Recent content by Redfutz

I have been doing some downscaling and rethinking of my setup. Thanks for all the input. I have been looking at a 7 cu ft. upright freezer from Vissani as a possible option for a dual carboy fermentation chamber. It runs about $300, and has glass shelves that could easily be removed and replaced...

I like the ingenuity you put into both of those set ups, I am not a big fan of the caps myself. If anything i could do some drilling to make some custom stoppers. I really like my glass and I got good deals on them over time. From what I'm hearing putting my carboys in an encasement and heating...

I currently make wine with as much fruit as I can get my hands on, I have 14x 5 gallon carboys and 10x 1 gallon carboys which are mostly all in use. I plan on trying a 5 gallon batch of a lager of some kind with the Anvil while mostly making ales and just keeping the house at a decent ambient...

I have a plum wine that started at 1.1 specific gravity, and has since stopped at 1.012 for multiple weeks. I have racked it several times to remove any lease. I just picked up some potasium sorbate, but I dont want to use it if I dont have to. I was wandering if it would be safe to go ahead and...

That sounds like an awesome idea, I will definitely take it into consideration. Thank you for the reply. I am only just starting my beer brewing adventure, so everything I can learn is very helpful. That method sounds like it would actually be cheaper more budget friendly if I could find the...

My end goal is to be able to have 5 automatic and Individually temperature controlled 5 gallon carboys. I want to be able to brew 5 different types of beer at the same time with minimal effort as far as cooling is concerned. I have an idea of a way to do this, but it seems bulky and expensive...