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Why not just ask the landlord if he actually gives a crap about the ancient fridge he abandoned in the basement? I guarantee that if he's renting the place to college students, he has no expectations of ever being able to use that fridge for food again.

I'm in!

Bobby, I don't know if you have any available ports in your fermenter, but I added a couple clear poly caps to the 1.5" tri-clamp ports in the lid of mine. It's not a huge viewing area, but I can get a pretty good look inside with a small flashlight, and they were only $6. Most of the time I...

I'm guessing it's going to be more trouble than it's worth to try and recirculate through a port below grain level. I'd just plug it for now and add your recirc port at the top if hooking the hose over the edge isn't what you want. You can always pick up a second thermometer for 10-gallon...

Why would you lose the HopLup? Airlocks don't care whether their hole was drilled into the center of the cap or not.

I haven't tried any really hard woods. The cherry was hardest, but still cut fairly easily. I did have to be a bit more careful cutting the cross-unders, since the cherry was more brittle and snapped easily if I used any prying motion to clear the chips. Time's hard to estimate since I did...

Actually finished this up a month or so back, but kept forgetting to grab a picture. Click for larger images. Halfway through, but haven't started #4 yet.

Sure, there are lots of ways to make the spacing work - I just mentioned it in case Robby already had some tap handles that he intended to use. I ended up carving some small tap handles without a spot for labels, and just put current beer info up on a blackboard. Some pics of my tap handles...

The holes are spaced 3-3/8" apart, which makes the distance between the outer edges of the first and last flange 19". No difficulties with the spacing, though you might want to make sure your tap handles have enough clearance if you're planning on using ones like some of the DIY handles that...

Here are a few pics I took a couple weeks ago. The handle is further along than these - about 3/4 done now. Have to do some cleanup on the back, set the threaded nut, then sanding and finishing. The knotwork is just a matter of making stop cuts almost straight down at the intersection lines...

There's no need for 2x - a 1x6 at 3/4" thick is more than strong enough to hold the taps. A chest freezer lid weighs almost nothing - you can chuck it like a frisbee. Only reason for a miter joint (or dovetail for that matter) over a butt joint is aesthetics.

Awesome ideas, keep 'em coming. I've already given Derrin a heads-up that I'm going to need a hand getting these kitted out. I also have email out to Holloway America, which services and sells replacement parts for Precision Stainless tanks. Using the jacket as a chiller for temp control or...

I was talking about using a pressure cooker/canner with mason jars, like this: I haven't tried storing wort in a corny with CO2. Seems possible, if never opened, but I'd be nervous about it.

Pressure can your starter wort so it's always at room temp when you make a starter.

Catt, since you're planning on running the tests on different days anyway, why not just top off the propane tank between the two runs so they both start at the same pressure? One more variable out of the equation. I'm in favor of this mod overall - if nothing else, it makes me feel clever...

Just picked up 3 terrifyingly robotic-looking stainless tanks from a guy who bought a bunch of equipment from a pharmaceutical lab before they shut down. He described them as fermenters, but I don't know what the lab was using them for. The tanks are 50L (~13 gallons), and apparently can be...

There are miter boxes that can handle 6" high stock - will probably run you somewhere around $30-$50 including backsaw at a local hardware store. Not sure what to recommend without knowing what other tools you have. Circular saw with a clamped guide would be my next choice if a miter/chop saw...

Some more in-progress pics - click photos for larger versions. I found a nice piece of spalted birch in the scrap pile that felt solid enough and cut it down to size with band saw and jointer. I glued the pattern to the blank using a craft spray adhesive - sets fairly quickly as long as you...

I used 2" wood screws, and they haven't budged. Wood glue would be stronger, but I wasn't sure whether I'd be happy with the location of the faucets, so wanted to be able to replace the front panel without rebuilding the whole thing. Turned out they were fine, so never made use of the ability...