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10 deg over-shoot sounds like a lot. I was only getting 2-3. I had a 5-6 cu. ft. freezer with the A419. I Placed the probe in a small glass of water. The first time you cool, it will over-shoot a long way, as the water will cool more slowly than the air. After a day or so, they will...

Are you talking about Chokolat? I haven't but would be curious if anyone has a recipe.

I'm a chemist doing science/engineering consulting. I work with almost all engineers and shutter that I may turn into one.

I made a 9% Belgian Tripel for some of my wedding party and aptly named it "Wedding Crasher."

I'm just glad he walked right by my specialty grains and a 90 minute clone kit. Dumb mouse.

I literally just found one of my carboys with a mouse in it today and simply cannot believe there is a thread on it. I plan to clean and sanitize, and I'm glad that there are other (normal?) people out there doing the same. I have some justification. This mouse can't have been there more than...

She had my heart already. She likes beer, too?!

I ordered 3 and a perlick to hit $100. I plan to do the vodka preservation trick on at least one, as I will be loaded with brews by the end of the month. I usually stove-top all-grain and keg, but will try out extract and stock up on bottles for this bonanza. I ordered IPA, Wit and the...

I brew 5 gallon batches in a 30 qt pot on my stove all the time. Just keep an eye on it coming up to boil, I don't use fermcap.

I ordered some in-line valves for my beer tubing. They leak. Not a good situation right now.

I duct tape a thawed ice pack to the fermenter then put the probe in between glass and pack. Works great for getting an accurate temp of wort regardless of fermenting stage 1 deg dif.

I use a 30qt ss pot wrapped with aluminum/bubble wrap insulation and can get a rolling boil(220) in about 45 min.

I just made this today and am anxious to see how it turns out.

Yesterday I brewed a Fat Tire clone. It's my first time fermenting in my Johnson Control-led deep freeze, and it seems to be going beautifully.

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So the next question for all who are following...who's gonna take this experience and run with it. If I didn't have my next two batches of grains sitting in my kitchen...

I had this exact thing happen to me brewing Hop Head - see my post here It was my first brew, so I thought I was crazy. I just left it 2.5 weeks in primary before kegging. I hit all my gravity targets, and it turned out great. I don't know what they have in that recipe that makes the yeast...

I'm using glass, so I'm sure its sealed. The only reason that I say that it stopped and started is because visually the yeast was circulating around the first 3 days, then all settled to the bottom (beer cleared up a bit and temperature dropped). Then today, its visually circulating around...

I have a double IPA that is in my primary right now that is confusing me. It was a fast, vigorous fermentation for ~3days, then appeared to almost completely stop. I had planned to keg today (2weeks in primary) since it appeared to be finished, but I returned from a trip last night and the...