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Building it yourself means you can get exactly what you want. (time and money are separate issues, of course) I got my brother, who works at a sheet metal contractor, to build me a massive 8 faucet stainless steel box type tower tall enough to comfortably fit growlers underneath the...

The only concern is the foaming issue mentioned, the beer coming out will be frothy and the beer running through the line (until it is cold) will also be a bit foamy, but maybe you like a lot of head? I've found with my cooled tower, I am sometimes disappointed at the initial head on my beers...

If you are concerned about using too 'dumb' a controller with a small differential, putting the probe in a small (~ a cup to a pint) amount of water will allow longer cycling times so you are not short cycling the compressor. Also, as Catt22 said, a fan to circulate air is very useful, if not...

I'm assuming this is Alpha Amylase? I know Alpha works on long chain starches, but (I think - needs corroboration) will continue to break them down into short chain starches until you get to maltose and maltriose (among others), wheras the Beta works to break just maltose off of larger...

That sounds awesome and I wish you good success. I, too, plan on making a professional jump in the next couple of years and would be thrilled to see how you are doing it / have done it.

After reading the OP, I decided I much prefer the idea of adding tea to the kegs instead of throwing a bunch of vegetation in them. I went a got a French Press for just such a use, and my very first IPA came out with a rather nice Hops aroma to it (if maybe a little subtle for an IPA), from...

Had similar issues and the short term fix (which turned into a long term solution, of course) was to add little pieces of plastic card as shims under the feet.

Try brewing in this environment:

I've done a couple batches of Dr. Pepper beer. The first one wasn't terrible, after enough aging, this is. Interesting, if odd, fruity flavor. Second batch came out dry and tart; not worth drinking. I found that the sugar content of straight soda pop is too low to make a regular strength...

You are correct; I'm not sure what I was thinking and feel pretty dumb now. Maybe I'm just stressed out/weary from work and can't think as well on my off time. It suffices to say that this project is much more interesting than anything I do at work. What are the ratings of the DPDT switch being...

yeah, you have the right idea with the fuses. Good call with fuses, lazybean, we really don't want this to burn down. Keep in mind you shouldn't run a ground wire from the BCS-460 to your ground distribution block, as the bsc-460 'ground' is actually the neutral. You don't want to...

Howdy, I've made numerous assumptions with this, but here is a rough wiring diagram. I'll let the other posters peer review and point out errors: http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/705/brewrig.png