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Thanks to Santa and a very awesome SWMBO, I am finally going electric! I've got a mostly unmodified keggle and a 10gal round cooler MLT, and really can't wait to be done lifting gallons of hot water over my head during my brew day! I've got a 5500W ulwd element going into the HLT/BK and will be...

I always wondered how many oz would fit in one. Now I know. Using a canning funnel (the blue thing) made filling much less messy than without. I filled and pressed them in each jar by hand until it was full, pressed them down the rest of the way with a jar of Lawry's seasoning, and repeated...

I'm planning on running to Hearts Homebrew in Orlando sometime this month to pick up a few sacks of grain, and was wondering if anyone in the local area would like me to pick something up for them while I'm up there. Everything else I usually get online from AHS or morebeer, but bulk grains...

I finally talked SWMBO into letting me start kegging. Woohoo! I picked up a 8.9cf Whirlpool chest freezer for about $100 on craigslist. Since Bobby_M was so kind as to post video instructions on how to convert this particular model to a keezer, I just followed the basics and was able to...

I'm sick of throwing $15 walmart thermometers at the wall, and am looking at finally getting a good one. I'm leaning towards going the type k thermocouple route, and was wondering if anyone had experience with this one. It seems pretty good, has an IR thermometer, takes k-type probes, says the...

I've got weevils in my 2-row. Lame. I just got a food-saver, yay! Has anyone tried killing these things by taking their 02 away? I'm trying it, if anyone's interested, I'll post the results. Anyways, back to brewing. D

My LHBS doesn't carry flaked barley, but the health food store around the corner from me has hulled barley. Can I just run that through my mill and use it in place of flaked barley? I'm kinda assuming it'd be the same thing, but hopefully if it's a problem waiting to happen, someone here's...

I've got my first pale ale attempt (fourth batch ever!) in the primary at the moment, and I'm trying to figure out the IBU for future reference. I know it's in the 30-40range, but the beer recipator at hbd.org does not have an option for late extract addition. The Recipe: 5gal batch...

Just started my first brew last night, after staying up 'till 2AM playing with it! SWMBO deserves kudos for not making me sleep on the couch. Starting from the beginning: The Recipe: Very slight alteration from a Sam Adams Boston Ale clone found on HBT: 3.3lb Muntons light LME...

Howdy, grad student from Sarasota, FL! New to brewing, probably building a son of fermentation chiller tomorrow!