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Sorry for the slow response. This have been a bit chaotic here in Moscow. I have insulated mashtuns now, but am considering going all steel. I'll keep the gravity system for my final year in Moscow, but I'll be back on a single tier system when I move back to the US.

So I bought a 10g Spike boil kettle a few months ago. I'm wondering why I didn't do this years ago. It is a fantastic kettle. I'm running on a 3-tier gravity fed system, so the next logical step is to go all stainless so I'm not having to physically move my mash, sparge, etc on brew day. If all...

I need a hand with some propane fittings. I just ordered a Northern Brewer Center of Gravity system as a space saving all grain system for my tiny place in Russia. I'm stationed here for the next year and couldn't bring my big all grain system with me. This offered me a chance to keep brewing...

Wow, first time I've checked into the flea market here in a year, and this thing is still for sale? How has this not sold? Tried that evil place called Craigslist yet?

Keep me posted on that meeting. I might actually be back in NC to make that one, and it is right there in my neck of the woods.

Now this is a distinct possibility. They could have been hired by the government to kill my yeast. I had failed to make foil hats for my yeast, and the Wyeast was in a foil package. Foil is the key...or so the other conspiracy theorists tell me. :D

I made it by the Sly Fox today. I had some bad yeast, and figured I'd stop by there for some replacement. They had a decent selection of Safale, although not refrigerated. They had some bare bones basics, and a good selection of craft brews. I'll still go to Triangle Wine Co for beer, but it is...

That is what I thought too. However, the Wyeast smack packs are alive. The Safale is not. The Danstar isn't either. All of it was shipped to the house in May on the same shipment. The power outage is the only thing I can contribute it too. I'm open to other theories though.

I had 4 kegs on tap. The power was out for almost 2 days with temps in the upper 90s. She said it was 88 in the house when she got home from work the first day, and that was at 11pm. My guess is the beer entered another fermentation. It was definitively bad. I even opened the kegs and sampled...

I did use a starter on the US-05. I simply rehydrated and pitched the Nottingham. Still no action on the batch. I am going to try to find some fresh US-05 today and save the batch.

Because it took 24hrs to swell up, and all the dry yeast that was stored has proved to be dead as a doorknob. Even though some of the wyeast is still living, could it have suffered from the heat? Could this adverseley affect the beer?

I suffered a power outage while I was out of town. It killed all my beer in the kegerator, and I thought that was all the damage. Then last week I did a yeast starter with Safale 05 for a new batch. I pitched it, and got nothing after 4 days. I thought I had a bad pack of yeast. I had some...

That gives me something to work with. I'll be doing some measuring when I get home.

I'm actually from GSO originally. I'm in Qatar at the moment, but should be home in a week or two, and the first stop will be to see the family in GSO. What are the physical dimensions of it, just length and depth. Space is an issue for me right now. Hoping to remedy that with a garage build...

Love it. I spent 5 years living in Germany, and always admired the old ceramic towers. Good luck with selling it.

Dang, this isn't far from what I was planning on building myself. Nice rig!

1+ year update, the True TDD-2 rocks. It is a bit louder, but doesn't bother us. I've done a few upgrades. - Upgraded to two towers with four total faucets. They are Kegco model D4743DT-SS from Beverage Factory. I realize that its about perfect for my brew cycle. I never have a tap open, and...

It seems as if I have found the magic thread. I've been looking at tubing, barbs, and everything else all day, and I have officially confused myself more than I was when I started. I come to those more experienced than me to seek guidance. I have a True TDD-2. I have two towers, four Perlick...

I saw that posted up by Elliott's (same owners as Sly Fox) the other day. I'm still about 7000 miles away, but I'll be checking it out when I get home next month.

Impressive! I love seeing all the creative uses for Raspberry Pi!