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I'm looking for a custom thermowell. I'd like it to have 1/2" NPT threads and the length of the well needs to be ridiculous... something like 28" or so. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks!

I've had a couple march pumps for many years now and they've increasingly been unreliable. They symptom they exhibit is that they will start making a low rattling sound shortly before they turn into an alarming high pitched squeal, at which point they stop pumping. I noticed last night that...

I recently decided to rebuild all my keezer serving equipment (beer lines, co2 lines, regulators... pretty much everything). I decided to give BevSeal 3/16" beer line a try. I ended up making things a lot worse than they were... I've read that people like anything from about 6' up to about...

I've accumulated a few different variations of camlocks over the years, and unfortunately some are more difficult to lock than others. After some experimenting, the o-ring seems to be the cause.. So I figure my obvious solutions are (1) use a slightly smaller/thinner o-ring, or (2) use a...

I'm putting together my electric brewery. I've been using my HLT extensively for sous-vide while I finish up the enclosure and software. I've noticed a lot of rust, and since sometimes I leave water in the kettle for a long time with sous vide (did some pork green chile for 40 hours recently)...

I've got a spare room in the basement, about 8' x 15' x 8'. I'm thinking about getting a cheap window unit and temp controller to keep the room at a suitable temp for storing beer. Obviously, it's a pretty big room to be keeping cold, so I want to keep it as cold as I need and no colder. I live...

I've got a bit of a dumb question... should I store my corked mead bottles on their side like I would a wine bottle?

I've made some wine before and it turned out alright. I want to give it another shot with fresh grapes this time. Of course, they are expensive, so I want to do a good job. I'm an experienced homebrewer with over a hundred batches brewed. I'm hoping someone can point me to some resources that...

I'm doing a whirpool through a counterflow chiller at the end of a boil. Chilling time was great. But now that I've left the pump running for about an hour (water has been shut off :) I'm seeing a large foam form at top. There's a pretty strong whirlpool, but about 95% of the surface of my wort...

I won a first and a second place for my Irish Red and my Oatmeal Schwarzbier (respectively) at first round NHC in Denver. I understand that both can advance to the second round -- is that right? I've been looking around for info on when and where to send my entries, but I'm not finding anything...

I recently made a counterflow chiller out of some spare copper pipe I had laying around. It was in pretty bad condition to begin with, and I kinked it a good bit as I formed it. The outer part where the tap water flows doesn't appear to have any leaks, but I'm afraid I may have kinked the inner...

I made an English Barleywine a couple weeks ago and went to rack it to secondary today. It's got a pretty strong sour character to it. I'm guessing it's acetobacter and/or lactobacillus. It's actually really enjoyable for being a 16 day old, accidentally soured, English Barleywine. It's...

I want to remove a 1/2" NPT close nipple from a ball valve. Any tips? Am I screwed (pun intended)? Edit: it would be preferred to save the nipple...

Just got a couple replacement heads for my march pumps -- the SS chugger heads. I'm pretty annoyed that they impeller is plastic... On another note, I'm looking at my March pump and it says: "For longer and quieter performance keep housing filled with liquid." Is it politely telling me not...

I saw this warning on my fermenting bucket, and here's how I interpreted it:

I've been having some infections with bottling and am wondering if my Beer Gun is part of the problem. I always rinse the beer gun out with Star San when I'm done with it, and have taken it apart and cleaned it thoroughly with Oxy Clean many times. I have been sterilizing my bottles in the oven...

I'm working on an electric brewery that is entirely controlled by a Raspberry Pi. I can control a 45A 240V SSR from the pi without a problem. However, I'm concerned about safety with respect to the SSR's leakage current and the potential of it to fail (as discussed on theelectricbrewery.com)...

I'm having a hard time designing the quick disconnects I want to use for my electric brewery. Actually, forget I said quick -- anything that acts as a disconnect without any threading will make me happy. What I'm aiming for is exactly what Kal has done here...

I picked up this float switch on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/251155136161 (sorry, I'm sure that will eventually be a dead link...) I'd like to ensure that the wiring is waterproof. I intend to run the wire through a lid in my mash tun. Any tips?

I've been doing a better job with my bottling from keg since investing in a beer gun, but I still can't get high carbeb beers to bottle effectively. The only way I've ever been able to do this effectively was to use a ghetto contraption made up of a bottling wand, picnic tap, and a stopper to...