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• Posted in thread: Beer and Roach Spray on 05-31-2013 at 04:18 PM
  LOL... I pulled this up before logging in... Thus, I got ads.. and the first ad was for Killing
  Bed Bugs!!! HAHAHA

• Posted in thread: First time AG on 04-05-2013 at 10:16 PM
  I find AG to be easier. I'm much more relaxed when doing AG than extract. Watch your temps and
  check a gravity sample pre boil and post boil. I chill them before actually measuring. Other
  than that, r...

• Posted in thread: First All Grain - worriedd but not! on 04-04-2013 at 02:00 PM
  I, too, fight the 7.5gal pot issue. I boil with 7gal to start. As it nears boiling, I keep one
  hand on the gas regulator and the other hand on a spray bottle of water. Have done 3 batches
  like this an...

• Posted in thread: 1st AG Batch - Dead Ringer IPA on 04-03-2013 at 06:54 PM
  Agree with the folks above. I've been doing the 'drain to another container' thing for the past
  3 brews. I can't wait to get another brew kettle. It works, but it is annoying :)

• Posted in thread: Brewmaster Controls' - National Homebrew Day Giveaway! on 04-03-2013 at 01:00 AM
  Enter me in the Brewmaster Controls National Home Brew Day Giveaway! -

• Posted in thread: Homemade Mash Paddle Pics on 03-31-2013 at 11:35 PM
  Here's mine. We call the brewery the "Brainy Bison Brewery," thus the bison track mash paddle
  design.A hunk of cherry, a little cutting, routing, sanding and some butcher block oil.

• Posted in thread: Fermentation chamber for cold and hot on 03-29-2013 at 08:59 PM
  My lightbulb is in a paint can to help diffuse the heat.

• Posted in thread: Temperture controllers on 03-27-2013 at 02:58 AM
  If you really only need to cool your fermenters down, then the single stage controller will be
  fine. Since I brew in the northern part of the country, I need heat sometimes and cooling other
  times. As...

• Posted in thread: NB 5 gallon cooler mash tun - plastic smell? on 03-27-2013 at 02:46 AM
  my coleman extreme 52qt smelled a bit of plastic at first too.. After the first brew (and now
  the second) it smells like beer-making! :)

• Posted in thread: What did you learn this week? on 03-22-2013 at 09:29 PM
  I learned that if you fill a keg a little too full, it an be pretty messy when you purge it.
  Oops :/ brown ale bath!