Recent content by lockwom

I'm sorry I feel off the HBT bandwagon. Since I was last on here, I: - Sold my house, got divorced, moved across country - Pedaled my bicycle around Iceland, around both islands of New Zealand, and across the USA. - I lived in a truck camper with a DIY retrofit for solar power and lived off...

Sounds like I owe you guys a price list. Work is a busy right now, but I will sit down and enumerate the items I bought, including upgrades to make it work more smoothly.

If I could use some sort of system to electrically chill water (or possibly glycol) for recirculation, I would; changing the ice once or twice per day can be a bit of a pain for a lager. On the other hand, keeping beers around 60-70 is significantly easier. And this ice solution was cheap...

Since the outlet is 1.5", as is the butterfly valve, I haven't had any problems with a clogging, but possibly because I make a quick trub/hop dump at the start. My procedure so far is: transfer whirlpooled/chilled beer into two sanitized plastic 5 gallon carboys filled to the brim (plastic...

I held it for 6 days, until it attenuated 75%. Let it rise to 60 F, which required half the amount of ice to maintain temp. Dumped trub/yeast once it finished primary, lowered temp, and they've been lagering in kegs for a long time, and will continue to until October. I could tell when...

Before I only tested to about 3 PSI. With this lager, it's at atmospheric pressure, aapparently the seal has failed. The silicone and and weather stripping are only protecting against inadvertent dust floating in. I contacted 'allclene' from the original thread, and he estimates finishing at...

First, I take the cone to the shower to clean out as much as possible. Then, I use a 1/3 HP pump with 3/4" ID tubing circulating PBW solution through a CIP spray ball. Only takes about 10-20 minutes and it cleans off all krausen and garbage quite well. I use the same pump system to...

I built a diptube by cutting a stainless steel elbow installed in a compression fitting, but never used it. The dead space below the side port diptube only holds about a quart based on where I drilled it, and is usually full of yeast, dry hop matter, etc. I think a diptube is only necessary if...

I posted a separate thread (since this one is so long) about my plastic conical build: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/temperature-controlled-plastic-conical-build-421666/

If you ever sell your house, you could probably spot homebrewers among prospective buyers based on their response to that beautiful timesaver.

Inspired by all of the topics in https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/super-simple-15g-plastic-conical-276378/ and https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/ebay-aquarium-temp-controller-build-163849/ I built an insulated plastic conical fermenter. - Purchased inductor (MDPE cone) and stand from...

I was in a similar boat with the RuralKing delay. I had to call and cancel the order, but their customer service was confused because they had shipped out a plastic bulkhead already, and labeled the entire order as complete. Got my money back, ordered from Agrimart; arrived 3 days after ordering.

Looking forward to it, thanks for the hard work.

I might reconsider my Vienna malt purchase if nobody wants to split. I'm planning a Vienna-base Oktoberfest, but would only use it for the one batch. The 2-row still stands as requested. Can I please get a new PM for grain prices? The old ones I have appear to have vanished.

What ABV is your homebrew?! SG of water is 1.0, a barleywine is near 1.1.