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  1. northcal

    Help with dented corny keg

    Finally had enough of my ugly duckling that always seems to make it's way to the beer. Filling up two cornies tonight and of course the one with the dented lid seal is on deck. Usually I can get it to seal with high pressure and holding it tight, but not tonight. Blew beer all over my...
  2. northcal

    Temp for cold crashing?

    I'm new to cold crashing. I have a 12 gallon batch in a sanke keg that I put outside two days ago. Temp varies between 35-55 throughout the day/night. Any thoughts on how long to leave it out there before putting into cornies? Thanks,
  3. northcal

    California Free: 5.2 pH stabilizer

    Picked up this product after dealing with poor efficiencies during all grain batches on the advice of lhbs. Tried it out but did not help me. After seeing some recent threads about tightening up the grain mill and slowing the sparge down I realized those were in fact my issues (thanks guys...
  4. northcal

    New year's eve brew live

    Fired up the rig a bit ago thought I would share! Strike water ready Grain ready Adding hot water Dough in Mash initial temp Hops on deck Ready to transfer old batch to get the yeast cake More later,
  5. northcal

    1.061

    In a photo... Merry Christmas! :mug:
  6. northcal

    I have arrived...

    Decided to ditch my old girl for a 5500 watt element. Thanks to the dude who put in all of the couplings, I love it. The 50A power outlet works like a champ. :ban:
  7. northcal

    Metal box STC

    I can't add much on how to wire your STC, there are enough good posts here. I based the build on Revvy's build: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/stc-1000-wiring-333680/#post4151380 I wanted to mount mine in a metal box and a trip to the local big box resulted in this: It was pretty...
  8. northcal

    Disposal of spent grain

    Looking for advice, I make 12 gallon all grain batches. I don't have chickens anymore and don't need them for compost. I usually toss them into the yard waste can and they just go away. But the yard waste bin is parked kinda close to my neighbors and it starts to reek after a couple of...
  9. northcal

    phone access to HBT?

    Hi, I'm kind of new here, but I use tapatalk for other forums. I searched on my tapatalk for HBT, but I only found HBT brazil?? Can anyone bring me up to speed for access from my iphone? Thanks much,
  10. northcal

    Recent innovations in homebrew?

    I've been making home brew for about 10 years. When I started I didn't know about brew forums, just the local HBS and friends or family that brewed. I brew all grain using sparging/false bottom & propane burners. Since I joined here, I've noticed lots of recent innovations in homebrew like...
  11. northcal

    "New school"...junk?

    I'm drywalling a brewshed these days. In the middle of mudding and taping yesterday and I go to hook up a small electric heater up to my Ranco digital temp controller for the night to keep the mud warm while it dries. Should be no problem right?, especially since I've been doing this for the...
  12. northcal

    Using hardiePanel in your DIY homebrewery?

    Hey all, I built a small shed for my home brewing this year. Getting it finished on the inside now. I will be sheet rocking it soon, but I'm thinking about installing hardiePanel on the wall behind the brew structure-just from the concrete floor up four feet. I'll be using Electric for the...
  13. northcal

    Hello, brewing in Northern California

    Hi guys, I'm in Northern California. Just moved to a new house and I'm planning to build a brewery in back. I've been brewing all grain beer for about 10 years and enjoy it quite a bit. Anyway, hope to be around here for some time to come. My old brewery was propane powered, and my new...
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