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  1. Randar

    Automated Temp Controllers - reviews/suggestions

    Anyone have any experience with any of these 3 products and can recommend or tell me to stay away? Looking to upgrade a little bit this summer from my Maverick and manual vent manipulation on the ole WSM... The Stoker: https://www.rocksbarbque.com/Guide.html BBQ Guru...
  2. Randar

    14.5gal Conical Fermentor, 15 gal megapot, bits & pieces - Chicago Area

    ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN SOLD. Hi, I am trying to sell the following extra stuff from my stash. I have the following: 1) Stout Tanks 14.5 gal Conical Fermentor. About 18 months old, I've only used it about 6-8 times. 1/2" ball valves, tri-clovers, all gaskets and seals in good shape...
  3. Randar

    Strong Bitter 4-way ESB - 2011 British Bitter Brew-Off winner & runner-up

    The beer was based off KingBrianI's Comon Room ESB found at the following link. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f64/common-room-esb-83878/ While variations to Brian's recipe are minor at several points in the process, my intent here was to pick a house English bitter yeast from the 4 yeasts I...
  4. Randar

    Ordinary Bitter Randar's Best Bitter - 2011 British Bitter Brew-Off

    Recipe Specifics: Batch Size (Gal): 13.5 Total Grain (Lbs): 18.5 Anticipated OG: 1.041 Anticipated SRM: 8.1 Anticipated IBU: 29 Brewhouse Efficiency: 78 % Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes Grainbill: 16.00 lbs Golden Promise 1.25 lbs. Victory Malt 0.625 lbs. Crystal 50L 0.625 lbs. Crystal 68L Hops...
  5. Randar

    Rye & Wheat PA, looking for opinions/experiences

    Looking to brew a Rye and Wheat Pale Ale in the 45-50 IBU range. Something that has the spicy rye and wheat notes and is a refreshing summer pale ale. I've never brewed with both Rye and Wheat as I am thinking of doing, so I am hoping there are other folks out there who have and are willing to...
  6. Randar

    Altbier Sticke Altbier - HBT 2011 3rd place Cat 23

    Scored 35.5 and 3rd place in HBT final round for Cat 23. Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 13.5 gal Boil Size: 15.5 gal Estimated OG: 1.066 SG Estimated Color: 13.7 SRM Estimated IBU: 55.2 IBU Brewhouse Efficiency: 82.00 % Boil Time: 60 Minutes Grist: ------------...
  7. Randar

    1 hour Keg/carboy/cornie cleaning station

    I have been thinking about building a cleaning station for my sankes, cornies, and carboys for a few days and decided to put it together during the tOSU vs Arkansas football game last night. I usually have copper and fittings around, so I used 1/2" tubing and fittings for the whole thing and a...
  8. Randar

    Love controller wiring question

    So I picked up a pair of these Love 4B-53 1/4 DIN modules (pre-owned but NIB). Now I am looking to wire them up in heating/cooling ferm chambers and see that they are technically listed as (1) current output and (1) relay output as opposed to 2 current outputs. Am I right in interpreting...
  9. Randar

    Floor drain or no floor drain for walk-ins?

    I am in the planning stages and I am curious how those who have built or worked on walk-ins would opine about a floor drain? I realize it is a lot of extra work for me since I will need to tear out some basement floor to run a drain line, so for those with some experience, is it worth the time...
  10. Randar

    Orkney Dark Island recipes?

    Anyone out there a fan or been able to clone this beer? I have been searching around and have not found much int he way of suggested recipes or clones, so I figured it was worth asking. The website (http://www.sinclairbreweries.co.uk/bottle_darkisland.html) lists the following description...
  11. Randar

    How do folks reduce their brewing time

    First, here is my set-up: Single burner turkey fryer, 15 Gal HLT, big-arse cooler MT w/ manifold and sparge arm, 20 gal brew pot. I brew 10-15 gal batches and usually run through my CFC into the conical fermenter, aerate and pitch (that part seems to be quite efficient). By general...
  12. Randar

    Where to find plastic fermenter for wine kits?

    Where do you guys find your "garbage can" fermenters for wine kits and the like? I have larger scale stuff (30 gallon Brute) but nothing in the smaller range for a wine kit that requires an ~8 gal bucket/fermenter. Also, how important is the "lid"? It won't be air-tight so is it more just...
  13. Randar

    Do you "top" your bines?

    Ok, folks. Sort of a survey question here, but I have not had to deal with this issue before. I have a 14 ft trellis and the record warm weather here brought spring a full 3 weeks early (according to farmer friend of mine who keeps his farming almanac passed down in his family, this is the...
  14. Randar

    Edamame, How does your garden grow?

    I can't remember if I buy my edamame seeds from Gurney's or Burpee, but you should be able to find some at one of those places online. Get that ordered now. I am planting this weekend.
  15. Randar

    Insulation option for Ferm and Serving Chamber folks... Dow Froth-Pak

    I have long-term plans to build a fermentation and serving room(s) and so far have just been watching these threads with interest. A lot of various options out there for folks to use for insulation. I came across this stuff as an alternative to hiring someone to spray out the room...
  16. Randar

    Better efficiency with less sparge water?

    New to AG and had this problem with my last brew. I was trying to collect 12.25 gallons pre-boil and as I was sparging (fly sparge with a 75 qt rectangular MT) I felt like I was chugging along real well. But I was still collecting runnings in the 1.020-1.025 range but had already collected 13...
  17. Randar

    Protein rest techniques for cooler mash tuns

    I have been looking into doing a protein rest on my special alt (similar to the Northern Brewer Super Alt) in a 10 gallon batch. I am using 3 lbs of Weyermann light wheat malt and 23 lbs of Munich (and about 2 lbs pound of other caraamber/carafa grains) I have played with the calculations...
  18. Randar

    Recirculating through CFC... who has done it?

    I have a big-ass CFC that I can get my 200-210 degree wort down to around 75 degrees in one step. I would like to get the cold break out of my fermenter and would like to get things down to at least the 50-60 degree range but don't really have a good means to do so in my current setup. So...
  19. Randar

    Huge score. SS Utility sink

    Ok, so this is maybe a bit of happy-dance/bragging, but managed to land a $4,000 Elkay 2-bowl Scullery sink for my basement brewery cleanup (hey, this is equipment/sanitation, right?) for... $400. WooHoooo! It has 2 basins and a 24" drying shelf on the side and the thing is brand spanking...
  20. Randar

    Heating methods for fermentation chambers

    Ok, so most here seem to have the issue of cooling with respect to their ferm chambers and that seems to be a pretty common topic with a multitude of methods to deal with it. But, I have a cold basement in the winter that is only BORDERLINE within Ale ferm temps. How do people heat their...
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