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This is a great beer. I brewed it for the 2009 Treasure Valley Organic Homebrew Challenge. It won "People's Choice" in public judging, and 3rd place in BJCP sanctioned judging. Found the recipe here. He lists awards he's won with this beer: 1st 2001 BRCC4 (2nd BOS) 3rd 2001 NHC First Round...

This may be my own ignorance, but that's why I'm asking :). It seems like there are a *ton* of Brutus 20s being built. Some very high-end ones, like The Pol's (miss that dude) and willynilly's. People that have several thousand dollars in to a Brutus 20. I thought that the Brutus 20 was a...

I have an Auber SYL-2352 in my new brew rig. I've got it wired up in kind of a temporary fashion to do some testing. I've noticed that sometimes when I cycle power to my Asco gas valve it causes the PID to kind of 'reboot', or to flash an odd temp sensor reading. I've got the wires to the RTD...

I'm working on mounting 2 banjo burners in my new brew rig, one for HLT and one for BK. They'll be heating converted kegs. Any input on the distance from the top of the burner to the bottom of the skirt of the keg? I think I've heard 4", but thought I'd ask the vast knowledge pool at HBT. :)

Just wanted to post this heads-up to fellow DIYers. I ordered a connector from Route 66 Supply 2 weeks ago, and have been unable to reach somebody about when it will ship. They list some cool bulkhead electrical connectors, but fail to deliver on the order. I'm a little pissed, because I...

Over the past month or so I've been working on plans for a new brew rig. For the past year or so I've been brewing on my Ghetto Fabulous Electric HERMS, but it is time for an upgrade. The design goals for this system are: Be able to heat the HLT with electricity *or* propane No...

I'm looking for a couple of people in Maine that have a land line phone with Caller ID. I need to test a phone number I'm setting up for work, and need to test the caller ID. I'm looking for someone that will let me call them at home, on a land line, and tell me if the caller ID for the...

Shot a video of the Saison Du Mont I brewed yesterday. This was done about 18 hours in to primary fermentation. I keep dark t-shirts over the carboys when I'm not shooting pr0n. Meant to also mention that I purged the secondary fermenter with CO₂ before dry hopping that. Figured someone...

So, after much deliberation on what to name my brewing operation, I've decided on Atomic Brewing Commission. I'm pretty much ripping off the 40's era logo of the Atomic Energy Commission. This is my preliminary design for a logo: I basically modeled it after this Atomic Energy Commission...

I'm looking for someone to help me come up with an all grain clone recipe of Deschutes Hop Henge IPA. I'll send a 22oz. bottle of this lovely brew to someone who can help me come up with an AG recipe to recreate it. If it is available where they live I'll send them money to buy the bottle...

I've been brewing every Saturday this month, and I am going to brew again this Saturday. I thought I'd post a picture of my utility room with the fermenters busy with this month's brews. I LOVE THIS HOBBY!!!

I just picked up a 0-32 brix ATC refractometer off eBay for $31 shipped. I found a local place that has a wide variety of Pyrex pipettes they sell for $1 each. I picked up a 1/10ml and a 1/2 ml pipette for $2. Got a cheap pipette filler bulb off eBay for $8 shipped. I used pipettes daily in the...

I'm working on building an electric HERMS setup (inspired by The Pol), and am going to document it in this thread. I'm only deviating from The Pol's setup a bit... I'm going to use a PID/SSR for heating the HLT to give me more flexibility in wattage of the HLT element. Also, I occasionally...

I'm a total homebrew noob... I've only done 5 5 gallon batches since I started brewing again about 4 months ago... the last 2 I started doing all-grain. Anyhow... while I was at my LHBS store picking up ingredients to do a second batch of Bee Cave Brewery Haus Pale Ale they gave me a flier for...

Hello all, Just wanted to introduce myself. I've recently become interested in homebrewing again, after about a 15 year hiatus. I did some extract/kit brewing back in 1994 - then quit when I got sent to a submarine in the Navy. A couple months ago I picked up a few 6 gallon carboys and...