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You can have the temperature displayed on the front, you just need to pick up one of the I2C displays and wire it up. Just make sure you ground that to common too!

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I don't believe acidification should have any impact on extraction unless your pH was way too high before. I haven't noticed any change in efficiency at all between batches where I corrected for pH and haven't. It's totally normal to get higher efficiency with a lower OG, and combined with some ques...

I'm interested in setting up some float switches on my system too. I don't really want to drill holes in my kettles to take them though, at least not until I've been able to try it out and see how it plays with the automation.

Congrats Brian! Good luck in the finals!

Next year I'll probably be trimming some of mine. Need to look into how to do that.

As far as location, wherever gets the most sun is the way to go from my experience.

Looks good to me, I'd probably do some Nugget at 60 minutes, maybe the WIllamette at 10-15 minutes and the Citra and Simcoe at flameout with a 20-30 minute whirlpool. You've got a lot of good options with the hops you've got on hand, I don't think you can go wrong.

I've been using a drill for 6-7 years and I haven't ever felt the need to motorize. It's a bit annoying to sit there holding the drill while you're milling, but really not a big deal.

I also usually cold crash before adding the hops for a day or so, but I don't think that is absolutely necessary. Not sure why it'd be necessary before hopping, unless you're worried that the yeast will "stick" to the hops... Either way, I leave it at fermentation temp during dry-hopping,...

I agree. I typically dry hop in the keg, but in primary would be my second choice.

I don't really understand why BIAB is so popular right now versus the cheap and easy batch sparge method using a cooler. I guess space constraints would be one reason, but you can fit a cooler and kettle in a pretty small space. I've yet to see an all grain brew that didn't have some bits of grain e...

I target a 60 minute sparge for my 10 gallon batches. I will direct fire the mash tun if the wort is recirculating, but I don't do it during the sparge. While sparging the wort is flowing pretty slowly in order to hit my 60 minute target time. Plus, during the sparge you'd primarily be heating the w...

I've never stewarded, but I do judge a few competitions each year. From my perspective, I want to be able to find my steward easily when we need them and get our beers fairly quickly after we ask for them to be pulled. It can be pretty annoying to sit around looking for your steward when you want to...

I tasted the Kolsch that was on top of the yeast you gave me, it was really nice given that it wasn't carbonated and probably a bit oxidized. I'd bet that the final beer is really tasty.

Rye has a kind of earthy spice to it that I think might pair well with dirt, that's all.

That looks great to me.