Recent content by YulebeHoppin

The black box looks like a PC fan controller to me. You might have to go with 12v just to fire that thing up. There could be some extra components etc. in there that might be looking for 12v. As has been suggested, try directly wiring the fan, then you know where your problem is.

My first batch was some ingredients from the lhbs loosely fashioned into a recipe. I was about 4 L of water low for the recipe, and it tasted rather boozy. Not horrible, but definitely not what I was looking for. The second batch was one of my best.

Where I am located, there is a local dive shop that does recertification of tanks, so that could be why the dive stickers are on there.

I make kefir in a pickle jar, and do the same thing.

Hop utilization may be a bit down because of the concentrated boil. That's one of the main reasons I used to do late additions of my extract (never was worried about color.)

I really don't mind bottling beer. I hate cleaning and sanitizing bottles though.

Welding with CO2 is often referred to as MAG welding, (Metal Active Gas) instead of MIG welding, as CO2 is not truly inactive. It is definitely less reactive than not using gas at all though...

You're still at the early stages here. I think your yeast is still going to be fine, and 79 is a little on the high side for fermentation, but you wont kill your yeast at that temperature. The beer just won't taste as "clean". It's still gonna taste good though. If you can drape a t-shirt...

Pabst blue ribbon. But I'm honest about it.

Start a charity drive and take pledges. If you get enough pledges, then crush each grain individually with a pair of needle nose pliers.

I'd believe it about the IPA. The Festa Brew kits are made by Magnotta, and their True North IPA is a great brew. I might have to keep an eye out for the festa brew IPA now.

It's probably going to be horrible, and you should mail it to me for taste testing. I'll let you know if you should drink the rest of it or not (I have a feeling that you may need to send the rest to me for disposal though)

supposedly cold steeping the coffee will greatly reduce bitterness. I find espresso to be less bitter because the water has less actual contact with the beans.

FestaBrew is made by Magnotta. It's a 23L premade wort. A friend of mine has had good luck with a red ale kit, but I think it was BrewHouse.

I actually cap the twist-off returnable ISB's here in Ontario without a problem with my winged capper and pop top lids. Maybe I"m just lucky, but I've never had a problem. I'm drinking a beer right now that's at least a year old, and it was carbed up and ready to go. I have had problems with...