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Still for sale?

Still for sale?

That's the same situation I'm in here in pierre. Just brew and enjoy it yourself!

You should check out craigtube on YouTube he has tons of good videos on brewing for beginners and advanced brewers.

What kind of payment would you take?

I just thought it would be be cool to just be able to drain the yeast and automatically be in the secondary. Less transferring of the beer. Thanks for your opinion.

I was wondering if anyone has any experience with these fermenters? To me they look functional and and at a decent price. What does everyone think? www.minibrew.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=6

There's more than a couple of you! You guys have a really good homebrew shop in Sioux Falls. I stop there every time I make it to town.

What is everyone using to get a temp probe inside a carboy or fermentation bucket?

I did crush the grains myself. I have the barley crusher mill and I think it is set from the factory at .39 thousands of an inch. I am using a copper manifold in the mash tun, I will attach some pics of it too. It's about 5" wide and 18" long. I made it so it fits tight against the cooler wall...

I'm in pierre haven't been here too long and don't know anyone else who brews. It would be cool to get a club started here too.

I made it out of 1/2" copper pipe, it is 24" long by 9" wide. I made it to fit right on the top lip of my cooler mash tun. You can probably see in the pics but I soldered the sides together taking care to make it as straight as possible so the water wouldn't just run to one side,and I can just...

Thanks for the replies I think I will bump up my efficiency in brewsmith to maybe 78% and try another brew with those numbers and see where I come out.

A few pics of my setup, crush, and mash!

Today was my first attempt all grain. I made a German pilsner. My grain bill was 7lbs German pilsner 1lb Vienna 8oz white wheat 1oz tettnang 60min 1oz tettnang 30min 1oz tettnang 10min White labs wlp029 German ale/kolsch Mashed at 160deg for 60min Fly sparged at 170deg I set up brewsmith at...