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Hey All, upgrading my system to herms and taking a huge step this weekend. I'm going all QD's between vessels, pumps, and my chillzilla that I will be using as a counterflow herms coil. Anyways I will be de-soldering the current fittings on my Chillzilla (all copper CFC) to add copper 1/2"...

Hey all, Almost a month ago I posted a link to a pretty epic deal on one of those Chinese temp controllers, except this one is a complete unit. 0 diy required. Also this unit is compatible with both US and EU plugins supporting inputs ranging from 110v-220v. Link to Current Auction. Once it...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/50-110-thermostat-temperature-controller-temp-control-switch-Thermometer-/350982291617?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51b82cc0a1#ht_3932wt_946 picked up 2. **EDIT** Got them in the mail! Full review HERE!

random 1st time browsing CL in my girlfriends hometown. (2.5 hours from where i live.) find this guy with a list of a crap ton of bottles and drying tree for 50 bucks. So i say what the hell, worst case scenario i end up with a drying tree. So I shoot him a msg, and this is what I picked up last...

I had an idea for a light ale with rooibos (roy-bos) tea and lemon. essentially an iced tea lemon ale to resemble my favorite non alcoholic summer beverage, the arnold palmer. I think im right on with the amount of tea, but im unsure about my lemon additions. What do you guys think? I get my...

Hey all, putting some thought into the brews I am going to do this summer. Have a Citra IPA dry hopped in the secondary, and i want to get 3 more in the works. I'm really feeling the summer brews right now, IPAs, wheats, maybe a shandy? what would your top 3 be? I'm looking for some inspiration...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Growler-Filler-for-Perlick-525SS-Faucets-/320896717175?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab6ef5177 seems like it would be worth the 10$ experiment.

http://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/banana-flamb-german-wheat Another theory crafted beer. let me know what you guys thing. Probably going to brew this one in another month or so. I'll do it as a partial mash, but youll probably get close just doing extract as well.

Hey all. I was super inspired by sonofgrok's post about traditional chinese rice wine. I've got my first half gallon sitting in the jug about ready to drink. Anyways I used some super clear to filter out all of the white sediment, which I assumed were just unwanted particulates. Anyways It's...

Came across this on wikipedia. Sounds interesting. anyone have any experience with it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_beer

Hey all, Work is dead tonight so i theory crafted a kiwi wheat /w nz and aussie hops. Let me know what you think! http://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/moteuka-kiwheat

Hey all, Work is dead so i theorycrafted a kiwi wheat /w nz and aussie hops. Let me know what you think! http://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/moteuka-kiwheat

So i've been scouring the mead forum because I want to try something new. My question is could i make just a basic mead. let it clarify, then make additions at bottling like spices, fruit, etc. can you stabilize mead like you do wine? What I would like to do is put a 5-6gallon batch together and...

I just needed to say how much I love midwest. Ordered a couple of kegs yesterday morning around 8am for $40/per. They're on the fedex truck for delivery right now. I live in Fargo, ND so it's one day once it's shipped, but thats still pretty quick for processing during the holidays. Now i just...

Hey all, quick question. do you just wire your coffin fans to run continuously or do you wire them in to the temp controller so that they turn on with compressor.

hey all, midwest is having an epic keg sale. Buy One Get One free recon ball lock kegs with $100 purchase not including the cost of the first keg. keg costs $50. Limit 2 kegs per customer. Got mine already, thought you guys might want to know.

Picked up a 24" drip tray today for 42$ shipped off ebay, felt so good I had to share. Here's the link if anyone's interested. I think there's a few left. Woot!

So as I understand it a lot of cider makers like to use something like campden to kill their yeast after fermentation so they can back sweeten with brown or natural sugar. my question is, if I fermented a 4 gallon batch /w concentrate, when fermentation is finished could I add 1 gallon of cider...

This Beer is classified an American Double Stout. It is an attempt at the Beer Geek Brunch Weasel by Mikkeller which is aged in wet oak cognac barrels so it has notes of Oak and noticeable presence of cognac. The cognac and oak dominate the aroma profile as well. this is my attempt at an extract...

Recon Ball lock kegs. steam cleaned, sanitized, and new orings with all damaged parts replaced. free shipping $54.00. Bought 4. heck yes. *edit* oh did i mention all the stickers/reside are removed too?