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For those that go this route how durable is it. The ranco being a non proportional t-state means it powers on and off (like plugging in and out) the refrigeration unit. does this cause stress on the parts? Also what temp difference do you program. I am very familiar with the ranco as i use...

I have a 5 gal batch of red headed step child fully fermented and want to bottle 2.5 gallons and put the rest in a corney keg, The corney thing is new to me and wondered if this was ok to do in a 2.5 gallon batch and if i need to do anything special. Also I intend to sugar carb the bottles...

this is a pic, looks like soap suds and been that way for 3 or so days, brewed on 1/29. worry or not? don't worry i am having a home brew :)

I was able to get 43 bottles out of mine, however they were grolsch 15.5 ers

Good to hear that it turned out good for ya. I have been bottled for a little over a week and opened a bottle last night just to see progress, all I can think of is I must have bitten right into a hop plant, man I hope they settle down some. If i have to rate it on a 1 to 10 at this point i...

So after 3 extract batches and 1 partial mash we have decided it was time to get after this thing. So we are going into all grain brewing with no idea as to what we are doing. However we have some cool tools, some good ideas and off we start. Buy 3 kegs, get the plasma out and lets see what...

This is pain in the..........I am using a large funnel and a screen in the bottom that gets clogged all the time, is there a better way? a different strainer? help. straining is taking me more than 45 min to get it into the primary. Shawn

at 30 min mark i opened it up and stirred and poked the grain around some and added some boiling water to gain temp. it is sitting at 158 and wrapped up for another 45 min. yeah :)

I am doing a partial mash for the first time and trying out a new 2 gal cooler for the mash. temps are suppose to be 150-160 for 75 min. i am 20 min in and sitting at 152, start temp was 158 ish. should i worry, add hot water or just let er be. shawn

sounds good to me, lets get a date and a time and i will put it on schedule.....not the weekend of the 14th however as it Daytona, and valentines day :)

is it a TRUE? i would go look at it if it is. TRUE's are one of the best out there and def worth 350. i have had 3 and each i picked up were around 400 and sold for over 700. nice kegoraters. s

i'm gonna let sit for 2 more weeks, bottle wait 3 more, cool and enjoy. well at least thats my plan :)

here is a pic of my 1 week in fermentation hopnog 2009. what ya think?

this is my third hobby that takes a few $$$$, wife is going to kill me i'm sure. the other two include a very nice jeep and the other is a snake collection that takes time and money. oh well must drink right?

What am i missing here grolsch flip top 16 oz bottles run around 1.89-2.09 a bottle at th LQ store full of beer, however buying empty bottles from the LHBS runs 2.89 to 3.25 per bottle for the 1/2liter. am I missing something here......