Recent content by tyhawkins9

I've been making soda water and ever clear spiked soda, and these have been my comments so far. 1. Make sure you crank down and seal the screw caps. Check, and then check again. 2. I've washed them a few times with clear oxyclean, and still get a bit of plastic taste 3. the diptube into the...

Hi all! did not expect that type of response! thank you kindly. 1. Refractometer calculator: holy smokes that makes a difference, did not know I needed to correct after fermentation! Thank you Daytrippr and DBHomebrew 2. Not my first or even 10th batch, but just because I went through the...

It's been a busy year with a newborn and new house, and to be honest I've I'm piss poor with my timing. Getting that out of the way first! Brewed a celebration clone BIAB from MOREBEER. Hit a good OG of 1.075, pitched 2 packs of 05, didn't take any further readings with my refractometer, until...

Awesome, thanks for the response! My lazy inner caveman is perfectly fine with using a sledge hammer for a brass tack. * See Binford 9000 Hell Fire Grill..........6,000,000 btu's hooo hoo ho!

Short Story: Anyone use a banjo burner to grill on? If so, any tips on keeping the food from dripping on to it besides tinfoil cover with each hole poked through? Longer-ish Story As I was growing up in Lansing MI, my house was 100% DIY. My dad and I had installed a natural gas line to the...

Think about every restaurant in your town that sells pop (yes I'm from Michigan and don't say soda). Those places had a keg for each type, and probably back ups.

Do not drill through walls. Freezers are wrapped in coolant panels, and you'll have wasted a freezer. Try running the probe through the bottom drain hole possibly? You could always build a platform to raise it up and the controller in the platform. As for the controller I love my Johnson...

So Im making the jump into all grain, and have read more articles and forums than I'd like to admit, and one of the problems I keep reading is the deadspace under false bottoms if you're not using a pick up tube with a pump. Im looking at building my own MLT, and Im thinking the best way for me...

Settings for Johnson a419 as a fermentation chamber: Sp - 70 - Meaning it cuts in at 70 degrees, Dif - 3 - Turns off at 67 (probably drop to 66-65) Asd - 5 - won't re-cycle for 5 min Sf - 1 - if sensor fails it will leave it on (rather have to restart yeast than ruin a batch with off flavors)...

That's what I was thinking. It was a late night "Christmas morning" situation. I wanted to get the wiring in, settings punched in, and test it so I could drop my primary with an extract ipa in to it.

Johnson controls came in yesterday!

Definitely going to give it some breathing room. Thanks for the advice!

I definitely suggest just buying a new keezer. IMO I looked for so long and only saw nasty dirty ones for around 75 to 100 dollars. I bought a new 5.1 cu feet holiday from Loews at 129 using an old price tag someone had posted on here ( it was a lowes price tag from like 2009, but the guy...

I could use a little 2.5er! Thanks guys!

Hey guys, first post! Woo!! Making a Keezer/fermentation chamber (50-75° for fermenting then dropping it once beer is ready) Already own: - holiday 5.1 cu cheat freezer. (swiped at 129.99 brand new because of an OLD price tag posted on here) - Johnson a419 controller - 1 pin lock corny (found...