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I'm going to brew a German Pils soon. This beer needs something that I've never worried about before - a dry finish. I know the general recomendations - mash low for dry beer, mash high for sweet beer. But I wanted to learn more - I came across this article from an old BYO and it's very...

OK, was she lip synching?

I'm thinking about planting hops this spring. Thinking long term about what I use to determine what to plant. I probably have room for 3-4 hills. I am thinking about planting a hill of Magnum with the intent of become a one size fits all solution for bittering. I make a wide variety of...

Had an opportunity to visit these guys in Urbandale over the weekend. All I can say is wow. I was very impressed with their inventory of ingredients and hardware. I think I'm done mail ordering. It's worth the drive. Check them out.

Working on my first lager. Boiled up an Oktoberfest yesterday, used a double decoction mash, which went OK, but is another post. Since this was my first lager, I did some reading. A saw a few people mention they like to start their lager fermentation at warmer temps to give it a good start...

I'm having trouble understanding how to create a decoction mash schedule in Brew Target. I start to put it together, but the numbers leave the realm of reality very fast. I'm sure this is user error. Does any one have some pointers?

I was poking around threads related to US-05 and noticed a mention of saving yeast from the primary by simply scoping up ~1/2 cup of the yeast cake and storing it in a zip lock bag. Apparently without any additional preparation, just scoop and refrigerate. It was specifically mentioned that...

Tonight was pizza night at the homestead. Been making home made pizza for quite a while and it took me a lot of fails to finally succeed. Set the oven for 525 degrees (yes, mine goes to 525 :ban:). Preheat the stone and oven for 30-45 minutes. I enjoy thin crust pizza - make the dough at...

We share a property line with the Union Pacific railroad. Earlier in the year my boys saw the 844 drive right by the house. I was pissed because I missed it. I was at work. This morning just after I woke up I could hear a train whistle a few miles away. Looked out the window and saw a...

Selling a counter flow chiller. Brand new, never used. Checked for pressure and is good. You'll recognize the situation - I purchased 50' of hose and copper, split in half and made two chillers. One for me and one for you! Actual cooling length is ~23'. This is high temp rubber hose...

I am thinking about buying a boat next year, so I thought I would do some shopping now. What I'm after: -Primarily a fishing boat, but should work for weekend fun -Lake Fishing (Northern Minnesota) -Prefer aluminum -Needs to be big enough to seat 5 people comfortably at speed -I don't really...

I know my father in law only drinks High Life Light, and sometimes keeps Miller Lite in the fridge. Armed with this knowledge, I brought some of my beer along to drink over Christmas. I packed Witbier, American Amber, and Double Chocolate stout. When I get here, I tell him that he's welcome...

Many Hard Rock and Metal fans may already be aware that Judas Priest's groundbreaking album "British Steel" marked 30 years since release in 2010. This record was not just ground breaking for Priest, but for Metal in general. As much as Black Sabbath "invented" the Metal genre, Priest...

I vote for ZARDOZ. This one baffles me. It stars Sean Connery (post James Bond) in a sort of post-apocalyptic world where really smart people control really dumb people that go around killing other people not being controlled. Sean's charatcter "crosses over" to the smart people side and the...

Just had to share... The parts for my RIMS tube showed up today from Murray Equipment. :ban: This is a lot bigger than I had imagined it, which makes it even more awesome! Its all 1 1/2" stainless. I was going to put it together but I only had 3" of teflon tape left on my spool. I just...

Maybe this is a little too ghetto, but with Christmas coming up, there will be tons of cheap LED lights for sale everywhere. Now, I know these won't be water proof or might look strange, but I'm thinking "Hey, you can get like 50 120 volt LEDs of different colors with sockets and wiring for...

Looks like I have my first infection. I popped the lid of my double chocolate oatmeal stout and it smelled fruity. I tasted the beer and, quite honestly, it doesn't taste bad at all. Its a touch sour, which maybe isn't a bad characteristic for a stout. Maybe this is some kind of lactic...

OK, so, we've all seen the Aquarium Temp Controller thread. Now, I poked around the specs for the STC-100 temp controller. It claims 10A max @ 220v. This is 2200 watts. Lets say this thing is capable of handling an 80% constant load. That would be 1760 watts. Am I on crack to think that...

Howdy- Mash temp seems to be something I having trouble maintaining and I thought as my next project I would convert my setup to RIMS. There's tons of info here about these systems, but one thing I can't seem to find... When the wort returns to the mash tun from the heating tube, do you run...

I did a quick search and came up with lots of info about building homemade temp sensors using either the LM34CAZ or the DS18B20. These projects all center around the brewtroller and similar projects. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any projects like these for creating a temp sensor that would...