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On this weekend's brew (my 4th all-grain batch, so I'm still dialing it in and hammering out my process) I had a great brew day - it was around 19°, so a bit chilly, but I nailed my mash temps and held it in my coleman cooler MLT without any real trouble. (Batch Sparged) I ended up with...

A laser engraver/cutter that I have access to? http://www.epiloglaser.com/

A colleague at work (Chem teacher) handed me a stir bar this morning as a thanks for some help this summer in a training. It is an unused (packaged) 2.5" stir bar (egg shaped). I can't wait to try it out, but I'm wondering if it is more than I need, could there be any drawback to using it...

Inspired by the meat pr0n here I became obsessed with getting into the smoking game. I highly recommend the UDS - easy as pie to build, I did some BBQ chicken to start off and am planning pulled pork and a whole chicken this week.

My Brother in law and I brewed a batch of Common Room ESB this weekend. It was my first AG brew, and he isn't a brewer. Two problems that arose: I missed the mash-in temp, something like 9° low, so I just used Beersmith to figure out an infusion to bring it up to temp (nailed it). I'll...

I'm looking to improve my aeration/oxygenation -- Do you think this would be a good CL find? I know zero about O2 tanks. How much would you pay for this if it is? http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/hab/2535993865.html

This is my first MLT build, I built a copper mainfold with a simple design, and I am getting about four cups of deadspace when I test it out, is this a lot? Any tips on how I might improve the design?

I just finished building a manifold for my Coleman Xtreme 70QT and am excited to take the plunge into All Grain! Currently I have one burner, a keggle and the cooler (and my old 3 gallon boil pot from the kitchen) Do I have enough to start AG with batch sparging? I thought I was in...

Slowly but surely I'm upgrading my brewery. I built a stir plate and have a starter underway for my upcoming brew (not gonna get stuck with bad yeast again!) Q1: When I'm ready to pitch, do I just dump the whole starter into the brew, or should I be chilling it and pouring off the beer on...

I brewed a Koelsch on Saturday on my new keggle and turkey fryer. The brew went swimmingly, or so I thought. Lounging outside in a deck chair drinking a beer is a much better way to while away the brew day than pacing the kitchen and steaming up the house. I used a buddy's Immersion...

One day I will have a cool brew rig, but like many I'm in the garage/driveway with a keggle on a turkey frier burner. Is there a trick to raising up the keg off the SQ14 burner to get a good gravity flow (like through a CFC) or should I just be prepared to lift the (hot) keg to my workbench...

I got my weldless bulkhead from Bargain Fittings (nice piece of equipment) -- I got my hole cut just about perfectly witha 13/16 step bit and just a have a few questions. 1) I thought I was supposed to teflon tape the nipple fitting that goes into the ball valve -- that sucker is in there...

I got some old draft tower/tap parts off craigslist pretty cheap, mainly for the taps that were included, there was a draft tower that I may or may not use, but, since I wen to the trouble of cleaning it up I thought I might as well see what it would take to get it looking pretty. There was...

I have a corny that seemed to ooze a little bit of liquid (maybe I overfilled, it was pretty close to the top. Is this normal or should I do some maintenance like replace the poppets? The oozing stopped once the pressure went up a bit, so maybe something is just stuck in there.

So, I picked up a 10# CO2 bottle used on CL today (actually it was right by my wife's work so I sent her to do my dirty work) -- the bottle obviously is going to need to be tested, but it is currently holding gas. I paid $25, so it's not the end of the world if I got ripped off. I called...

Two batches done! Oktoberfest kit and an old peculier old ale clone. Tasted my first brews this week. I am hooked! Thanks for answering my daft questions.

What is the best way to ensure that I have room to grow into a 4-keg system if I only have the money for one or two right now. Basically what is the difference in equipment (regulators, CO2, lines) if you decided to add a keg or two later on?

A few buddies are talking about putting together a 'beer club' , not for homebrew per se (though I'm imagining a lot of that might get tasted . . .) Does anyone have any experience with such a club (some of the wives have a wine club, where they have food, and taste different wines -- seems...

A friend has an old keg he is willing top part wtoth and I think it would be a good diy project to convert it over the holidays. Questions... If I buy weldless stainless fittings can I close to weld them later? A guy at work might be able to weld for me.

I've been perusing the DIY wort chillers tutorials (immersion for now) -- I realize that cost is not always the only reason to DIY, but copper seems MUCH more expensive these days than in the two or three year old tutorials I am reading. Should I DIY or just buy an immersion chilller @...