Recent content by narcolepticsniper

I'm about to screw this up tomorrow using an old laptop... wish me luck. I'll try to chronicle the process for troubleshooting.

I may have had a good idea.... Make out of anything...sheet metal, plexi, sealed plywood... Unfolded, this is against your wall, out of the way of the pulley and whatnot. Once it's time to cook, fold it down and viola! A vent hood!

Overnight my temps went from 57 to 69 by hanging my fermwrap in the chamber. I just plugged it in and let it hang by the cord. I have a ferm chamber that's about the size of a standard chest freezer, can hold 4/5 buckets in it. cooled by a minifridge and uses a cheapo ebay temp controller. I...

I've started this project. 8 litres of H20 800g table sugar (I think...it was a lot) 1/3 packet of turbo yeast into the fermentation chamber at 67.5 degrees (because that's what it's set to already). This is going to be...well... interesting? LOLZ

I'm going to be doing a 2g batch of just table sugar and water and yeast. Will mix in some grape kool-aid and splenda on bottling day Gonna bottle in reused old English plastic bottles. Callin it 'purple drank'. Purely academic, these pursuits.

I still haven't decided what I will be taking in for samples - was going to take my raspberry wheat but don't have the equipment to serve it - I keg into sankeys and keep them in the kegerator.

Started a new thread for 2015 here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f185/jblm-competition-2015-a-516198/

As zgreenside started the last one, I wanted to start this one for the 2015 event. Anyone entered or plan on attending this year? I've got two entries into the show - a spiced amber and a peach cream ale.

As long as the magnet holds the stir bar through the glass of your flask (or whatever media will be holding your starter), it can be any shape. Test it out first, make sure the stir bar and magnet are strong enough to hold together. Give it a week or so of looking - recycling centers and...