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Anyone know where i can pick up a few shirron ventmatic faucets? Im lookin for some old stock from websites or maybe your LHBS has a few? I NEEEEEED some of these babies, thanks for the help! I am also looking for rebuild kits for the shirron ventmatic faucets, if anyone knows where i can...

any word on when we will see the classic shirron ventmatics back in stores? I got 5 already but im a crazy bastard and need 5 more just to keep in my sock drawer. just wondering if anyone knew anything about the patent storm goin on over there, its a damn shame... they are the ShIiit! the...

Hey everyone, Last night i pitched a wyeast smack pack activator Irish ale yeast without a starter(thinking I would be ok with an OG of 1.041) into a Dry stout. turned out I way overshot my efficiency (and overshot my evaporation rate) and ended up with an OG of 1.057. With this increased...

Hey everyone, brewing a dry stout tomorow, as per jamils recipe in BYO a couple months ago. Its going to be about 1.042 OG and I am using wyeast irish ale yeast. Jamil says ferment at 65, so I will attempt to hit this target with reasonable accuracy. I am just wondering what room...

hello everyone, i am trying to connect my cylinder and my regulator by a length of high pressure gas hose, on both my co2 and nitrogen cylinders. anyone know where I can get a high pressure Co2 line, probably braided stainless and sometimes refered to as a pigtail? with a CGA320(the fitting...

Sad news, some crazy legal situation in shirrons HQ has resulted in the production of ventmatics to cease. I am worried that I will no longer be able to find parts for them. Is anyone else worried that when a ventmatic or 2 on your kegerator craps out in 5 years you wont be able to source...

anyone ever get a dud white labs vial? the experation date says july, i made a 1 liter starter with it , its been on the stir plate for like 9 hours with out a bubble, theres negative pressure in the airlock, no krausen, no bubbles anywhere, just a flat lifeless liter of starter :( not my...

Hey everyone, I know that Wyeast and WHite labs sometimes have the same strain of yeast. I am wondering if... >>"White Labs WY320 American Hefeweizen" -and- >>"Wyeast 1010 American Wheat" are the same yeast? Iif not, is the "white labs 320 American Hefe"...

Hey everything else is done, I just have to wire this baby up then i am going to post some pics of the finished unit. I got a digital thermostat that I will extend the leads coming off the board for the thermistor, so I can mount the thermostat outside of the chiller. I am taking a huge shot...

hey everyone, i thought i was the man by putting away cases of some extract brews that i had made from october through january- turns out at least 2 of them have turned - cant stomache them, i remember at least 3 months ago they were for the most part yummy, one especially so, but now 2 (that i...

Hey everyone, a few days ago i was at the pub and had a brown ale, dont recall hte brand, but i do remember it had a distinct taste of cough syrup to it. it was pretty f-ing nasty but i was pretty nasty f-ed so i didnt know what was going on. what was wrong with this beer? was it infected...

Hey everyone, i am a seasoned homebrewer who is intrigued by the idea of making my own merlot. I am wondering though, I see the kits at the LHBS that include a grape juice concentrate, but are there any home wine makers that press their own whole grapes? ( I cant help but feel i am...

this is what i just brought home, i am pretty sure it will work, am i wrong? it runs on 2 AA batteries http://customer.honeywell.com/Techlit/pdf/69-0000s/69-1799.pdf

whats the deal with the quick disconnect / picnic tap combo sold at my LHBS with 1 incheses :cross: of hose between the two? how is that going to provide the proper resistance to pour a decent beer? shouldnt it be like 8 feet?

If I am using a ferm chiller set at 62 degrees air temp, and its 72 in the room that the ferm chiller is in, is it ok to take the fermented beer out of the chiller once fermentation is complete and allow the now fermented beer to sit in 72 degree room temp without worrying about bad things...

Hey everyone, I ordered a wyeast smack pack, its on a UPS truck on its way here. the only thing im worried about is that there has been a heat wave up here in the north east, will my smack pack be ok? I plan on making a 800 mL starter when i get it, I should have got the ice pack with it but...

Anyone have trouble with (or recomend) the bayou classic SQ-14 for a 10 gallon batch using a keggle? I am planning on trying this out for the next batch but I would hate to be underpowered. thanks

Hello, I am wondering if the length of time your mash is within the range of effective mash temps (149 - 157 Farenheit) has anything to do with the fermentability (attenuation) of your wort? If I was doing a batch sparge, did NOT mash out, and let the wort sit for, say 120 minutes, before...

hey everyone, will the all stainless 1/2" compression to 1/2" MPT fitting from morebeer fit the weldless kettle fitting that I bought at northern brewer? also can anyone suggest a good site to pick up a 1 foot piece of 1/2 inch stainless tubing for the siphon tube? thanks a lot for the help

hey everyone, If I check 1.063 to 1.013 on my hydrometer, it says I would get a 6.9 ABV , but when I type that same OG/FG into beersmiths percent alcohol and attenuation tool, I get 6.5 percent abv. is beersmith right or is my hydrometer busted fruitloops or what?