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Selling off a bunch of my equipment. Prices listed below. Prefer not to ship at this time so Chicago region. If you are willing to pay shipping, I will consider it if I have a big enough box. Pics available via craigslist link. Reply with any questions. Thanks...

Selling my used Shirron Plate Chiller. Fittings and silicone hose (shown in last pic) not included, but willing to sell along with it (make offer if you need them). I tried using this with a gravity feed and it was just too slow. I highly recommend if you're interested in using this that you...

I'm downsizing my batches and going back to a KISS brewing technique. This keggle is a shiny (using Bobby's technique) keg with a BargainFittings 1/2" stainless steel bulkhead and a copper dip tube. Local only for now. I live in the Western burbs but work downtown in the loop. You can meet...

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/for/2302886708.html Quite a good find for somebody. He/she is asking only $80. Notable items in here include the glass carboy and immersion chiller. Everything beyond that is a bonus at this price. Hope this helps somebody.

I bought these for $25 a piece about a year ago. Ended up finding some ball locks at the same price and decided to keep my system all ball lock. I never used them, but they are in average condition for used kegs. If somebody in the Chicago area is interested I'll take some pictures. I work...

Don't know if this is the right place to post this, but one of my favorite websites is listing this deal right now. All kinds of coated/uncoated stainless steel wire for between $.10 and $.40 a foot. Just ordered 10 feet that is rated to hold 4,400 pounds. I know some people with big...

I had a double brew-day a couple weekends ago. I have a very large cooler converted to a mash tun and it has a huge headspace. This makes it difficult for me to maintain my mash temp. I decided to try the foam board on top of the grain bed trick. I think it helped a little on the first...

So I'm getting ready to leave on a cruise with SWMBO and 3 kids (all under age 5). Clearly I'm going to need a beer or three during this excursion. We stop in Nassau and while the kids nap at a hotel resort (day pass includes a room for the day) I've been given permission to do something on my...

I picked up two pin lock kegs recently. They are both in good shape and hold pressure. My setup is for ball-locks so I'd like to either trade for ball lock kegs or a keggle with ball valve. I'm not interested in shipping as the cost wouldn't be worth it. If there is anybody in the...

My wife called me this morning screaming that I left my thermometer "inside the tube" on the counter. She went on to say (scream actually) I left the tube open on one end and when she picked it up the thermometer fell out of the tube, broke open, and spilled mercury all over her kitchen. She...

Northern brewer's email ad today lists a 4 pack of used ball lock kegs for $115. It appears to be eligible for their $7.99 flat rate shipping, so each keg comes to just over $30, and each keg comes with an o-ring rebuild kit. A decent price to buy from an established business. Has anybody...

Did a search for window well and nothing came up. I live outside Chicago and this time of year it is always below freezing. Soon the average high temp will be in the 20's. The brew area in my basement is in front of a large window well. Obviously the temperature out there is below...

I'm caught in a bit of a catch-22. I'm brewing McTarnamin's Banana Bread Holiday Ale :ban: His recipe (below) calls for vanilla & almond extract and cinnamon additions into secondary, and then further below that no secondary is needed :confused: I tried to revive the thread about a month...

Not mine, but could be yours if you're the luckiest SOB alive. Thought this might help somebody out there looking to start their own microbrewery. http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/bfs/1479055041.html

Someone suggested I reuse the yeast cake from a nut brown ale I'm currently fermenting. Basically just rack off the nut brown ale leaving the trub/sediment behind and just pour in the fresh cider. I used nottingham yeast. Would the trub/sediment from the nut brown ale give the cider an...

I brewed my first AG batch on Saturday using many ideas/DIY equipment from this site. Thanks to everyone for posting ideas, tips, techniques, etc. it went great and I hit my numbers exactly with a 71% efficiency. Pitched yeast about 3pm on Saturday. At 1am on Sunday I checked on it and...

I'm relatively new to all of this and I'm making my first batch of Apfelwein/Cider. My last two batches of extract ales have turned out okay, but both have a distinct aftertaste (known as extract twang according to other posts on HBT). I thought it may be at least partially due to fermentation...

Looking to start my keezer build this weekend with a 7.2 cu. ft. Frigidaire. I'm going to paint the body black with appliance paint, stain the collar, and paint the lid with chalkboard paint. The lid is not smooth. It has a sort of dimpled surface. Not dented, but dimpled from the factory...