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Yeah, it works great. That's not my keezer, but I did the same thing with the welding magnets, but you can't see them all that well in the pictures. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/another-frigidaire-7-2-keezer-build-217488/

Here's a link to a picture of a drip tray with welding magnets.

Use welding magnets, you can get them cheap at Harbor Freight.

Was thinking about this thread since I made a starter during my lunch hour. I've made a minor change to my stirplate, trimming one side of the shadow box frame down to the glass so as to accommodate a 2L flask, and also changing my cell phone charger out for a variable power charger I found on...

I realize these questions regarding mitering the collar were over a month ago, however I utilized a rotary skilsaw with an adjustable blade angle and also MEASURED MEASURED MEASURED before cutting. I also practiced my cuts on a scrap piece of wood just to make sure. While my cuts were not...

Looks great!

In!

Yeah, I made a thread here with pics. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/another-frigidaire-7-2-keezer-build-217488/

Thanks for the kind words! When I built this there was no SWMBO in the picture. That has since changed, however she supports my beer debauchery, although the conversion of the 3rd bedroom into a bar/fermentation chamber/brewhaus has been put on indefinite hold. :(

Props to Quaffer for the inspiration... My original converted chest freezer kegerator was slowly dying, but it managed to get me thru this past March before deciding it wasn't cooling past 50F anymore. Plus, it was ugly - hey, I used it from Day 1 as a brewer and never had to bottle, so it...

I have this same freezer and I fit 3 cornys and a #15 CO2 bottle on the floor, with room for 2 more cornies on the hump with the 2x8 collar. My kegs and CO2 bottle on the floor fit fine even without the collar added, but I just couldn't give up that space on the hump so I added a collar. I...

Yeah, this would be another thing to look at. I've only had 1 stuck fermentation and it was due to a low fermentation temp and poor wort aeration. I also use a stir starter and never had issues until this last beer. I fixed it by agitating the beer every so often over a period of 6 days to...

Should be fine - Mr Malty has a viability calculator you can use to estimate the number of yeast cells you might have in the tube. I'd do a starter, build it up at least once, and roll with it if the starter looks good.

Agree with Clonefarmer - calibrate your thermometers and hydrometer. Also, are you fermenting within the recommended temperature range of your yeast?

I built a dual stir starter on the (relatively) cheap using a 8x10 shadow box (glass covering over a 1.5" deep boxed frame) from the local craft store (Hobby Lobby - $11.00), 2 80mm computer fans from eBay ($4 total including shipping) , an old cell phone charger (free), and rare earth magnets...

Type K thermocouple with the same probe as the Thermapen. http://www.thermoworks.com/products/handheld/mtc.html Best investment I have made for my brewery. As someone on here is fond of saying ' Temperature is everything.'

7 oz of pellet hops and 1 oz of leaf hops combined with IC cold break just might tax this screen to the limit. ;) However, with a sanitized mash paddle and a lot of care I was able to extract all but a couple of quarts of usable wort. I figured I would have issues so I adjusted my recipe to...

I think the Chinook for bittering idea is a great one and I'll be formulating my recipe around that. Thanks for the response.

Yeah, I was also considering Chinook as the bittering hops. That might be a better combo.

I'm formulating an IPA recipe and soliciting advice on hopping it. Here's my grain bill (10 gals AG) : 23# Pale ale malt 1# Caramunich malt 1# Munich malt 1# Crystal 60L .5# Maltodextrin Hops in inventory Amarillo - 4 oz pellet Cascade - 4 oz pellet Cascade - 2 oz leaf...