Finally got around to cleaning up some homebrew projects this weekend -- weather is heating up and the A/C is still having issues so suddenly things have shifted from homebrewing to A/C repairs:

1. Fermentation Chamber: I was in the process of building a 7 carboy fermentation chamber which has been in the garage for months over the winter since it wasn't needed at the time. Detached the insulated chamber from the fridge and shelved it for now. Reassembled the fridge, attached the...

rhamilton

The newest episode of The Brewcast is up over on our page!

modernlifeisANDY

Well, I'm finally confident that spring has arrived in Washington State, we just had the 3rd great weekend in a row. I finished establishing my outdoor man-cave (ie. Brewing area). I will post photo's later. It's not much to look at, but, it's protected from the weather (under my carport) and it's mine. I've determined what my first two batches of the year will be. First, Honey Apricot Ale for my special lady; and the second will be a German Rye for ME. The Honey Apricot...

SKugler

I could not find a brew day timer that functioned in a manner that I wanted, so I wrote my own.

This is a Microsoft Excel File.

This timer will time anything, hops, immersion chiller, Irish moss, ect. The instruction for use are included with the file.

It has an audio and visual alarm.

Download the two files below. Both files must be stored in the same directory for the sound to work.

Boil Timer Excel file:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/24zar2...

Grossy

Saturday Night I did my first all grain brew. I used the cooler I just retrofited with a ball vaulve and did a batch sparge. Since this was my first all grain and my first lager. I had made a 2 litre starter on wednesday and put in the fridge friday morning. The brew session went great with no major problems. I did looses a bit more temp in my mash tun than I would have liked but not to bad. I had hoped to end up with about 5.5 gallons in the fermenter and had 5 gallons so not bad for a first...

Waynep005