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So unfortunately my brew rig has to sit outside in the elements(with a cover) and don't really care for the idea of nastys getting inside the pump heads. I've been thinking about keeping the lines attached(camlocks with plugs) and filling with sanitizer. It would have to be something that...

Still just doing extracts and plan to continue that until we get our own place. I'm pretty much ruining our stove in our apartment and I'm only doing partial boils. The lack of room to let heat escape destroyed the catch pan(no big deal) and started turning the white paint coating brown around...

I made a 1.5 liter starter using Wyeast smack pack 1084. Imperial Stout exploded(quite literally) on the first night, brought it down to 1.030 by the next night, then stopped completely(absolutely no movement from 1.030) for the next 4 days... I think I might rack to a secondary(the primary is...

http://picasaweb.google.com/soundspicasa/Stirplate?authkey=Gv1sRgCIjT6LWg-PWLdg&feat=directlink $16 at radioshack is what it ran me, had everything else. I was having problems with the stir bar being thrown off after a while. I had originally glued the magnets right to the pvc pipe. I tore...

So I brewed the Scottish Export 80/- I had mentioned in my other thread. Used the Nottingham yeast and it dropped to ~1.019 from 1.050 in just over 2 days...temps were around 69-71F. That seems a bit fast no? There going to be any horrible affects(assuming I'm not out of my mind thinking it's...

Well first I'm doing a Scottish Export 80/- which is using the Nottingham yeast and was thinking about pitching the Imperial Stout right on top of the cake. I didn't see any specs for the Nottingham on optimal OG's and such, just temps. Any comments, suggestions, do's, dont's, etc? If I was to...