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I'm picking up a keg at TS today. If I see the brewer I'll ask.

Yeah. Fresno. TS general Sherman and the barrelhouse IPA are the 2 I compared. TSGS had less IBUs but definitely more bitter.

Yesterday I compared an IPA (76 IBU) from Barrelhouse Brewing company to Tioga-Sequoia brewing company's IPA (62 IBU) and the latter was substantially more bitter. How can the beer with less IBU be more bitter? I'll go grab that "joy of homebrewing book" off the shelf and read up on IBUs, but...

Ok. thanks. I hear you loud and clear. I'll get that heat shrink and get this squared away. Seriously: Thank you very much. :)

Ok. Thanks.

I took off the part of the door that turns off the light when shut. It should be on 100% of the time now.

What about the colors of the wires? One yellow and one white. Is there any way of telling which is the ground and which is hot?

Thanks for all the info. I really appreciate it. Yeah very close call. Last night I thought I killed it. But just tripped the gfi for that side of the house.

Both fans that I fried say DC12V .2A. The bulb that was connected to the yellow and white wires says 1A 125VAC. It also says 1A250V~ 75W 125VAC. Capacity is too much for the fans?

I made a frigidaire kegerator. It works great. I'm trying to replace the light with a fan that blows cold air into the tower. But each time I connect the fan to the white and yellow wires that were once for the light I get a bunch of fireworks. What, in all hell, am I missing? Here are some pics...

After a week in the primary fermenter the gravity was at 1.018. I boiled a pound of DME to increase the alcohol content. Theoretically it should have increased the gravity by .009. A week later the gravity was at 1.015. ABV approximately a 6.01% ABV. And, the flavor is freakin' amazingly good. 2...

I'm brewing a golden wheat strawberry ale. OG: 1.052 fermentation took off well. Left in Primary for 2 weeks. Took gravity reading: 1.018. I decided the ABV was too low. I added 1 pound of DME to boost the ABV (boiled and chilled to 70F, of course). I transferred the wort to...

Yeah, insulated on all sides with that 1.5" foam lined with that aluminum foil material. Floor, ceiling, and all sides are insulated. I wish I didn't use that expanding foam and went the silicone route. But I'm learning I suppose.

I made this 2'x3.75' fermentation chamber with a small fridge and small heater. Fridge is attached with silicone (I'm positive there are no leaks there. I siliconed it up really good). The heater is inside. In the winter the heater is plugged in. In summer the fridge is plugged in (haven't used...

Good idea. I'm gonna try that.

So I'm pretty much done with building my ferm chamber, but I have no idea how to check for leaks. I'm thinking about putting some newspapers in a can, let it smolder. And look for smoke from the outside. But my only concern there is odor after I'm done.

MIL is gone this week. I get my life and family back for 6 maybe 8 more days.

You hit that dead-on. I have to remind myself that this is really hard for my wife. In a lot of ways her divorced parents are much more difficult than my dead mom at 4 years old. My wife has to continually rehash that wound. Me? I just have to accept God's will and know that my mom would have...

A put-on? A sham thread? I wish. Me spineless? I like to think of myself as a nice guy. I think spineless is too strong of a word to describe my position. I've been tolerant of my MIL, her imperfections and the games that are being played. From the time my kid was born the MIL’s...