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If you're looking for a temp controller, you might consider those that control two devices - your freezer (or refrigerator) and heater. Here are a couple of url's for such products from Amazon. I use the Control Products TC-9102D-HV to control my chest freezer and the heating element I put in...

Have been doing extract kits for abt 9 months now. IPA's and stouts. Some turned out OK (but not great), and some had that nasty homebrew "twang" to their taste. Believe I have gotten it down now. Nothing but success with the last efforts. Going back to the beginning of this thread, I agree...

Everyone has different tastes, but I find their Imperial IPA to be one of the best brews I've ever had. I do it ~10 days in the primary, 2 weeks in secondary and 2 weeks in the bottle. Have found a couple of commercial brews that tase about as good to me (Daisy Cutter out of Chicago, Ballast...

Thanks, guys, for the quick response. Makes sense to me. Only my third batch (a Foreign Extra clone), and the more I do this, it seems the more variables I think about....

1. When using 5 oz packet of corn sugar (for 5 gal. batch), I boil it in 2 cups of water. How important is it how long it boils for? 2. Is it necessary to cool it before pouring it into the bottling bucket (and pouring the room-temp beer on top of it and stirring)? If so, what happens if you...