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Would you explain the RIMS tube a little more. Is it a DIY project or could it be one? It seems like a 120 Volt service wouldn't be enough for a 5500 Watt element but I'm certainly no electrical genius to know. Information on where to get this, prices, or how to make it with parts would be...

Bringing wort to a boil is not the only way to create a boil-over. Adding hops, especially the first hopping, can cause a massive boil-over as the pellets become a nucleation point as they instantly disintegrate and flood the top with hot break. Always turn the heat down or off before adding...

Greetings: if you're looking to spend that much money on a gravity rig, why not build a simple single level set-up, should be a lot cheaper and simpler, and with leftover $, buy a pump to move the liquid around. I use gravity myself, but its piecemealed together with tables and cement blocks...

Hi Dan- I designed this chiller: 50 feet of 3/8" copper that sits in a large container and covered in ice. The boiled wort runs through the copper and as the ice melts, I drain it off and just add more ice. This way, I maximize my ability to cool the wort quickly and, if all goes well, use a...

Are you using the sump pump submerged in the ice bucket to recirculate to/from an immersion chiller instead of constantly running tap water? If so, that is a great idea. You must be using a fraction of the water needed. 8 minutes for a 5 gallon batch to get to 70 is nice, can you get lower...

May I suggest this decal for the fridge. It would look great on the freezer door, even blends in with the Seahawk blue!

A nod to my previous homebrew club in No. Calif.- The Humboldt County Humbrewers Guild. I thought it was pretty clever but the name Humblehops was already taken and I didn't want to lose it so I added 500 to it. Plus, although I like flavor and aromatic hoppiness in brews, I'm not a big bitter...

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Pornographic hops? I think you meant Eroica. Nice article Joe.

Hi Knoxxed, I'm in New Haven, where are you? I'm in the middle of putting together an AG keggle setup. It's slow going but will be awesome when ready to use. Stay in touch, ask questions, and read all you can. Good luck!

Great memories! I toured the AB plant in Fairfield, Ca in the early 80's. The sheer size of the brewery and the vast amounts of liquid that emanated from this monolithic giant surpassed all comprehension of what this company is able to produce on a daily basis; and this was just one of the...

Can't say I've dived into any dumpster but I have "rescued" many old but still good rectangular coolers being thrown away on the side of the street. My best free stuff are rolls of reflectix wrap I get at my job. A product we use is temperature sensitive and is shipped to us wrapped in the...

I'm working on a similar concept myself using an old 50' of ⅜" copper immersion coil that's cut every 2' or so and attached with tubing. This is to disassemble it and give the segments a good internal scrubbing with a long, thin bottle brush. A preliminary test of about a four gallon...

Looks gneiss (haha). How big will your batch size be? The keg looks to be very small compared to the other vessels. Looks to be a single-tiered system with three pumps. Couldn't you consolidate the pumps by changing the flow between a couple of the tuns? As for stirring, will you be step...

RatDoc- I also tried the route with potentiometers and wiring all over the place with no luck. Then I got turned on to this item: www.amazon.com/ThermaltakeMobileFan (there's 2 sizes, I got the smaller 80 x 80mm). I disassembled it, freed up the speed control knob, mounted the fan on the...

Yes, Jimmy Carter signed the bill to legalize homebrewing, but let us also give a nod to the source of legislation that led to this bill. After much lobbying by early Maltose Falcons members, then US senator Alan Cranston (D-Calif, 1969-1993) had the bill, unopposed by both houses, land on...

Recently I went to buy a 6-pack of Lagunitas IPA but somehow ended up with Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter. I don't understand it! I guess in my haste I mistook one for the other, go figure.

Here's an alternative method I built a long time ago: 25' of 3/8" copper inside a garden hose and coming out both ends through a plastic garden hose "Y". Clamp down the straight barbed ends of the Y's to the hose. Clamp down a short piece of 3/4" ID tubing to the the end of the Y that the...

I use 100% vegetable oil as my personal lubricant! (Amazon,eBay, Stop 'n Shop)

Although they are only 5 gallons, I picked up 4 buckets at local Stop n Shop for FREE:) They are white HDPE buckets used for cake frosting, so obviously food grade plastic. They just throw them away so no problem giving them to customers. Maybe not the best for fermenting in but nice to have...