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Why, that one armed, one legged balless bastard!!! :D

Go to the unicorn ranch. Find the two horned mutant. Have the rancher castrate him to purify the blood line while you watch. Buy the left one. Simple, no?

Good. Fast. Right. Pick two of the three. Just saying. Alan

In this case, I'd rather be pissed off than pissed on... jus sayin Alan

I don't know how to do this in your software, since I use ProMash, but I cloned the Briess gold extract profile and renamed it for NB.Worked for me. HTH, Alan

Please repost the pics, they don't show up for me. Alan

Here's a thought as an answer to the question about rough v smooth surfaces; if you have a textured surface in the same configuration as the original smooth surface, havn't you increased the actual surface area in contact with the coolant? Think of a tube with a corragated surface as opposed to...

Here's a crazy thought, why not use an old aquarium filter as the setup for your filter? It already has the pump, chambers for the charcoal and filter floss, and is safe for living things (obviously or the fish would die). Most of them are made of polycarbonate so you shouldn't have problems...

I've taken the liberty to try to come up with a mash schedule based on what information you've given so far using the mash designer in ProMash. I hope this gives an idea or two. Alan Mash Name: two rest step mash Total Grain Lbs: 10.00 Total Water Qts: 12.50 - Before...

Quick question, what water to grain ratio are you using to base your calculations? Using 1 qt water per pound as a basis, ProMash calculates you would only need 7.2 qts of boiling water to raise a 10 lb mash from 122F to 155F. This is also assuming that your grain temperture to start is 68F and...

I beg to differ, 16g cylinders are probably too long. 8g cylinders will fit properly. You will not be able to reattach the bottom with a 16g cylinder. Alan

I hope you have some type of valve controling the flow of your hot wort because if you don't it will be moving WAY too fast to make any difference to chill your wort. The idea of counterflow chillers is that you have hot wort moving past cold water to chill the wort. The hotest wort moves past...

Just to add my two cents, I can't prove it but I believe these bottles and taps are made by Tap-A Draft. The bottles at least are identical to my TAD bottles. Alan

They last a bit longer than you would think. The original intent of the ice wands was to quickly reduce the temperature of hot foods from very hot, above 165F, to below 70F under refrigeration within 2 hours; then below 40F within an additional 2 hours while refrigerated. Our needs to quickly...

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