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I have a couple of Spartanburg kegs with pin lock posts that I'm looking to replace. The current posts have some kind of non-removeable poppet held in place by metal clips and I can't get in there to clean & sanitize and replace o-rings. One of them is leaking because the valve isn't making a...

I bought a vial of 4.6 - 6.2 range pH strips from my LHBS about a year ago but just got around to using them yesterday. I did an all-grain batch and wanted to test the pH of my mash, so I took out a test strip, dipped it for about a second, and then tried to take a reading... The trouble is...

I got a refractometer when I transitioned to all grain brewing, so I could make sure I was hitting my numbers post-mash but it seems to be giving me wildly inaccurate readings... but only for wort!!. The first time I tried it during an all-grain batch, it told me I was off by 15 points, which...

About a week ago my friends and I brewed up a pumpkin ale based on this Charlie Papazian recipe: http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/community/blog/show?title=beer-recipe-of-the-week-cucurbito-pepo-pumpkin-ale It calls for 3.5 tsp at 10 minutes before flameout. The wort itself smelled...

Can refractometers be damaged if they get too hot? I accidentally left mine in the sun for ~30 minutes and now I'm wondering if it's the source of my problems. It's one of the those cheap ones you can get on eBay shipped directly from China. I brought it inside to let it cool back down to room...

So we got this cheapo 300-pc poker set a few years ago at a Christmas family gift exchange, and it's been used maybe once. I've been trying to find a good case for my dual stirplate and this looks like just the ticket. It's a pretty sturdy aluminum case that's large enough to handle two flasks...

I was just looking around on All Electronics and found that they are selling a dual PWM dimmer control module for $18. I just bought one to create a dual stirplate, using 12V fan motors. I've built PWM controllers in the past but these just look so much easier.

I just picked up a few of these 1.5 gallon Rubbermaid Cereal Keepers at Target for $5.25 apiece for doing some small 1-gallon SMaSH batches. http://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-Cereal-Keeper-Clear-Red/dp/B0014CX8ZW Does anyone have any experience with these or see any problems using them...

Tonight stepped up RDWHAHB to RDWHAJD (Jack Daniels!) :cross: I bottled my Pliny clone tonight and man, what a mess. I decided to use my new auto-siphon, which has worked well for racking from one vessel to another, but it is much tricker to use with one of those spring-loaded bottling wands...

On Wednesday night I brewed up a starter for a Pliny the Elder clone that I'm planning on brewing this weekend (OG = 1.074). Based on Jamil's calculator and the date of the yeast pack (Wyeast 1056, dated 4/20), I brewed a 3L starter and went with the "intermittent shaking" method. This is only...

I'm going to brew the extract recipe of AHS's Pliny the Elder clone this weekend, and would appreciate advice from anyone who has brewed this recipe before. I only have 3 batches under my belt, so this recipe might stretch my abilities a little. Here's my plan: Wednesday p.m.: Shipment...

I'm sitting here an drinking a Dogfish Head 90-minute IPA and loving every minute of it (pun intended). It's funny, but I never like heavily hopped beers before I started homebrewing.... probably because I started out on the almost hop-less American lite beers and could never get past the...

Hi everyone! I just got into brewing a few weeks ago when my wife got me a homebrewing kit for Valentine's Day. I was floored--truly the best present my wife has gotten me. I don't think she realizes what she got herself into! It started as a fun weekend project for me and now I'm already...