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SOLD! (How can I change the thread title?)

No, thanks. I've got several people lined up to purchase the whole setup. I must have told a half-dozen people "sale pending, will let you know if it falls through..."

NOTE: the Thermapen is NOT included. I've had a few people ask me that. -Mark

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Really? You think I should ask more? :) It was a hard decision, but man I can barely walk in my room here... Too many hobbies...

I'm getting out of the home-brewing business. I don't have time to do it any more, and I need the space. Price is $100 firm, pickup only, in the Webster, TX area (SE side of Houston). First come, first sold. See my craigslist ad: http://houston.craigslist.org/for/2932468690.html EDIT: the...

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Well, it may only be 50 here now, but our mild winters come with a price. Summers here are absolute murder! Good idea about the aquarium heater. I may give that a shot - Thanks!

lauter/vorlauf it's all greek to me :) I mean putting the wort back into the MLT until it's clear. Sorry - vorlauf I think is the correct term. What's an iodine check? Also, how do you control the temperature of a fermenting carboy? I'm on the gulf coast, so usually I'm lucky if it's 75...

Thanks all. Glad to be here. <resuming lurking research mode>.........

OK I'm pretty new to homebrewing (8 extract batches) and I tried my first all-grain recipe last weekend. I just wanted to share what I did so those of you who do this all the time can tell me what mistakes I made, or ways I could improve, or just be able to chuckle and think “Yeah I remember...

Wow, three replies in 10 minutes. This place is "hoppin" (pun intended) I'm going to post my first AG experience in the all-grain forum. It wasn't hard at all, actually. I used what I think is called "batch sparging" - filled up the MLT three times to get my wort. 84% efficiency, if my...

Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm a habitual lurker; there's rarely any information that I need that I can't find via a search, and there are many many people with better responses than me, so I rarely reply. Anyway, I'm Mark, I live in Texas, I've done 8 extract kits, and on the last one I...