Recent content by Fasadi

C'mon! Awesome giveaway!

I've been brewing the the area since 2012 after getting back from some overseas adventures. Mostly shop at Black Hawk on Indian Head. In the process of revising my 2 vessal electric biab style thing to a 3 vessal fly sparging rig. Pending a control panel and a heat exchanger and I'll be back to...

Would you be willing to split? I got the 1.25" for my build, but a friend of mine killed the 9/16" draw stud on a harbor freight punch. Could use the 9/16" but don't need an extra element sized punch.

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No joke about the mega giveaway; fingers crossed!

I could really use that kettle. For what, I'm not sure yet. Here's my entry.

Stainless Steel Autosiphon. The patent is expired, but I suspect the machining might be a bear. Not a machinist/tool guy so I can't speak to it. I wonder why no one else has done it.

What cleaner are you using? Do you rinse it before you use starsan? Just a guess, as you're not getting the metallic flavor before fermentation; what kind of pots do you use? Stainless? Aluminum? There's some discussion on other HBT threads identifying that pots that weren't properly passivated...

As an experiment (and partly prompted by our in-club discussion), I tried an American IPA with oak (5 days, 1 oz of oak chips). I'm still regretting it. I suspect you need to strongly consider what hops are used so they marry up with the oak. Going from memory, it was Sorachi Ace, Amarillo, and...

Another thing to look at, how did you pot your elements? I know that there is some concern with JB Weld or other adhesives potentially being in contact with the brew. I don't suspect you're having the problem, but trying to help narrow down the issue. I don't think your problem is coming from...

In with fingers (and toes!) crossed!

I took the liberty of snagging some of the most informative builds I could get my hands on. I'm assuming you're fairly fresh out. The links and thread titles are down on the bottom. They've been very informative to me, particularly the element potting discussion, a lot of different ways to...

There are two homebrew clubs in the Killeen area. Centex Bock and The Beer Brigade. Beer Brigade meets on the first Saturdays of the month and Bock is the third. Brigade has a group on Facebook and Bock has a webpage. I don't have either address handy but some googlefu will take care of it. My...

Just one last update, beer has been bottled for a couple of weeks and came out exactly like I wanted it. Good brown ale that sat on coconut for two weeks; great flavors. Hope yours comes out to your liking too!

BK (big poster over in the electric section) detailed his reconstruction of a side-by-side refrigerator into a fermentation chamber. If I remember right, with shelves, he was able to fit 6 6.5 gal fermentors into a 25 cuft side by side after he knocked out the middle wall. Link is below BK's...