110v contactor's, and pump outlets. Seems I should be using L14-30 connections, but I hear the 14-30 dryer plugs. Having the outlet installed so I have flexibility at this point. Seems the dryer...

Has anyone seen a solid side basket for sale similar to the ones Colorado Brewing uses?

When does the process of lagering stop helping and begin to oxidize the beer? If I was looking to store a keg, or carboy for a period of months. Best way? Leave it in carboy with airlock, keg carbonated, keg un-carbonated? Will the lagering continue to improve the beer after it's...

Is there a network thermostat that can be installed into a ferment fridge? I use the inkbird itc1000 but would like to see the temp from my phone and adjust the settings. If it had a second input to monitor the beer temp as well as the ambient fridge temp, that would be a bonus.

Anyone have a generic set of water treatment additions when using RO water. I'm using 11 gallons of Nestle filtered water "with minerals added for taste" I'm brewing a Vienna Lager tonight. The recipe calls for 2ml lactic acid in the mash and 1ml during the sparge. but they give not PH...

13.25 lbs of grain +1lb corn sugar in boil was called for in my IPA recipe. I worked backward to a certain extent to start, figured 13 lbs x 1.5 quarts per lb = 5 gallons +/- to start the mash. Warmed the 10 gallon igloo cooler, added 4.5 gallons of water at 165 degrees, stirred in the grain...

Do you need to vent the keg if you rack to a secondary in a keg an cold crash in the fridge. This batch is an ale, if I was lagering would that need a vent/ airlock on the keg. This is after the 3 week primary fermentation. Thanks, Jim

I tried to force carb my beer at 30psi for 36 hours roiling the keg periodically. Today I d pressurized the keg, and brought it up to 10lbs and all I'm getting is foam, glass after glass. Probably 10. Turned the pressure down to 4, same thing. Is there a trick I'm missing? Thanks, Jim

Has anyone used SAFALE K-97? After a week, the S-04 is very clear, and the K-97 looks is very cloudy. Think it will clear up? Both started with the same wort, fermented side by side at 64 degrees. Blonde Ale. Going to check the gravity of both

Has anyone used SAFALE K-97? After a week, the S-04 is very clear, and the K-97 looks is very cloudy. Think it will clear up? Both started with the same wort, fermented side by side at 64 degrees. Blonde Ale. Going to check the gravity of both tonight.

What is the minimum time you would leave to carbonate a Blonde Ale in the keg? Trying to rush a beer for a party. It looks like it is done fermenting after a week. I know it would benefit from an additional week in the fermentor. But I would like to have it carbonated and ready to go on Sunday...

Has anyone left a hydrometer floating in your carboy during fermentation? I want to check often as I believe it is about to finish, but hate to risk contamination. Is there anything wrong with trying this provided I leave enough room so it does not bump the top? Just a thought. Thanks.

Brewed a Vienna ale tonight. The pre boil OG was 1.046. Post boil 1.030 I thought it was wrong, so I pulled a sample from the carboy, same reading @ 60 degrees. The post boil wort tasted bitter and nasty. It only has 1oz each of cascade and centennial hops. Should I toss in some sugar to boost...

I have been interested in brewing a Vienna Lager, although I'm not set up at the moment to pull off the lagering. If the grain, mash, and boil were identical and an ale yeast was used to ferment at 65 degrees, what differences in taste would be detected in the "ale" and the he lager? The...

Has anyone seen integrated a heater of some type to your fermentation fridge to raise the temperature slightly if needed. I read an article of someone using a infrared lamp used for pets. I later read that the infrared would be bad for the beer, plastic bottles, etc. just curious what everyone...

What size igloo cooler do you recommend for 5 gallon batches. 5 or 10 gallons? Not brewing anything too heavy. Usually 9 lbs of malt. The 5 seems like it would work, but would like to hear from people using a 5 or 10 gallon cooler and the batch size to make. Thanks! Jim

I have a mini fridge I'm looking to convert to a fermentor. I originally purchased a Johnson Controls A419 external thermostat. I see a lot of people here are using the Inkbird. ITC-1000 or the STC-1000. These look about the same as the Johnson Control unit at about 1/3 of the cost. Any...

Has anyone used this, been looking at PID's and PWM dimmer hacks, yet this thing from Auber looks perfect for $45 Ramps up at full power and then backs off to a reduced power level for a programmed period of time. Auber EZboil, Power Regulator for Boiling Process Automation DSPR110

Does anyone have a 3 gallon Better Bottle that they wouldn't mind posting a picture with a tape measure standing straight up next to it? Just obtained a mini fridge that I carefully rotated the freezer tray out of the way (refrigerant running through it) and believe it will hold two 3 gallon...

Could I be done fermenting after 3 days? It had two solid days of vigorous fermentation, now it seems to have stalled. What should I do?