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  1. Arkador

    Rubbermaid Cooler Thermometer

    I want to add a Bilchman Brewmometer to my 10 gallon Gatorade (Rubbermaid) cooler. I got the cooler used, so there is already a hole which appears to be about 1/2 inch in the center front of the cooler. I am concerened that the weldless brewmometer does not have enough threads to span the...
  2. Arkador

    Breqmeter in a Rubbermaid cooler

    I want to add a Bilchman Brewmometer to my 10 gallon Gatorade (Rubbermaid) cooler. I got the cooler used, so there is already a hole which appears to be about 1/2 inch in the center front of the cooler. I am concerened that the weldless brewmometer does not have enough threads to span the...
  3. Arkador

    this guy oens BeerPong

    http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1164841084809
  4. Arkador

    first full boils, odd taste

    So, I recently upgraded to a full boil in my extract brewing process. I am using a keggle and a 25foot CFC to chill. I have done 2 batches so far, and both have a slight metallic taste. I made sure to scrub the daylights out of the keggle, and clean the copper in the CFC as best i can (ran oxi...
  5. Arkador

    WLP810 San Francisco Lager

    Anyone have experience with this one? Pitched a 2L starter into a 1.080 wort 3 days ago, and still have no visable signs of fermentation at 65degrees. The starter itself had very little activity for the 36 hours before i pitched it, but it did build up a bit. I probably underpitched, and can...
  6. Arkador

    Dopplebock Ale

    Our homebrew club is doing a Dopplebock in the BigBrew rig this weekend. I see that it is supposed to be brewed as a lager, but I do not have a fermentation chamber, only a swamp cooler that i can use to get it down into the low 60's with ice additions. what Ale yeast would i be best using...
  7. Arkador

    FtWorth Homebrew BrewIn 9/30/09

    Bring out your brewing systems and lets brew up some beer. We will be griling burgers and hot dog's while we brew, There may even be some homebrew samples of the store kits that we have on tap to try. New Brewers,Old Brewers and the Public Welcome. We have two canopys,fans,some chairs,but...
  8. Arkador

    CFC wort out temp reading

    So, I have seen the Thrumometer ($30) but was curious if anyone has come up with a cheaper way to measure the temprature of the wart discharge end of a CFC. Right now I am concidering just sticking a sanitized probe thermometer in the wort flow. Mabye even make a tiny hole in the silicon...
  9. Arkador

    Fort Worth,TX All Grain 3tier

    One of our club members is selling her 3tier all grain brewery (they don't need 2 breweries in the garage) Brewing System - All grain beer homebrew
  10. Arkador

    boiloff rates

    I am gearing up to do my first outdoor boil, and am trying to get an idea of boiloff rates to avoid using topoff water. 1: Sanke Keggel 2: Banjo 55000BTU turky fryer 3: 85-95degree Tesas day I am hoping someone will have an idea of how much volume i should try to do a: 10gal final...
  11. Arkador

    Propane burner

    I finally went to Authority for a few minutes during lunch today, and saw these 2 Propane Turky Fryers. I wanted to get some feedback on these usits for use with a keggle.. with both 5 and 10gal full boil. King Kooker 110,000 BTU $39.99 Outdoor Gourmet 55000 BTU $29.99 The Outdoor...
  12. Arkador

    IC questions

    is it ok to just put a piece of 3/8in ID tubing over the end of the copper tube, and secure it in place with a hose clamp? the dude at Home Depot told me by the time it was tightened enough to hold the hose in place, it would crush the copper tube (sounds like BS to me) I see the ICs that...
  13. Arkador

    too late to start this year?

    Is it too late to start growing hops this year? The Texas growing season will probably last until the end of october. Where is a good place online to order the rhyzomes? I would love to grow some cascades (i use these ALOT)
  14. Arkador

    Beef Jerky

    I searched, and the only thread on the subject that i found was almost 2 years old..... I made jerkey in my apartment oven for a couple years using THIS RECIPE, but being a homeowner now, I didn't want to trash my oven. Yesterday, I won a contest for $500 and finally went out and bought a...
  15. Arkador

    LOLspeak Bible

    Blessinz of teh Ceiling Cat be apwn yu, srsly. This is the lolcat Bible Translation Project, a project dedicated to translating the entire Bible into lolspeak. The Project started in July of 2007 and so far we have most of the Bible translated! Main Page - LOLCat Bible Translation Project
  16. Arkador

    go home, or work.....

    I am torn.... I found out that I didn't need to come to work today, because it is a paid holiday. I could be home with my wife drinking a beer, and getting paid regular pay... OR, I can stay here with nothing to do, and get paid 2.5X pay for working the holiday.... That equates to over $200...
  17. Arkador

    Homemade carbonator cap

    YouTube - How to Make A Carbonation Cap Air Chuck -- $2 (Lowes #3626 / 104ZN-RET) 1/4" x 1/4" Flare-to-Male Pipe Half Union (Lowes: #WATTS PB48) Barbed Swivel Nut 5/16" barb to 1/4" FFL -- $3.25 (LHBS) Tire Stem Valve -- $1 (Belle Tire) 2-Liter Soda Bottles & Caps I also used a...
  18. Arkador

    100 gallons...

    Wanted to share a pair of pictures of our homebrew clubs "Big Brew" setup. I am posting it here, because it is completley homemade. Our last brew was $25 each for 5galons of unpitched wert. our 100gal Mashton and the HERMS/HLT The Boil kettles 60Minute boil Time to fill up...
  19. Arkador

    Dunkles Weissbier Arkador's Dunkelweizen

    Grains 0.75 pounds Belgian Plisen Malt 8.5% of grist 0.75 pounds American Wheat Malt 8.5% of grist Extracts 3.33 pounds LME - Wheat 37.7% of grist 4.00 pounds DME - Light 45.3% of grist Hops 1oz Cascade 7.1% Pellets Yeast Wheat Beer Yeast...
  20. Arkador

    Bubbles and beer bottles: an explosive combination

    Inside Science News Service March 18, 2009 Bubbles and beer bottles: an explosive combination High-speed camera reveals physics principle behind bar trick By Devin Powell ISNS Contributor (Pittsburgh, PA) -- You might think that smashing beer bottles is an uncivilized activity...
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