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Here's my 1968 starter. I absolutely love this yeast! It clears so fast. This is 10 hours into the starter. Stepped up from an 800mL.

Ah, but I know you want to... hehehe. The first run my chiller ever had was in my wife's spaghetti pot the night it got finished. I just couldn't wait for brew day.

Good Job Mendozer! Have you tried it out yet? Gave it a test run in a pot of boiling water? Heck, while I'm at it. Here's mine.

Agreed... Use some sandpaper to prep the copper. Be sure to post some pics of your build. Brew pr0n is always appreciated by us all.

Home Depot website has that thing listed for $500! Link You'd better buy a lottery ticket too. P.S. You suck

You can use a lamp without any negative effects. Incandescent bulbs won't have any impact on your hops. It's the flourescent bulbs that will cause skunking. But there is always a heat wrap for your carboy. Here's a link for a wrap and temp controller.

I was just wondering if there was a connection between the dimensions of your boil kettle and how vigorous of a boil you need to blow off the DMS precursors? Does a Tall/Skinny kettle need a more vigorous boil than a Short/Wide kettle because of the added height some of the volatiles need to...

Have you considered having a section of the bar directly attached to the freezer lid? That way you could just lift up the bar to get to the inside of the freezer and you could put the tower right there on top, no need to have exposed lines. Something like just incorporating this right into...

I used an old pan. Building a Wort Chiller « ND Brew But as long as it doesn't restrict your flow too much, you shouldn't have any problems

Systm did an episode about putting a radio frequency ID lock on a mini frigde. Fridge Lock It might be a bit more complicated than what you want, but it's pretty dang cool.

It's just my initials, but I think it conveys the style very well. ND Brew (Indie Brew)

This has all piqued my curiosity. As far as the malt is concerned. 20 minutes is fine. It's the hops that are the constant source of debate/concern. What is it I want out of the beer? I could boil as directed and the beer would be too bitter. I could adjust the size of the 60 minute...

How much would the 2 oz addition at 20 minutes compare to a 1 oz addition at 2 minutes as far as the flavor is concerned? Perhaps 1 oz at 45 minutes just for bittering is a way to go, I'll play around with the numbers in ProMash. I'd have to say I was kinda looking forward to having a brew...

I posted this over at my blog, but since I don't get much traffic and I would like some pointers, I'm going to re-post it here. Sorry for the lame ctrl-c, ctrl-v move, but it was just too easy. Next up, Cream Ale. I figured it was about time I tried brewing something below 15 SRM. Who knows...

My next batch is going to be a Wee Heavy (Northern Brewers extrat kit) I'll have 12lbs of LME as my fermentables and plan on making a 2L starter. SG should be somewhere around 1.083 My question involves conditioning. Do I rack to a secondary and let it condition there or just do it in the...