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YMMV, but people have been making beer for ages without all the sanitary and closed system practices that are recently popular. Plenty of breweries still open ferment and then transfer to clearing/bottling line tanks. Many beer making books still demonstrate going from a fermenter to a bottling...

They do require it, if you want to charge it in a reasonable amount of time, such as overnight. You also completely ignore the fact that weather and driving habits affect range in a major way. You might get 220 range driving on a highway at 55 MPH. You certainly are not getting 220 miles of...

You are missing a critical part in that calculation, the kWh of the battery pack. A 1kW charger can deliver 1 kWh of charge per hour. The standard Tesla charger can deliver 6.6kW of charge in an hour on a 220v 30A circuit. A Tesla has a 100kWh battery pack. Typically, you can only use 80% of a...

And as an electrical engineer, you are aware we don't design to minimums, we design to maximums with a buffer. You "can" use a 60 watt power adapter to charge a laptop that normally takes a 90 watt adapter, but it is not recommended because 1) it will be slower and 2) the 60 watt adapter will...

40 AMPs for smaller EV vehicles. Check out the charger specs for larger EVs like trucks and SUVs (Ford F150 and Bronco) that most people are going to want to drive. Bigger vehicle = bigger battery pack = larger charger required. 80 AMPs per car will be the norm. The home amperage issue isn't...

I personally don't think EVs are ready for prime time yet, but I am not opposed to owning one either. The full electric jeep at Moab in May was really cool for example. A lot of people quote range as being an issue - yet neglect to mention most gas cars don't get a whole lot more than 300 - 400...

Nice! No matter how many Bobby videos I watch on silver soldering, I just can't pull it off. It's not my thing apparently. I use TC fittings pretty much everywhere else. I did buy the female threaded TC fitting for the valves on the Anvils. Being brewing specific equipment, I wish Anvil would...

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You might have a case for commercial brewing (though I would argue minorities have a better chance at starting up given the subsidies available to them), but for homebrewing, there is zero barrier other than one's will to order the supplies and brew a batch. People are too quick to throw out the...

That is pretty much my setup now, Anvil 6.5 Foundry, Anvil 6.5 gallon fermenter, Coke 3 gallon pin-lock kegs. I down-sized from 15 gallon Blichmann hardware. I am currently in an apartment, so run a cord from the dryer out to the porch to brew. Will have a garage when I move into my townhouse...

Try a cold plate chiller like you would use in a jockey box ( Jockey Box Cold Plate 8x12 in. - 2 Lines | MoreBeer ). Run the wort through the plate (loop all the connections together so you have one input and one output. You probably wouldn't even need to use the IC then.

I paid less than $8 for Omega Kolsch yeast at Rite Brew a couple weeks back. So, I think this is definitely more of a case of, shop around better. Competition helps to keep prices low, so spread those homebrew dollars around to a few vendors.

Freedom... It's a wonderful thing... and the best part is, you are free not to do stuff... you are also free to complain about said stuff, but we prefer if you just keep that to yourself. One of the better things AHA helps to provide, thanks to your membership, is access to insurance to cover...

Thanks Stout Tanks and Kettles for the great giveaway!

In most of the HERMs system I have seen, including commercial ones, wort does not go through the coil, hot water does. It supposed to work on the same principal as immersion chilling, you send hot or cold water through a coil, to warm or cool the wort. With the right mix of controllers and...

Another thing to consider, when it comes to big company acquisitions, is IP (intellectual property), and the effects it could have on competition. A lot of times, a vertical move like this one comes about because of a legal opportunity to squash competition. Whether it's supply chain...

You might be able to get a funnel like this one, cut to fit, and use that as the base. Or make a base out of wood.

Belgian Tripel - All-Grain Recipe Kit

Once un-threaded, the plastic threads don't seal back up well. Mine leaked CO2 like crazy. I even tried a bunch of different o-rings with no luck. I ended up going back to pin locks. At $30 bucks for a used pin lock keg, the plastic pub keg isn't worth the investment, for a home brewer. If you...

Yeah pretty much any label from Two Roads Brewing (http://tworoadsbrewing.com/beers), Odell Brewing Company (http://odellbrewing.com/beers/), Left Hand Brewing (http://lefthandbrewing.com/beers/), Stillwater Artisanal (http://www.stillwater-artisanal.com/), or Rogue...