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Hello all, I hope that this post finds you and your family well with this ordeal. I need your help. Please. I have made a decision. I am moving out of the SF Bay Area finally. Been here for 50 years now, and sadly it has changed way too much in the wrong direction. Thinking of: Bend OR...

Just picked up on this, and would love to talk with these guys someday. It will be interesting to see how this plays out... http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/physics/extreme-temperature-and-pressure-remove-an-entire-step-of-the-beer-brewing-process/...

Over the last year and a half I have been struggling with a flaw in my system. Every beer that I have made has just not tasted good at all. For a while, I took some time off from brewing because of this, only to come back at it harder. After cleaning almost every part of my system I thought I...

Frustrated tonight - went through the entire process of making 10 gallons of my Oktoberfest and for the first time hit all my numbers and all targets. Started yeast starter two days before the brew - by the time I got to the yeast starter second step all was well. After that it all goes...

I have started a little hop farm of my own - inside my buddies aquaponics farm. =;> take a look at the growth these guys have seen! Here is the first pic of the hops I had at home -2yr - old 2 cascade and 1 nugget - split into 6 different plant each then planted in the media bed. Not bad I...

Ok - so I have been brewing now for over three years and have been up here since apr 2013 reading... a quick shout out to all of you that have helped me along the way! Without this site - I have no idea where I would be... I have all of the equipment necessary for brewing almost anything I want...

How many pounds of grain - I mean the largest grain bill possible without any spill over (with sparge) - can I put into a 15.5g sanke fermenter? I just cut the top off of a sanke - took out about an 8" hole in it so I gain the maximum room for large grain bills. Will have a stainless false...

Ok - so I saw the post by PlinyTheMiddleAged and that was all I needed to get my latest project off the ground. For over a year now I have been envisioning a way to do this with ball jar and the proper lid - he found them and away I go now. Holy Shiznit - getting all the parts for this thing...

So I put the thread in the wrong place... Here is the link to that thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/cleaning-serving-sanke-my-02-a-511681/

Ok - so I have been doing my homework on pumps the last few days and I own a Superior Pump model 91330 which is a 1/3 HP pump. I called Superior and talked with Bart Riordan on the phone who works for them. After looking at their pedestal pumps which are rated to 180F - they just will not work...

Hi all - I was on the phone with KegConnection the other day and talking about line cleaners and they mentioned that they have made their "own" cleaner - they will not let me know exactly what is in it - huh? - whatever... but the back says it is charged with active o2 so I must imagine that it...

Ok - I am going to add my .02 here - I have been using Sankes to serve in and ferment now for about 8 months. What I have been doing is taking the tube out if it is a serving keg, then putting them on my "bucket pump cleaner" which has 1/3hp pump in it and a 1/2" outlet on top - then putting...

So I have built the DIY line cleaner (I one off'd the one by geniz - ty btw!) and it has been a rockstar in my line cleaning methods. I took a 1/2" copper pipe and bent it a little and then bored out the plastic a little to make it tight and sealed it off with the proper o-ring inside. Works...

So i brewed my second version of a SAdams Oktoberfest lager clone yesterday. When i made my starter it was larger than i expected - 4500 ml before i put my previouly harvested slurry into the mix. After i added the slurry it rose to ~6000 ml - just too big for my 5000ml flask. It wasnt...

Hi all, I have a bit of a problem - I finished my first ever lager brew session and right as I was putting the cooled down wort into my chest freezer - the PID just shorted out and I lost control of the freezer. I took it apart and it was the Romex wires that I used (I know, I know, I meant to...

Ok - long time yeast lover (bread and beer) - but new to storing yeast captured from the krausen. Can anyone give me some pointers on storing this? Here is what I have done so far: The yeast is actively fermenting right now and the krausen was so large it poked its head up into the airlock (and...

Ok - I have been working on my control box for a while now and had no luck connecting the buzzer alarm into my system as an alarm for my MyPIN TD4. I have looked all over the internet and these forums and have no luck finding how this thing gets its power? Help??!!! here are a few pics - can...

Ok - here I am again posting about another project - thanks HBT! This brewing technique one is a little more tricky to find out in a thread than i can find so far,.. so I am just posting a direct question in hopes of a direct answer. I am just about done with my upgrade build to 11g and the...

Thanks again for all the great ideas and diy workarounds everyone - I wouldn't be drinking the beer I have today if it wasnt for you! So I am in the home strech on my upgrade to 11g from 5g and I am about to put in two heating elements. I have ordered the tc ports but I have never seen them...

I need some electrical help here folks. A while back I picked up this old Kenmore 6 chest freezer and have been slowly trying to work on this project until I hit a snag in the wiring. Maybe I am thinking too much - I thought I could just bypass the thermostat and viola. No. Help! Here are some...