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Thanks for the notes on the Amarillo... Also, I found Northern Brewer instead of the Brewer's Gold... so I will swap schedule to: 1.00 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (60 min) Hops 28.7 IBU 1.00 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (15 min) Hops 14.3 IBU 1.00 oz Amarillo [8.50 %] (0 min) Hops - ~~ est 43.0 IBU ~...

Greets all! I'm planning to brew again this weekend, AG batch #2 for me. Your comments last time really helped, so I wanted to run my next recipe by everyone for any further tweeks & comments. In the spirit of keeping my first few batches simple, with small variations, while I work out the kinks...

Updating my progress on this... Turning into a pricey project. :o Digging through old posts here and on homebrewtalk.com, seems that you can find used recon'd ball-lock cornies for $25-$40 each, plus shipping. I found the Sanyo SR-4912M at Fry's for $190. The twin tap tower seems to be a pricey addi...

JonGoku wrote:Awesome! I can't believe you going to be able to wait 4 weeks before cracking one though

Benjamin Franklin wrote:He that can have patience, can have what he will.

--LexusChris

Well, good news. I bottled my American Amber Ale last night, and it looked & smelled just fine. <whew!> Althought I usually sample the beer at the end of bottling, I was rushing due to a small leak in my bottling pail. I did not get a chance to sip and know for sure. BUT, it looked & smelled...

JonGoku wrote:Are you talking home office or office office?
Lexus of Westminster isn't too far from where I live... hmmm

Would be way too tempting if it were at my real office!

--LexusChris

Great! Thanks for the links & confirmation of the 4912 as a working & 'good' model for a kegarator. I saw in one of the links Jon posted, they removed the door's storage panel to make 'more room'. My question is if the 2 five-gallon kegs + CO2 tank fit without that mod? And, if I go ahead an...

Dreging up an old post.. 8) I am interested in building a kegerator, and was wondering what models of refrigerators you guys have found work well? I see a lot of the 3.5+ cu.ft. compact refrigerators that have iceboxes and such, and then I found this one which is all refrigerator! no icebox! (SANYO ...

:happybeer: Great meeting everyone! Big thanks to Kevin for hosting at the Bruery Provisions shop!! (BTW, great prices & a 15-min drive-time to my house, makes Bruery Provisions my new #1 brewstore destination!) Thanks to everyone for the excellent sampling of homebrews & meads, great conver...

Wow, no cold room in the garage but she'll let you turn her spare bathroom into a cold room!? Cool! Yeah, I pulled a Charles Deetz when I moved into this house.... "..mabye this house could use a little remodeling... um.. but why don't you just leave this room alone, okay?" I put a stake ...

While I have been admiring the posts & pictures of your cold boxes, cold rooms, etc., I'm realizing that I need to have a better control over my fermentation temps! I've kinda ruled out the extra fridge idea... just don't have room for it. And I know the wife won't go for building an insulated r...

Cool contraption! Steam-tech, I love it!

Looking forward to a report after your next batch!
--LexusChris

Yes, some great ideas! I could have just left it in the pot while I transfered! Doh! I was worried about leaving the exit hose unsupervised whilest running back to the spigot to turn it off... there was a lot of pressure coming out and it might whip about! I also like the idea of putting a hose cont...

Ok, so I did have a lot of fun on my first AG brewday, and was suprised by a few things. 1) The all-grain aspects, mashing, full boil, proper sparging, etc. was pretty easy! I had rehersed those in my mind for a whole week. That went just as planned 2) After 15 years of extract brewing in the kitche...

There was excitement. There was adventure. There was tragedy. There was frustration. So went my first AG brewday. :shock: I gotta get the bad news out of the way first. I had gotten through first 5 hours and was having a great time, when I made a tragic mistake. Whilst taking my immersion wort chill...