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This COVID-19 time at home had me cleaning in the garage next to my old 18cuFt kegerator fridge. My wife has also been asking when I'm going to start brewing again too. I haven't brewed in maybe 5 yrs now, but was in St Louis, MO and there was a strong homebrewing community there and there...

My family is relocating to Lexington SC this July. Is there an active homebrew club in the Columbia/Lexington area? I was going to ask at a local place a couple of weeks ago when we were down there. We stopped by the Hopyard home brew shop next to the Old Mill brew pub and it was out of...

I have two of the Corning PC 353 stir plates. One of the speed controllers for the plates is going out and I need a replacement. The motor is a 115v 60cy .29a, 1550 rpm motor. The speed controller on this looks like a huge pot resistor. Any idea where I can get a replacement for this...

I've got 2 older Corning PC 353 stirplates. One has started to loose it's ability to control the speed of the motor. The slowest speed is not slow anymore, it's spinning about where other stir plate is at 75% power. Any thoughts on where I can get replacement parts for this? Maybe a...

One of my carboys has white streaks in it, I'm assuming it's from the carboy brush after a vigorous cleaning. I've tried oxy-clean, vinegar and starsan rinses, 24hr or more each to remove them and they are still there. Any thoughts on a good method to clean the marks out of the carboy...

I just opened my new gallon of starsan and poured an ounce to sterilize a carboy and noticed that it had a clumpy viscosity. When I mixed in the water it was instantly milky. I've been using using starsan for 4 years now and I've never seen this happen with starsan before Has anyone had a...

2 years ago I used Gorilla Glue to glue back the tops and bottom on some kegs I bought where they were comming off. Now they are falling apart again. The Gorilla Glue was pretty expensive and frankly, didn't last past a month after I used it. It has worked great for me in the past on wood...

I have a love controller - Model TS-13010 wired to run a space heater in a bathroom where I am fermenting. It was working great at first, but then in the last 2 days started to go into defrost and heats up the bathroom into the high 70's before it shuts off. Is there an easy way to turn off...

I purchased 2 used corning pc-353 magnetic stirrers from ebay after the second of my home made stir plates started stalling when left on overnight. Both get warmer than I would like when left on for an extended period of time, one gets to around 82 deg. and the other 91 deg. I am using hot...

Anyone know if a pump like this: http://www.lifegardaquatics.com/products/product.php?id=10 will handle hot water? I was thinking of using one with a percarbonate cleaner to clean out beer lines.

As I have been refining my batch sparge technique, I have been getting better and better efficency. My last 6 gallons came out with 88% efficency. I have typically gotten with in a couple of points of 80 %, but never this high. Which got me thinking: What efficiencies do other the batch...

Brewing an oatmeal stout, OG 1053 and 1L starter from a Wyeast 1098 Smackpack. During the first 3 days, fermentation temps went up to 74 deg and the room temp was 65. I've never seen this happen. There was a small crausen and then the 4th day this week the temp dropped to 65 and has...

I'm looking for a place to order hops by the pound, particularly crystal hops. Anyone know of a place that sells by the pound for a reasonable rate?

My first two batches through the barley crusher with drill power had too much flour come through. I figure it is a good excuse to use an old 1/3 HP/1725 rpm motor I have in the basement. So far the plan is to use a 1.5" (Pitch Dia. 1.05") and a 14" (Pitch Dia. 13.55") pulleys from...

I am in the process of building a chestfreezer/kegerator and want to put a corny keg gas post on the outside of the collar. Anyone know the thread size of the posts on the cornelius kegs? I plan to use some brass plumbing fittings to link it all up. Thanks.

I haven't used the BC yet, but thought I'd try adjusting the gap. I found my feeler guages and set it at 0.037". The BC came at the 0.039" per the instructions. Anyone else change their gap? if so what did you set it at, changes in efficency? Thanks...Robert

http://www.biodieseltank.com/inductor_tanks.html was poking around and saw this. Not sure how much it is though..

Uncle sam's stimulus just got me a chest freezer and ranco temp controller which is currently keeping my IPA cool. I was planning out the gas lines to use up to 5 kegs when I got to thinking about manifolds and secondary regulators. Will a small air regulator work with Co2 instead of...

Just finished moving from Rochester, MN to St. Louis, MO and I have premission from the wife to start gathering parts for a kegerator. I am starting to plan the whole thing out and was wondering how I am going to keep the beer cold in the tap tower...or if it is even necessary? My current...

My wife and I are relocating from Rochester, MN to St. Louis. Her position at SLU starts in late June so I started looking for a job. Problem is I found one a little earlier than expected. I'll be starting work on the 14th of April and hope to be down on the 12th. I don't like the idea of...