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got mine from kegcowboy, there are probably cheaper ways I suppose but for $50 bucks and the difference it made I call it worth it. Seriously, made a huge difference in my whole brewing experience...

And, I was down at my LHBS talkin' to the old guy (Gris @ San Francisco Brewcraft) about the recipe, and he suggested isomerizing the adjuncts. i.e. soaking them in a pint of vodka for a week, adding half the mixture to the secondary, and then more at bottling if necessary to taste. Anyone tried...

alright, brewin' this one right now! It's certainly late for christmas, but luckily it's still plenty cold and winter-brew drinkin' time well into february! I'll keep y'all posted on it. Thank you for the recipe!!!! P.S. it's the third brew on my all-grain setup, which will be requiring...

As the old chinese proverb goes: Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, teach him how to fish and he'll sit in a boat drinking beer all day, but teach him how to make beer and he'll sell everything he owns to build a brewstand...

If you're looking for room to grow I'd definitely be going with the 10". The 10" has a greater surface area (obviously) which means most importantly a more even heat distribution, you can turn it down if you need to. With a 6" when you crank it for a big batch you could risk some...

Thanks man, I'm just gonna use two valves each on the inlet and outlet to designate either HLT > MLT, or BK > Fermentor. Might even go with 3-way normally closed solenoids and have one switch that controls the first function, another for the second, with ball valves on the outlets to control...

Bump!!! What other hardware would be required to hook the burners up from agrisupply to gas ball valves? (aside from yellow gas supply hoses). Does anyone know if they come with the brass orifices? Air disks? They're $5 cheaper per burner, but if I have to buy extra hardware then I'll just go...

Anyone have answers for me on my previous questions? Build update: One of the first welds: One of the last welds: Welding is dangerous, I find myself wanting to fuse random inanimate objects together throughout my days. Man is it fun, I've been a woodworker for most of...

Alright, question: In researching my burner options here, I've pretty much decided to go with 3 banjo burners, and I was thinking that I would go with a BG14 each for the HLT and BK, and a smaller 6" BG10 for the MLT. I have insulated my MLT pretty well, and I don't even really plan to need the...

Well, I'll doubtless have too many questions, too many beers, and not enough money, but a guy's gotta start somewhere... Right? I've been mainly lurking on here for about the last year or so and I want to thank all of those willing to spend they're time sharing their knowledge here, and all of...

Well, for one those stove tops have usually something like an 8,000, x2 10,000, and maybe a 12,000 btu burner(s). Total if all burners are running at once = 40,000 btu A banjo burner is capable of about 210,000 btu, and you might have 2 going at the same time. That's 5 times the btu output...

Just got my rhizomes in the mail a couple of days ago, and I won't be able to plant them 'till sunday, should I put them in the fridge? In what kind of container? I don't think leaving them in the plastic bags is a good idea, it's already starting to look a bit weird, thanks in advance... :mug:

I just recently made mine out of about 30-40' of 1/2" type-m that was leftovers at work. I know people use 3/8" as well, but with the 1/2" I cooled 5 gallons in a hair under 15 mins...

Sweet bug, TDI by any chance?

I hate them especially on copper stuff, I know all you have to do is burn them off, but then the fitting's all friggin' burning hot, and yes I know you can just give it a bath, and then you have to dry it, who wants to go through all of that for a simple little insignificant 1/2" sweat fitting...

I asked this same question a while back, and one of the most interesting answers I got was to take some of the wort and add it to a french press with desired coffee, and cold-brew it in the fridge. I haven't tried it yet, but I think I will do that next time. Could either go in primary...

...or tear your wrist off...

Until I just got my first 6.5 gal. carboy a few days ago I always use a blowoff tube for about the first 2-3 days, until that initial explosion of yeast activity wears down, then I put an airlock on. A stated above, you can't tell that fermentation is done simply because you don't see it...

What burners are those, I've been trying to figure it out for a while now, and where did you get them? Other than looking pretty sweet, what are the benefits or drawbacks of them vs. something like the hurricane burners? thanks, look great!!! :mug:

subscribing! As if my day job isn't an expensive enough hobby (builder), now I've got to build a Brutus. Thank you for the inspirational and detailed build thread, it's helped with a lot of my questions. Next step, buy a welder...