Recent content by Bret86944

I do three weeks. No primary. I get a bad feeling about fermenting in plastic so I put my beer straight into the glass carboy and keep it there.

Screw it. No OG, no FG either. 3 weeks in the fermenter and it's done. No primary fermenter either. They've all turned out. I like them and I'm going to drink them no matter what the readings are. I'm not selling them so the only person that needs to like them are me and whoever I give...

It's probably fine the way it is, but if you want to get anal, you could do a couple different things. First, you could just put some blankets on top. Second, you could go to Home Depot and buy some rigid foam insulation and cut it into squares. Both methods are cheap, but if I had to guess I...

Hi, I'm here for the gang bang. I mean carboy cleaner...

Regardless of the metals there should be a nylon washer where your regulator is screwed onto your CO2 tank (or a built in rubber ring).

Maybe you are just getting older...lol I didn't used to get headaches...now I do.

It's my only car but I freakin love it:

Is it bad that the first thing through my head was beer foam?

You can build a burner that works with both gasses. You won't have to swap any fittings if you build it right. I know they make boilers that run on either...

Why would the pump turn on and off rapidly?

Ugly? If it's simple and it works then it's beautiful

Don't do it!!! Save yourself while you still can!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh!!!!

If you can feel the cold air coming out, then there has to be warm, moist air going in. Like Bobby M said, put some sealant on there as best you can.

But that also means he could up the flow rate and cool the wort down even faster. Just playing devil's advocate...

That piping setup will work but you should really figure out what size filter you need. It looks like you drew in a 3"x6" filter but what if you need one 4' tall?