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Hopefully The picture gets up loaded! this is my 30 gallon polypropylene mix/fill tank. I removed the manway that came attached. Smoothed the top surface. Drilled a 3/4 inch hole for the air lock. Placed a cutting board with a layer of nonskid shelf liner over a layer of plastic wrap. Two 35#...

Just saw this ad. I'm not interested but maybe somebody might be. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=218&ad=3009689&cat=53&lpid=1

Just bought one $115 delivered. Comes with stainer and lid! http://cgi.ebay.com/160-QT-ALUMINUM-COOKING-POT_W0QQitemZ140219758574QQcmdZViewItem

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Are they all bad? I have heard that beer was brewed long before yeast was understood. They are what we are trying to reproduce. That must mean some of those yeasts must have been good. has anyone tried to culture airborn yeasts to see what you get?

I 'm sure this has been covered and I'm thinking out loud but here goes. In secondary, if you were to use a blow off tube going to a second carboy. The end of the outlet tube was submerged at a depth of 15 inches. The pressure at that depth is a tad over 15 psi. I reason that would maintain 15...

I started 12 pounds of feedstore barley on its way to becoming malt the other day. I soaked it in a plastic fermenter overnight then drained it. I folded a towell in half,bungied it over the top then inverted the bucket. I have rootlets and can see the acrospire or what ever it is starting to...

Did a big all grain last night( 17#) Today I have 12 chunks of corned beef cooking in the Bayou cooker. I ran the water through the spent grains from last nights brew. It is sweet and smells good. Let you know how it comes out latter!

OK I need some help on this one. I have this freezer that I made into a kegerator for my beer. There is a thermostatic control that has a sensor that goes in the freezer. It plugs in the wall and the freezer plugs into that. Essentually when the freezer gets down to the temperature you set it at...

Been kegging for a while. I noticed something. Sometimes the keg will blow the sediment at the first glass and some times when the keg blows on the last of the beer. I'm sure it has to do with how close to the bottom the out tube is. I have enough on hand that I dont need to force carbonate and...

Searching around and found this; http://www.stoutbillys.com/stout/PRODUCTN/008bedd6/e24444b2.htm Must be really rare!

I keep reading about the need to oxygenate the wort with AG but haven't seen any suggestion on doing it with extract. Whut'z up with that?

My neighbor is ready to follow me into kegging. He has a batch ready today to bottle or keg.I picked up a new 5 gal air tank and hooked a hose gas in ball lock to it. I got a quick disconect to go on an empty port on my manifold and a air chuck to fill the tank. I plan on filling and purging the...

The lhbs was closed today and I was short on airlocks and stoppers. I remembered last week that my boys got a little rough with their woopee cushion and popped it. Waste not want not. The primary fermantation hasn't got going good yet but it ought to be tooting away when she gets home at 3 in...

I always thought torque was the best sealant for brass fittings. I guess I'm wrong. What is best to use to dope brass? Teflon tape? parafin? Keglube?

I was doing a Google search to see if anywhere, anybody had ever been arrested or convicted of home brewing or brewing in excess of 200 gal per household when I found this; Coast Guard admiral swallows cost of controversial beer brewing kit WASHINGTON (CNN) -- This round is on the admiral...

Kegged four cornies last week. Put 30 pounds on each one and set them out in the garage. buddy came by tonight and though premature we had to try a keg out. Went for the red ale. Pulled the releave valve. slight phisssst! tried the other three kegs. one had a slight phisst and the others had no...

I have two cornies of Mexican stye that have sat for 2 weeks I conditioned each with 1/3 cup corn sugar and put 5lbs of co2. I found one was not pressurized today. I tapped it, iced it down. It serves up flat. Should I change the plug with one from another cornie, force carbonate and tap the...

Has anyone tried to recycle the CO2 produced in fermentation to dispense the beer from a keg? Here are my thoughts; Put a plastic bag in a carboy. Run a line from the fermenter to inflate the bag in the carboy. As the bag inflates it displaces the air in the carboy. Use a plug for...

I have an opportunity to by some equiptment from a restaurant. It has changed hands and the new owners (leasors?) are not going to serve draft beer. The equiptment consists of a stainless counter, a two tap tower, a drip tray, Three kegs (small ?7.5 gal?) a large co2 cylinder with regulator and...