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My iBook is gettng long in the tooth (and short on keys since my 1 year old found it). So I went and got a black macbook today. I'll get to play with it once the kid's in bed. I can finally run beer alchemy!

I just found this awesome thing: http://brew.stderr.net/refractometer.html Corrects for the alcohol during fermentation. Just enter your OG and your current refractometer reading voila! converted to specific gravity.

I am starting to keg my beer. Here's the most thorough site I've found http://www.leeners.com/kegginghow2.html

My kegs finally came last week so I've been sinking all my free time into my kegerator project. I starter with a 100L Haier chest freezer. I was happy to see four kegs fit... albeit barely. I needed a huge collar to fit kegs and tubing and have room to move things around. I decided to split...

In ordering all my kegging stuff I just ordered a bunch of Super flex tubing (http://www.brewersdiscount.com/item5074.ctlg) it says it "can be used as air line" in the description. Should I replace the CO2 line portion with gas specific hose?

This looks to be in California, south of Sacramento, east of the Bay Area. No good to me, though.

I have been waiting for my kegs since April. They shipped on the 19th of April. That's 7 weeks ago. Expect 4-6 weeks my ass. The other stuff I bought has been here for a few weeks... but it's hard to start kegging without any ****ing kegs. I hate waiting for ****.

Craft Beer representation in the House!! (as in the governmental body): http://walden.house.gov/smallbrewers/pages/home.html Check out their food pairings and vote BEER this next election!

I actually am brewing right now. Low ABV pale ale, hoppy, 3.5%, American pale with some Marris Otter (Advanced Homebrewing, Tokyo). So, what's your excuse for not brewing this weekend? The idea of this post was shamelessly stolen from the BrewBoard.

My kegs will not be here for another 4-6 weeks. But I will have some time off work and want to get my chest freezer kegerator rolling. Without kegs of my own to measure I am stuck not really knowing the height of the kegs and the clearance I will need for hoses etc. Mine are ball lock cornys...

There should be some more info in this Bottling/ Kegging section. How about stickies for seperate topics: -where to buy used kegs; including good and bad reviews of places and prices -what you need to start kegging; shopping lists for the aspiring kegger from basic keg and picnic tap to Beer...

My wife HATES the bottles that are invariably always lying around all the time. The other day I off handedly say, "it would cost like a thousand dollars to start kegging." She didn't seem too shocked. It turns out it is totally worth it to her to pay $1000 dollars (really $700 at current...

Happy birthday Mr God-Emperor! Plans?

Anybody else here playing with brettanomyces or the other netherworld yeasts??

I decided to start paying attention to my water so I bought some pH strips (generic colorphast ones) and tested the pH of my last mash...4.6 This was for a pale ale, (5kg (11lbs) german pale male, 500g (1.1lbs) munich and 1kg (2.2lbs) caramel). While I wait for my test results (water test...

The title explains the entire question. But for you, what is the most important part of making great beer..... ignoring Sanitation. I think we can all agree, from the hot water kit brewers to the 50g all grain brewers, that sanitation can kill your beer faster than you can drink it. Apart...

The Brewing Network is doing a Batch Sparging show with Denny Conn. Airs live Sunday 13th at 5pm pacific (check out hte podcast if you miss it) should be a good show. http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/

Well things seem to have come together in my favor. I am going to Chicago in the fall to attend the two week program at Siebel. Holy ****. Anyone want to get together for a beer?

Happy birthday! Anything elaborate planned?:tank:

Well the weekly tastings are gone. Too bad. Not enough participation etc seems to have done them in. What I would like to put together is a list of commercially available beers that have identifiable tastes in them. For example, Light struck- Corona, Becks I'd like to be able to to say...