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This is a Keezer that I put together many years ago, then sold to a friend who got out of homebrewing and gave it back to me. I have a different kegerator now and no room for this one... I posted it on Craigslist for $25 mainly to keep down the no-show crowd. But for this group, if you come...

My stir plate does generate some heat of its own which affected the starter temps... I placed about 1/4" or 3/8" of insulation (foam from packing material) between the plate and flask and that helped a lot. I can't stir quite as fast as before without throwing the bar, but it's still...

I have a rig that essentially works like plexvector suggested. Side by side, the freezer section is wired into an stc-style thermostat, and set for my kegs. I installed a fan in the duct between the freezer and fridge sections, and that is wired to the cooling circuit of a brewpi to use the...

I brew in the garage and ferment in the basement. Built a straight counter flow chiller out of some old 1/2 copper and use that for the long run from the garage to the basement window. If you set up any hose or pipe though, be careful of the pressure, with two stories above, there will b a lot...

My only regret after moving to kegging (20 years ago) was that I didn’t do it sooner! Also it’s pretty easy to bottle some from the keg if you want to share or send for a competition...

I solved the basement-line run with a mix of the suggestions already put forth: I had a bunch of 3/4” copper pipe lying around, picked up some 3/8 soft copper tube, and made a straight CFC chiller that also runs to the basement. Garage is detached so the pipe has to be set up each time. But...

I’ve always had great results just pitching everything. I go about 5:1 with about 400 ml first stage (from slant) and 2000 ml second stage. A friend who’s a microbiologist told me there’s a lot of goodness in the liquid you’d be pouring out...

Possibly not in the spirit of the OP request, but I've got a hybrid of new and older-style mini-fridge, and it's a different approach than anything I've seen.. Using the body of the newer fridge as essentially the insulated box and the guts of the older fridge as the cooling unit, the whole...

I use the drawstring from the hop bag and tie it to the keg's dip tube. This, however, is more to keep the hops from floating up and blocking the pressure relief valve, so more of a sinker than for retrieval...

Remember also that when you disconnect from the keg your line will hold the pressure if it's a standard ball-lock fitting; you can press the pin in the center inside the fitting to vent. (Kind of like when you clean the beer line)...

That's exactly what I've been doing for about a year now in my sanke keg. Note you'll want to double your yeast pitch as well... And if anyone is looking and has a brewery nearby, check to see if they have damaged kegs that have been taken out of service. I got mine free that way... Good...

Just to add a bit more evidence that it's probably not wlp007, Mitch Steele in his book IPA provides some stone recipes, and for yeast he states "use stone house strain, though wlp007 is an acceptable alternative" Which of course doesn't mean -that- beer uses the house strain...