Recent content by Butchv12

Just looked up this old thread killing time before I go into work tonight --- hard to believe that was back in 2011 - my O my how things have changed since then..... We have decided to go full time in the beer business --- Navarro County Brewing Company will open the doors on or before May...

My partner/wife/SWMBO - would NEVER ask me to do something or question anything I do about brewing - she would support me if I wanted to live under a bridge and open a brewery --- I'm with you my friend. And if I need help with kegging and or bottling she is right there. On the other side she...

He is right on ---- a clean bottle is easy to soak and sanitize --- if someone returns a bottle to me with dried gunk in the bottom - in the trash it goes... I bottle about a third of what I brew --- I like to give people a beer or two to take home to enjoy later

Age 52 === started around age 30 = 22 years brewing +/- I have brewed something every year and went all grain around my 3rd year brewing - went all electric 3 batches ago. I will never use propane again.....

Looks right if the hose is submerged in a container of water....

Thank you for posting a very clear diagram

I try and have 10 gallons drinkable at any time --- right now just a little low - bottled Project X Tuesday night and kegged 5 gallons of it. I stepped up to 10 gallon batches over a year ago and would never go back to just 5. I was using 2 glass or better bottles - then the 60L Speidel arrived...

I would go by the feedback for these tanks if I were you. When someone tells you a product is worth the money, you just might believe them. When everyone tells you a product is worth the money and it's built properly, you gotta believe them. You know what you want to do ---- just do it!

I'm in.....

Wow! ---- In it to win it, ( hopefully)

Very nice --- no drip tray?

Just wanted to add a comment to this quote: We live about 2 hours south of Dallas and 3 hours north of Houston. We built our 1900 sq ft house here which was completed April - 2011. We elected early on in the planning to build an Energy Star rated home no matter what the expense was. To have...

Thank you very much ---- Should be an interesting year for the aqua & orange!

Liquid Nails didn't work because it was too cold - I ended up using RTV and it work great.

When you post pictures of a freezer that will NEVER contain any food!