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So, I'm doing a Kal clone. I've been trying to build my brewery for a while now. Had a few setbacks that required my attention and cash elsewhere. Well anyway, I'm back on track. So back to my question... Has anyone used 2 - 30" Exhaust hoods butted up next to eachother? I have the...

I'm so looking forward to this weekend. It's supposed to be pretty out. I'm gonna fire up the smoker. I've slathered and rubbed 2 butts and a brisket. They're sitting in the fridge just waiting to go on the smoker. Smoked meat and homebrew... :) awesome. And it's my birthday...It...

I found my local water suppliers (WVa American Water) water quality report. What do you think? pH 7.3 Alkalinity 61 Calcium 25 Magnesium 8 Sodium 26 Chloride 38 Sulfate 48 Chlorine 1.9ppm Total Hardness 122ppm I'm debating sending a sample off of my own to an independent lab...

They're gonna run out of couches in Morgantown

I woke up with a slight hangover this morning. We just had the typical New Years Eve get together. Nothing major, just good food and friends. So not wanting to fool with the kitchen this morning the wife and I decided to go out for breakfast. The breath of fresh morning air seemed to help...

So I'm sitting here watching TV and SWMBO calls from work. She asks if I could VPN into her PC and help her verify something. (I'm a system admin where we work). OK No problem I said. I login and she as highgravitybrew.com pulled up on her web browser at work. The shopping cart has 3 -...

So I've been facinated by the new freezer/fermentor that I have. I've got 3 batches (2 beer and 1 cider) plugging away at 64F. I'm loving it. I went to take a peak inside to see if I had a beer-cano this evening. I always seem to get them but to my surprise no issues yet! That brings me...

I'm sittin here enjoying a beautiful fall day. Got the smoker fired up and loaded with whole chickens. Brewing up the first batch of autumn amber (house ale and another pumpkin to follow) and helpin SWMBO with some yard work. Ok maybe not the yard work. ...mess up and trim one knockout rose...

Just took delivery of my new chest freezer. I picked up a 14.8 cu ft Maytag for 319.00 and free delivery. I'll be wiring up a Johnson A419 to control it. I just got tired of worrying about how warm my basement gets and juggling frozen bottles of water. I just couldn't stand the juicy fruit...

My beer got warm during fermentation. We had a couple of weeks of 95F+ days (unusual this time of year in WVa). Apparently I didn't keep the frozen water bottles rotated enough. Anyway, I got 5 gal of juicy fruit pumpkin ale! LOL The beer smells great! It just has that off flavor. I won't...

Anyone looking for a chest freezer to start their Keezer project? I found this one on a sale bulletin from Home Depot GE® 5.0 CU. FT. CHEST FREEZER FCM5SUWW, 375239. It's on sale starting tomorrow at $179.00. Don't know what it looks like but at 179.00 it's worth a mention to those who want...

So i just finished the Keezer and i honestly think i my have screwed up. I can't seem to lay off the damn taps. Every time I walk by it's like ... I'll pull a pint. Or hmm, it's beer 30. I've gone through 1 1/2 corny kegs this past weekend. WTF! I'm like a 15 y/o that just discovered...

I've read a LOT of posts on here and there is one thing that I have picked up: Time cures a lot of issues with the way your beer tastes. Brothers and sisters, I have seen the light!!! Can I get an Amen!?!? I brewed up a Bourbon Barrel Ale from Midwest in September 2010. Dunno why, but the...

Anyone put laminate flooring on the lid of their keezer? I'm toying with the idea of using a laminate flooring as my keezer top surface or tiling it. I've tiled several rooms of my house, so it isn't any big deal to me. But I don't want to make the lid so damn heavy I have to have a crane...

Anyone else got sticker shock from Midwest Supplies shipping? I went to order some extras (dry yeasts, and a very small container of sodium benzonate) and the shipping was more than the order! I had $6.38 worth of items and the shipping alone was going to be over 9.38!!! .:eek: .:eek: WTF...

I'm moving to all grain soon. I currently brew with propane. I'm perfectly happy with it too. But I also want to move my brewing indoors. So that means I'll probably venture into electric as poisoning myself and my family isn't high up on my to do list. I'm not interested in the fully...

Doh damnit!!!! I keep my bourbon barrel ale in the garage were it is nice and cool to sit in secondary. Well, it got a little cool in WVa lastnight. I looked at the thermometer and it was 6F. The garage is cold, but nothing is frozen. I'm hoping the accidental cold crash won't affect my...

I had a huge brew day yesterday and now I've gotta drag my ass outta bed to go to work. :( My nephew (23) moved in with us to go to college. He's been very curious about me and my brewing since he got here. He's a college kid, what do you expect! LOL All he knew was that Uncle Roger brews...

OK, I bottled my batch of cider about 3 weeks ago. I was paranoid about bottle bombs so I cold crashed the cider for a 2 weeks before bottling and carefully siphoned off the cider into the bottling bucket from the residual yeast and sediment. I added NO priming sugars whatsoever. I figured...