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Thanks McMullan. Good to know. Well, the good news is the gravity seems to be coming down slowly. The bad news is that for the second time whilst slowly trying to fill my test jar in order to not flood the vessel with air, I opened up the tap fully when the jar was full, instead of turning it...

Thanks Slid. Well, definitely not too high a temperature, as I used my brewing fridge for the first time, with pid controller. Kept the temp to within .2*C. I've never tried a darker Muntons beer before, and to be honest I've never tested the SG in a very long time. I just normally time the...

Now that would make one big yeast starter! Whoops! Great minds.

I agree with idea of just getting a pid controller and an SSR-40A - it seems a no brainer. I just think the hysteresis with an ITC-308 would be too wide for accurate mash temperature control. Just took a look at my pid controller and SSR. The output on the SSR is from 24 -380v. However...

Thanks for all the responses guys. The thing that is pissing me off a little (a bit more than a little actually) is that I wanted something ready for Christmas and my birthday! There is a dearth of good beer around here, and I was looking forward to having something decent to drink. I would...

Couldn't you just take the plug out section of the ITC-308 for the heating, and use a plug with cable attached, and attach the bare wires to a 40 amp SSR? You could then take the output from the SSR to the high KW heating source?

Hi Everyone, What's the general consensus with this? It is the first time I have tried this kit - Muntons Conkerwood, although I have had a lot of success in the last few years with other Premium Gold kits - Midas Touch and Smugglers Ale in the main. I haven't even bothered to take a...

Got back into brewing from kits after missing being able to drink a decent ale when I wanted to. Seem to vaguely recall doing all grain brews many years ago, and getting back into it with kits in the 70's whilst at college. Unfortunately left a huge number of Grolsch bottles in cases in my...