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Getting ready to purchase an upright freezer to make a keg fridge out of. I have looked at a ton, and I just can't decide what to get. I have looked at used ones, but around here (st. louis), unless you are the first caller - they are gone. So I finially decided that I would just buy a new one...

Anybody out there using their converted lager refrigeration unit as a keg fridge too? If so - would like to know the good and bad of it all....trying to decide if I'm going to dedicate (yet another) refrigerator to the project, or if I'm going to use my lager freezer for 2 things...... Thanks...

Mornin' Fellow Brewers, I'm just about to start assembling my all-grain rig. If you have a unique design - PLEASE post! I'm working on a rig made of 2 kegs and a Mini-Mash lauter tun. I would really like to see your designs before I put mine together. I'm welding the frame from donated...

Almost have the parts together for my AG setup - and thanks for the help everyone. I would like to invest in a good, clear and concise, AG brewing book. I like books that cut around the BS and get to the point. Any suggestions from the AG Gods? Thanks! Paul

AHH. Finially got most of the stuff to start an all-grain process. I have one Keg that I will cut a circle out of the top (5 gallon bucket template) to heat the sparge water in for tier 1. Have a plastic lauter tun (mini-mash) for tier 2. The second keg will be my final tier 3 wort boiling pot...

Where is the best place to buy a Corny Kegging Kit online? Thanks - Paul

I believe it's time to start some all-grain. Looking at either a 15 gal keg setup or 10 gal cooler. Anybody have strong opinions one way or another? Thanks - Paul

Quick question for those die-hard lagering folks. I have a freezer with a temp controller (set at 54 degrees) with space for two carboys. Current lager looks like she'll be in there awhile and I want to get another one started. Limited to a 5 degree per day temp drop for the new batch...

Well - long story short. I am the dude with the clove meat marinade (actually started as a hefeweizen wheat that overheated just a tad). I decided to keep the batch and let it sit for a few months in the carboy. Unsure if the yeast had autolyzed, I tossed in a batch of priming sugar and kept it...

Hey everybody - you might look into this. My father-in-law was eating in a bar the other night and asked the owner about the returnable AB bottles. Get this. They gave him 3 cases for free, with the good commercial bottle boxes, and said they would only charge future cases at $0.60 per case...

A neighbor just installed a reverse osmosis water filtration system, and I was wondering if it would be a bad idea to try that water for beermaking. Thanks - Paul

Thanks for all of the help in advance. I'm getting ready to start my first all grain ale and after a fair amount of research, and acknowledgement of limited beer finances (new baby), I need to see if this will work. 1. Boil 3 gallons water and remove from heat 2. Soak grains in bag...

I'm in the midst of a 65 degree diacetyl rest on my newest own-recipe lager (S23 yeast). Tomorrow, I will slowly start lowering the temperature to the 32-33 degree range. I'm not sure when to bottle, and how to handle the temperature when I do. Need a little help. Thanks - Paul - proprieter...

Evening guys, I'm getting ready to pitch yeast into my latest lager experiment, and have new temp controlled freezer at 55-60 degrees. Just had a new question - can the primary fermentation happen in the freezer at that temp - or does it need to happen at basement temperature, then to the...

Dearly departed, I just lost a wheat batch to the dreaded clove flavor. I understand that temperature control is needed. I was looking at putting a temperature controller on a fridge or freezer (chest) - How is a guy to choose which one? Assuming all other things are equal - will one work...

Not sure what the deal is. Had the weizen wheat sitting in the carboy secondary for a week and decided to check the spgr today - 1.010 (starting 1.049), nice, clear, and crisp. Now for the bad part - tastes like cloves. yes, cloves. any ideas? Used German Wheat liquid yeast. I'm at a loss...

Just brewed my first non-kit brew. I truly decided to wing it and made a Budvar-like lager with a pound of rice syrup extract added. She sat in the primary for about a week, then on to the secondary for about a week. Plenty of settlement on the bottom of the carboy - but it doesn't have that...