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So I've converted a 20 cu ft chest freezer into a fermentation chamber but I keep getting moisture condensing on the sides and bottom of the thing. Anyone have any easy home remedies for the problem other than a crap load of rice?

Do any of you know if there is max amount of time that you should raise the temp on a lager for a diacetyl rest? I was thinking of letting an ale go through primary while my lager was going through a rest since the temps would be pretty much ideal for both but I'm not sure if the one to two...

So got home last night and decided I'd go pour myself a glass of my peach american wheat. Well when I got downstairs to the keezer only a couple of drops came out. I was a bit disappointed but figured it was floated during my last pool party so poured a glass of ESB. Well I didn't think much...

Found a 20 cu ft chest freezer today for $100. Already have completed my keezer build a few months back so time for a fermentation chamber/cold storage for the extra kegs. Testing out the size I've already managed to get 6 carboys/brew buckets in it and 3 kegs and there's still plenty of room...

I've spent the last 20-30 minutes trying to figure out what if any temperature probe for the various love controllers are submersible but for the life of me I can't find a straight answer. Could someone tell me if the TS-6 or TS-1's are submersible and if not would I just need to get one of the...

I purchased a this love controller by mistake meaning to buy the standard 110V model. If anyone is looking for a 230V model to use in a brew system and has a spare 110v (doesn't have to be Love just something somewhat comparable) and wants to trade shoot me a PM. Would also take off $10 from...

So I'm finally ready to enter my first beers into competition (yeah me!) and I've got one that my software says the style would be within the guidelines for 19A: Old Ale. So I enter this as the style but the registration site says that for style 19 (among others) I have to enter notes. What am...

This is probably an odd question but I have a few beers that I had bottle conditioned in 22oz bombers a while back (before I started thinking about competing with some of my beers). Now that I've started looking at competing I've realized that some of the beers in the bombers are superb...

Okay I picked up a Love TS2-020 and think that I may have just wasted $50. I didn't look at the voltage on that one which lists supply at 230V. Am I correct in assuming that this will not work on a normal 120v outlet? http://www.drillspot.com/products/466544/Love_TS2-020_Temperature_Switch

Okay, so I've done the requisite search for threads on wiring the love controllers but each of the ones I've seen give the wire colors only for the power wires and not the probe. I've got a TS2-020 controller and a TS-6 probe. The probe has a blue wire and a brown wire. Should the blue go...

Was hoping someone could provide a little feedback on this recipe. It's my first attempt an an original so any comments would be appreciated. Hop Bliss Imperial IPA Type: All Grain Batch Size: 5.00 gal Boil Size: 5.72 gal Boil Time: 60 min Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0...

This might be a completely pointless/stupid question but I picked up my first two corney kegs recently and while I've had no problem breaking down and reconditioning the first one, I can not get the second one's posts to unscrew. I've got a 7/8" deep socket that fits it fine and have gone so...

Well despite all my efforts to the contrary my first two brews actually turned out extremely tasty. My Rouge Mocha Porter which ended up getting watered down to be closer to a dark ale actually ended up better than the actual beer (now I just need to remember exactly how I screwed it us so I...

If anyone can give any advice on this I'd appreciate it... I brewed up my first high gravity beer on Saturday night (Dogfish Head 90 min IPA) which took a little while to get going on fermentation. After about 36 hours I started to see regular bubbles coming through the air lock and since...

I put a batch of Fuller's London Porter on back on 1/5/09 and ended with an OG of around 1.051. Today I racked it to a secondary to make room for an IPA I'm trying tonight but when I took a gravity reading it had only dropped to 1.02. I used Nottingham dry yeast which their website says has...

I all, I'm not asking this from being worried standpoint since I have definitely become a believer in time heals all beers (well most beers...I don't think any amount of time will ever help a Budweiser :cross:), but since I'm still pretty new to brewing I'm a bit curious as to what the...

Hi all, I'm about to start work on a fermentation chamber using an old dorm fridge to cool it. However I'm not sure how large I can make the cabinet without over taxing the refrigerator. Right now I was looking at around a 16 cubic foot area anyone have any idea if this is too much or not?

Hi all, I was brewing a Harpoon IPA clone over the weekend and when I took my OG reading reading it was showing up at 1.050 instead of the 1.063 that my kit was predicting. At the time I figured I had somehow messed up my brewing since I am still new to this (this was my 4th batch) so I went...

Hi all, As referenced in the topic title, I am stuck in Birmingham Alabama, one of the nation's most restrictive states for beer (no abv above 6%, no containers over 16oz., no shipping in out of state beers, and technically illegal to home brew but that one's not enforced), so after seeing the...

Hi all, Based on the topic here I guess it is obvious that I am a noob. Anyway, I just got into brewing over the holidays and started with two batches which are currently fermenting. The first one was a clone of Rouge's Mocha Porter which I racked today to a secondary. While racking I...