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I've brewed and bottled many ales, but tomorrow I'm planning to bottle by first lager. I'm scared of change. And temperatures are all different than I'm used to. I don't have all the specs handy at the moment but the batch has been chilling between 35 and 37 degrees Fahrenheit for about 90...

My wife loves Dr. Pepper. She loves it so much, in fact, that a can or bottle is often not good enough...it has to be from a fountain, and the convenience store 1/4 mile away from the house is sadly a frequent destination for the sole purpose of buying a 79 cent cup of fountain Dr. Pepper...

Hopefully this horse hasn't been beaten to death. But I was searching for info on PID controllers since I had heard the REX C100 is an inexpensive and effective PID controller for homebrewing. I ran accross a thread that seemed to indicate that there are a lot of knock-off REX C100s from...

Tom and I brewed a batch last night, and since it was 12 degrees outside and we had 5-6" of snow, I had the bright idea of using a snow mound to chill the wort. Normally I just use a few 15lb bags of ice from the gas station and put in the tub with cold water and I have great results. It didn't...

Hey all. I did a fair amount of searching the interwebs for a how-to on making a mini fridge taller. I picked up a couple of the small dorm style (basically a cube, roughly 16-18" tall) for free over the past week. I was petty sure some time in recent years I found instructions how how to...

I found a CL ad for 5 pin lock kegs for 100 bucks. Actually 6 but one is damaged such that it will not hold pressure and marked as "parts only." The seller told me he will include 3 sets of new seals that he already had since they probably all need replacing, and that they'd need to be cleaned...

My brew crew attempted to make an experimental IPA today (my first try at an IPA) We decided to use 2oz of Galena for the last 45 minutes of the 60 minute boil and 1oz of liberty for the last 30 minutes (all pellets). The store was out of Galena so we substituted with Nugget. After chilling...

Situation: Wife got a new phone. It's actually more like a big-screen TV that somehow fits in your pocket. But her old phone was an eyePhone 4 non-s 16GB, with a pretty old iOS version--it is now mine. I never was a huge iPhone fan, but since I have it I figure I might as well try to put it...

I searched the Automated and Electric subforums and only found one thread that mentions Red Lion parts, and was not this one. So I figured I'd ask: Has anyone used this for a temp controller in either refrigeration control for fermenting or for heating element control in brewing...

One of my former bosses caught me in the hall today at work and is getting ready to move to Alaska, and asked if I wanted a free full CO2 tank; guess he is downsizing on stuff to move since it's quite a move. Of course I said yes, but he said it's been more than 10 years since its last...

I've done some reading about false bottoms vs manifolds and am leaning towards a false bottom. Has anyone used a screen vs a sheet with perforations? I would assume that if the spacing in the screen holes is small enough not to let large grains through but not so small that pressure in the tun...

Based on some conversation in another thread of mine, I've pretty much decided to try to build a dedicated brewing "outhouse" in my back yard. Someone who owned my house previously had poured a nice 10x14 concrete pad within the last few decades, probalby had a shed on it, or maybe they...

I recently bought a new old house, and am starting to plan for converting a portion of an upstairs "bonus" room to my brewery. I'm seeking suggestions and advice on safety considerations as well as usability. The room was once attic space that was converted to living space... foundation was...

Over the years I've seen "tuns" (this is the best I can do for a joke) of people make mash tuns out of insulated coolers. While I have no doubt that it works well, I've thrown around the idea of using a stainless steel sink to make one (and of course adding insulation around it, and a lid)...

A friend and I made an experimental batch brewed on the 20th of August, so it's been in the primary fermenter for about 20 days. The OG was 1.077 at 60°F. I didn't take a gravity reading again until yesterday morning, which was 1.020 at 60°F. I'm planning to transfer it to a secondary...

A former supervisor of mine donated his CO2 regulator and various fittings and what not to me today. See attached photos. Probalby hasn't been used in a decade or more... anything I should do to check the working condition of all this and things to do to initially clean it up? I don't have...

I found a Conn organ from the 1970s in the classifieds this morning, somebody in town is giving it away free. Works except for he said some of the pedals play the same notes. But it's FREE. I don't need this... but I don't not need one either. And I have a truck now with which to haul. I...

Up to this point in my world of brewing, I've only done beers that used extract + some specialty grain in which I used a small pot on the stove as a very crude mash tun. I'm planning a journey to all-grain land and am trying to design my rig. I bought four 15.5 gallon kegs last week, and I...

I was offered four 15.5 GAL kegs for $130 total. Most of what I've been able to find is 40 to 50 bucks or more each. Some dents & scratches but nothing major & still usable. So it seems legit to me. What do you think, brew buddies? I plan to cut a couple open and use for kettles, but save...

A guy at work is moving to Texas and gave just about all of his brewing stuff to me. So now I have a pickup truck load of cases of bottles (some of which still have beer in them), 3 propane burners, various fermenting containers, probably another hydrometer... tubing.... air locks, misc...