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Got a 120L barrel off craigslist a few weeks ago. Filled with water and when the staves swelled it became clear that two were severely cracked and causing a couple of significant leaks in the middle of the barrel. I'm no cooper, but have a lot of woodworking skills and tools. Barrel is french...

I am hoping to find a fitting to adapt the standard tap connector on a 50L Euro keg to those used on an electric water heater element. Any ides what size the threads are or where to find such a fitting? Thanks, Paul

I am visiting the Bay Area this week from Toronto and am looking to pick up a few bottles of Pliny the Elder. Can someone suggest a good place to find some. Also looking for some Dry Yeast. Is there a store that stocks a good selection? Paul

I just got my Rhizomes yesterday and they are in my fruit cellar. I guess during shipping some of them developed sprouts about 2 to 3" long. I understand I should plant them at about the same time you plant peas which is still a couple of weeks away. Can I safely put the Rhizomes back into a...

Hi, Here is one for a networking guru out there. I have two networks going at home. One for personal use and one for my business. The personal one uses a RV042 VPN router connected to a cable modem. The local subnet is 192.168.0.0 (netmask 255.255.255.0). I have a couple of laptops, my...

I picked up a Kill-a-Watt power meter for about $30 a few weeks ago and decided to see how much power my 4 Cornie Keg Keezer was using. After a few days of measurement, with the Keezer set to 36F and a 69F ambient in my basement, I found I was using 0.33 KW per day. Over the course of a year...

I managed to take part in a group purchase of Cornie's last fall and finally got around to converting the 5.2 Cu-Ft freezer I got at Sam's last fall into a Keezer. It holds 4 Cornie's and a 5lb CO2 tank and still has room for a few bottles. Of course the first thing on tap is a Keg of Ed Wort's...

Another thread is talking about using olive oil to oxygenate. I noticed the following when reading through the Danstar site about Nottingham yeast: " Nottingham British Ale yeast has been conditioned to survive rehydration. The yeast contains an adequate reservoir of carbohydrates and...

I've been making wine for about 4 years and have never seen this before. I bought some must a few days ago. I put 5 gallons of Zinfandel in a well sanitized 6 gallon carboy and added 5 crushed camden tabs. A day later I pitched some Montrachet and activity started within few hours. Everything...

We spoke about a possible group purchase of hops when we met for the bulk grain purchase over the weekend. I just got off the phone with Scott Labs. We can purchase in the $22 to $38 per pound range in quantities of 11 pounds. This is $1.38 to $2.48 per oz. Probably a good deal if we could get...

We are organizing a swap for Canadian HBT members. Details are on the Canadian Brewers Group message board here. Please respond there and bump this thread to let us know you have. Cheers, Paul

Got up this morning an noticed that a bottle of Elderberry Wine had blown its cork and made a mess in my home theater room. Looks like the cork would have hit me exactly in the side of the head if I had been watching a movie when it went off. Needless to say, it made a big mess and I had to...

A couple of weeks ago I put together a spreadsheet tracking Apfelwein production, as listed in another thread in this group, while consuming a couple of home brews. I updated it this morning when we hit 7,500 gallons and it looks like we have ramped up production a little. It looks like we...

I came across an Article on Gruit, while researching some old recipes, that discussed the effects of Hops on Males: "Contemporary scientific research has conclusively demonstrated that hops contains large quantities of estrogenic and soporific compounds. In fact hops has been used for many...

Orfy has gotten me excited about getting back to basic brewing and minimizing the use of modern technology and techniques. I have done a little research - using the internet which I think provides a little irony here. I have decided to recreate a Medieval brew session to produce a Strong Beer...

I about to buy a 78 acre farm to keep my wife busy in the summer. She loves to grow and can heirloom fruits and vegetables. It has about equal part bush (lots of deer and turkey) and pasture/hay. I am thinking about growing Hops on a bit larger scale. I would like them to be certified as...

I have been scouring the web for a couple of days looking for a good Paulaner Salvator like recipe. The only things I see consistently is the use of a substantial amount of Munich Malt and the possibility that an extremely long boil is used to develop the dark color and caramel taste. Some...

Hi, I've been thinking about building an insulated box, cooled by a Peltier device, to use for lagering or even just controlling primary fermentation temperature. I have been looking for a device to use and almost bought a 5 gallon Coleman cooler today for $100 so that I could rip it out...

This morning my wife asked if I wanted to make some fruit beer using the 4 quart basket of cherries she purchased yesterday at the market. It sounded like a good chance to make some fruit flavored wheat beer that would be ready by mid summer. So I took her up on the offer. Background - I...