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Greets, This weekend, while mashing in my converted orange cooler, I tried out my new instant read digital thermometer. http://www.williamsbrewing.com/images/product_images/thumb_images/T36.JPG When I added my strike water to the grain, stirred and took a reading with my pot clip-on dial thermometer...

Hey all, This weekend, I had a small glitch when hooking up my propane tank to my camp stove. I had only used the tank 1 time, for my previous batch, but I wanted to make sure I still had enough fuel for Monday's brewday. I hooked it up, turned it on, lighted it.. no problem. I then turned it off wh...

Brewed this yesterday, on Memorial Day. Ended up with 1.052 SG, and its off to a quick & vigorous fermentation thanks to the yeast starter (another first for me). I have a few other questions regarding equipment/technique from this batch,which I'll post in their proper categories. Thanks for the...

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