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maybe.... I have company coming into town, but perhaps i could let them entertain themselves for a while.

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I have had a airlock blow off twice in as many days. Shattered the airlock both times, and the growler the blow off tube was being run into the second time. Always keep spares. Beer came out great though. Just lost 1.5gallons.

Ya, The Electric Brewery is what first got me thinking about, well electric brewing. I guess I just like the control I can get from that setup. Though the more i think about it, the more time I will need to put into building an electric system. So perhaps I should just go gas for now, and build this...

I am planning to move up to a bigger system this month, probably a system capable of brewing up to a 1/2bbl at a time. I also plan to move from the back yard to my garage, so the system needs to fit and work there. I have the garage door, and a side door for adequate ventilation. So if you have any ...

O well, its all a learning process for color right now anyways. Hitting the color correctly was more of a wish and a experiment then really trying to break everything down. All in all I am happy, but I will continue to strive to get that nice ruby red.

So O'Sheas did not have CaraRed, but they did have Melanoiden. I had not used it before, but I figured I would give it a go. The color came out amber, but not as red as i would have liked. I swear i grabbed some Roasted Barley, but when I went to mash in... It was gone. So I either just looked at it...

I think O'Sheas has some Carared, i will try and pick some up today. I still think patent was just too much, so i will try the 6oz of crystal 40 and 120, plus a few ounces of roasted barley. I will let you guys know how it comes out. Cheers mates, i will post back a picture of the wort later today. ...

I can do that, the black patent i found in a bit of research, but i think that was ultimately too brown. Though some people seem to have had luck with it. Brewer: Grico Asst Brewer: Style: Irish Red Ale TYPE: All Grain Taste: (30.0) Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size (fermen...

Ended up cutting out the presta valve of my old bike tube, heated up some 1/4" ID tube from home depot, and shoved the presta valve in there and secured it with a hose clamp. On the other side i just heated up the tubing again, and screwed it onto the keg post compression fitting. Took some mus...

So my last red ale came out mahogany and no where near red. I am preparing for my next red, but I actually want it to come out red. Anyone have a suggestion for a nice bright red ale for all grain? I have been looking at crystal malts, but i dont know which combo to get that nice red. Thanks in adva...

Ya i was actually just going to post that. I have an old tube with a long presta in my garage. Thought if i just cut it off and attached a tube i would be good. Its a sanity check these though that get me back to the simple answer. Thanks for the suggestion.

So I procrastinated, and now I have a keg of pumpkin ale and a 20lbs CO2 tank in the back of my mini cooper, ready for the journey to vegas for the holidays. I would really rather not bring the 20lbs tank with me. I keep seeing these keg chargers, and i believe its the same thing i carry on my bike....

The beer was good, the food was great, remind me to send you guys a note.

I personally use a Drobo with 5x 2TB drives using their "BeyondRAID". I have never had a problem with it, and have also installed 3 for various departments at work. Before that i had a FreeNAS box 4x 750GB in RAID 0+1. I like drobos for end users because of their ease of use, but the cost ...

I do pellet as well. I just remember seeing a 1" ring above the turb ring, and that was with only 2oz of hops. However turb +2" of hops might mean less beer. I may try the 5.5g and try to get as much as i can into secondary.