Recent content by Lazy8s

Where do you guys ferment if you only have kegs in the keezer? My 25y.o. GE went out and I can't find another 7 cu.ft. that can fit 2 corny keys and a 6 1/2gal carboy.

I bought a used keezer and the compressor went. I looked at the date and it is about 20 years old! 0.o My wife is buying me a new freezer for my birthday do you guys have any recommendations? I have done some reading and I will be taking cuttouts with me, but I am looking to fit a 6gal glass...

Thanks for all of the input! Last night my wort had actually chilled to about 50degrees by midnight with ice still in it. I left it out (covered with an air lock) and by 8am it was 72. I pitched, and now I have the ambient temp at about 64. Hopefully I will have a great brew soon! I'm hoping the...

Well I am glad to hear I didn't mess anything up! If anyone is looking for a technique for chilling to lager temps I think I have found it! My wort is at 48 degrees and rising. I am no thermics expert but when I add 200+200+32+32+32 I get 498. Then when I divide by 5 I get just below 100. I'm...

So this is my 3rd brew. The first two I wasn't prepared to chill my wort so I sat around for hours waiting for it to get to pitching temp in an ice bath. This time I was determined not to fall victim to the same trap. Did I buy a wort chiller? Of course not! Instead I boiled 3gal of water last...

Status update: it's about 13hrs later and I'm getting about 3 bubbles per SECOND from the one way valve! Next time I'm going to primary this stuff in my glass carboy to watch! I'm just going to leave it and hopefully it turns out well. I started with an activator pack and smacked it about...

I got the water up to about 165 then I added the LME directly into the pot. X-( Now I just need to figure out what gets it off an aluminum pot. :-/ I tried soaking it in saniclean for about 10min and nothing. I may have to use steel wool and try not to scratch it too badly. Fortunately anything...

So right now my 5gal fermenter with what may one day be hefeweisen is sitting in my tub with cool water and even I am laughing. I read TJoHB and thought I knew it all. I got 2gal of water boiling in my 28qt pot and put 3 gal of cool tap water straight from the tap into the fermenter. Next I...

Thanks guys! Everything I read was people discussing how early you can get it into a bottle so I assumed there was a rush with the hefe for some reason (keeping yeast suspended or something). Maybe they are just impatient! :-p I just got back from Hearts and I am somewhat dis-heart-end (get...

I was going to make a Hefeweisen for my first brew but the store messed up and JUST sent my temp controller for my chest freezer so it won't be here until Thursday probably. I go out of town the 19th-28th so now I'm not sure what to do since a good 10-14 days in the primary means it will be done...

Awesome they have the 3056 and 3068. I found a discussion on here where someone already asked the differences. It seems unfortunately I may be jumping the gun here as it seems hefe needs to ferment at about 65degrees to taste right. Guess I have to wait forthe temp control after all. So much for...

So I did get the CL freezer I was asking about earlier. I ordered a starter brewing kit from Austin Home Brew and it, along with the keg and secondary glass fermenter came in yesterday!! I am still waiting on my temp regulator and kegerator conversion kit but hopefully that will get here next...

Doing the math this is 7cuft not 10 I had the wrong freezer. I tried googling what he gave me: It's a Kenmore Coolspot model #2539108180. I can't come up with anything but if looks like Coldsppt is the freezer and Coolspot is a fridge... Also this was a kegerator so there is a hole up top where...

I e-mailed about the model number and I'm waiting to hear back. I shouldn't need a collar for this should I? I can put the vertical tap dispensers and drip tray up top. The cornies are 23" to my knowledge so 29" is plenty and the co2 tank is short enough to fit on the shelf right?

I am looking for someone to help me find any "gotchas" before I seal the deal on this 10cu ft chest freezer from CL. The inner dimensions are: 31 3/8" L 18" W 29" Deep the compressor shelf is 20" Deep 11 3/8" Wide I am really hoping to fit 2 cornies, a 5gal glass carboy and the 5#...