Brewcommune

Thanks for the info. Yep doing a fly sparge, but I might need to try batch sparging on the next brew.

My efficiency has dropped a bit over the last few brews. One issue is my new mill and setting up gap, but I wanted to get some thoughts on procedures from fellow brewers. 1. For a 10 gallon batch, how long do you sparge? I normally go 60 minutes but a few things I have read say I should be going 90 ...

Could just be a bad relay. If I remember correctly, those have relays soldered onto the board. You can unsolder and replace it. Not sure if that's a service that Johnson does or not. Taking it a little further, if it was the relay, you could always use an external SSR (solid state relay) and solder...

DrDually wrote:Are you getting any output voltage? If so, what is it?

I have not checked it. If I unplug it, let it sit for a few minutes and re-plug it works for one "on cycle" and then shuts down again.

On a side note, I installed a new A419 and everything works fine.

My Johnson Control A419 has begun to stop working intermittently. Anyone every sent one in for repair? Maybe it's not worth it, but if you have and recommend it, please let me know.

Thanks,
Robert

Just 5 gallons in the keg. I'm bottling 2 other batches for the wedding as well.

That's a great question. I have never used a Sankey and not sure what is involved in cleaning, filling and carbing. The wedding is not until the Spring of next year, so I got plenty of time to figure it out, just trying to get ahead of the curve. I'm guessing it's a easy procedure to fill a Sankey. ...

http://www.kegworks.com/5-gallon-pet-ho ... 05-p178096

Anyone have experience with these? I need to keg a beer for a wedding and the only connections available at the location are Sankey.

Open to other ideas.

Robert

Cool, I will check out that link.

Thanks.

Anyone have experience brewing with figs? Trying to get ideas on the best way to incorporate them along with quantity

I think I will be able to make my 1st. meeting.

Enter as may styles as you want. Winners from each round will face off in a final round with a recipe provided by our brewer. interesting. I guess at the end they want to find the best brewer not just the best beer submission. Yes, the winning brewer still brews their own winning recipe from their ...

I will post some more specifc info when I get home, however Newport Breach Brewing does almost all thier updates on Facebook.

Newport Beach Brewing just posted this years home brew comp on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/NewportBrewCo#!/NewportBrewCo?sk=events I won the last one and currently have the IPA I brewed on their system on tap. Cool event divided into 3 rounds and the 3 round winners do a final brew off to det...

Put me down for a XXL