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Hi Leathernose, It's always good to get an update, especially from the recipe designer himself! Here are my gravities: OG: 1.060 Gravity at 3 weeks (before secondary): 1.022 FG taken yesterday: 1.012 There was a good size yeast cake at the bottom of my secondary. Apparently the yeast were...

Leathernose, I just threw a batch of your coffee stout into a fermenter tonight! I tried my best to follow your recipe but I wound up with a post-boil OG of 1.06... The wort smells amazing and I cannot wait to add a bit of Pete's Coffee before kegging. Fermentation temperature is around 67...

I just tossed a small bottle of concentrated Starsan I had been using for 5 years. It became darker and darker until it literally "dried out". At the end, I would up with clumps of dried Starsan when diluting.

To me, it's cost vs. benefit. I used to think it crazy to spend $300 on a piece of equipment, however I've had a ton of luck with the Williams electric water heater. The water heater saves me over an hour of time on each brew day! It literally made all-grain feasible for me on a weekly basis. I...

I've brewed all-grain twice after a couple years of extract. Here's my best advice- better equipment= faster, better, and easier all-grain. First, I bought an Igloo Cooler Mash Tun and had to deal with a nasty leak at the faucet. After applying a ton of teflon tape, I had tons of trouble with...

Wait... what kind of privileges do I get? Do they include an Obamaphone? haha

Of course those men exist. As far as I know, most men still aspire to a "manly" persona. Think "Pumping Iron" with Arny and Lou. What about the growing safety razor movement? The image of dapper men sitting down to a pint with cigars in a smokey bar? Do you think most women want to be as...

I'm not sure about the percentages but many women prefer different beers than the typical home brewer. My ex-gf only drinks very fruity beers and hard cider. Anything as "bitter" as a Blue Moon was "undrinkable". It could be that men get more peer pressure to try less fruity beers? Imagine what...

To those who are concerned about "forum sexism": It appears you're saying the forum should be more politically correct in general. It seems you are referring to "unchecked" joking lol. Is it really horrible to have a few laughs in any direction? If anything, I think we see much more bias...

Mine isn't completely done, however it's really coming along! I just need to modify a rack to allow the co2 canister to sit on the hump and slap a small sticker on the front window. This kegerator is based on a QBD beverage cooler with 3 windows! It comes with a discrete evaporator coil...

I know this thread is ancient, however I wanted to mention another option. As discussed previously, the Johnson controller essentially "unplugs" the entire fridge many times per day. This could be an issue on merchandizer fridges since many of these use an evaporator cooler fan to circulate air...

I'll make sure to apply the best-looking coat of white possible. I am considering putting on some bondo in an area where the cabinet took a dent. Hopefully the old paint will support it (with the proper prep of course). I'm excited about this fridge but have decided it best to put a tower hole...

MrFood, I got one quote for a full wrap and it's around $300 (I would have the company install it)! I decided it makes more sense to get an HVLP system, spray the fridge, and purchase smaller vinyl stickers for around $70. Do you have any color recommendations?

Great idea! I will look into custom graphics printing. Thanks

Update: It turns out that the cabinet is built with galvanized steel, not stainless. I also learned from QBD that the side window gaskets should not be removed. I suppose I'm planning to simply respray the sides and top oem white. I'm hoping this will cut down on over-spray problems. Do you...

I just snagged a QBD DC7H "merchandizer" with 3 windows! Two pin locks fit comfortably inside and there is still room for more bottles on top. :) She blows cold, although I underestimated the cosmetic work required for a quality kegerator conversion. After pulling the Pepsi stickers off the...

Hey, I just bottled my APA yesterday and here are the results. OG- 1.050 FG- 1.010 It might just be an optical illusion, however my beer seems to be a bit lighter in color than yours. This was a test sample taken from the very bottom of the bottling bucket so there is also a ton of...

I just stick the kettle in the right side of the sink and run cool water around it and down the drain of the other half of the sink. This can cool 5 gallons of wort down to around room temperatures in about half an hour without much fuss. The key is to keep the cooling water from warming up so...

What a coincidence! I just brewed some Brewer's Best APA about 3 weeks ago, however I boiled 6 gallons down to 5 gallons instead of adding top-off water. My fermentation went crazy for about 3 days, then died down quickly. I haven't had a chance to take a FG reading, however I will soon and post...

I don't understand why they don't make these glass carboys out of tempered glass or something?! They seem to fail far too often.