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Pretty excited that we're getting close to opening a small LHBS. Closed on the building last week, doing a little remodel, etc. Purpose of this thread is to ask the masses, what "Services" they either like, or wished that their LHBS offered. There's no local Brewing Club and we've got plenty...

My plans potentially changed this weekend when I came across a 20' piece of aluminum 4wire 4 gauge left over from a previous installation (ground appears to be a 6Gauge). I was going to run a 30 amp service to my brew room and use a 50amp GFCI spa panel for protection. Now that I found...

Just got done with the valve and site gauge. Pic attached for those that want to see. The question I have is; Is anyone putting a pick tube in their HLT, or just setting the "zero" line at the bottom of the valve?

Getting started on my permanent brewing room. Several years ago I built a 30x40 barn for all my vehicles. Been the best investment I've made since owning the house. Anyways, I decided to build the loft completely open, which gave me a great deal of potential for space. This winter I decided...

I swear that half the fun of going on vacation is trying beer that I can't get at home. I love living out in the sticks, but when it comes to variety in beer, NW Pa is severely lacking. SW Florida on the other hand has a pretty good selection, and I've been doing my best to try them all...

Long weekend for most, what's on the menu in HBT? Having a few friends over on Sunday. I hate having too many beers on the day before going back to work. Yes I'm getting old. Saturday cranking up the smoker, I've got two Pork Butt's that I'm picking up this afternoon and will be getting hit...

3 weeks ago I bottled my bourbon oak porter. Two weeks ago I kegged my Irish red ale. Needless to say they're both ready and both really good. I'm going to get drunk going back and forth deciding which I like better. It's a good place to be, so far my pipeline has only worked out to be one...

I just bought a secondary regulator. I bought a 2" 1/4 nipple to connect the two. I removed the high pressure gauge, put the nipple between the two. Now, the secondary has a capped flare type fitting on it, but thinking about it, aren't the threads on the left side of the secondary left hand...

Pretty simple light lager recipe, and my first all grain. Used WL840 lager yeast that had a 2 day starter. OG was 1.052 and I hit it on the mark, pretty happy about that. Took a reading at the 1 week point and it was 1.032, then again this evening at the 2 week point it's 1.022, final is...

Figured I'd post my obligatory first all grain post. Temps in the basement are still in the low 50's so I figured I'd go for a lager on my first all grain. gotta say the extended time gives me an decent buzz on drinking my hef. :D The igloo cooler held a steady temp for the 90 min...

Playing around with my keezer yesterday putting a T in the co2 line. Pulled the keg out for some elbow room. Put the T in, tightened clamps, put on the new corny connector, test for leaks. All went well, put both kegs in, put the connectors on and walked away. what I didn't notice is that I...

I'm not a complete moron when it comes to electronics and electricity, and before I dive into a HERMs project, I'd like to get a little more understanding of how the system integrates. I'm pretty new to PID's so my first question is. for a 240v element, does a single PID control both legs of...

Anybody tell me if this is a real stout faucet, or just a std faucet that is shaped like a stout faucet. I paid $25 for it.

This probably seems repetitive but I'm still confused. I'm sure all you long time brewers will wonder why noobs seem to keep asking the same questions, so sorry in advance. 1. I've got a 6gal BK but I want to get a 5 gal fermentation going. I'm way too close for a 60minute boil to get it...

Looking to buy a bench capper, but I do a couple of batches of wine for the wife during the year. Does anyone make a combo capper/corker or is there no such animal? I keg most of the time, but I bottle a few out of my batches to take to friends.

I live in a pretty rural area that is probably an hour and a half away from the closest LHBS. In the last few years I've run into several brewers in my area, and the general consensus is that they order on line from a myriad of different places. I've been toying with the idea of opening a LHBS...

Picked up a bottle of Makers Mark for soaking my oak chips for my porter. Now what do I do with the remainder of the bottle? :D I'm normally a scotch guy, but I could get used to this stuff. Now for the question, at what point in the secondary should I add the bourbon and oak? I plan...

I've just started using liquid yeasts and I'm about to do my first starter. I had a thought, and thought I'd toss it out to either go forward or for someone to point out it's fallacy. When I do a 1L yeast starter and let it set for a bit and the yeasties start to multiply, just before I...

Kind of feel like my wife here, but in order to get to $100 and get free shipping, I bought a few brew kits, and probably won't get to two of them for about a month. Should I store LME in the fridge until I'm ready to brew them?

I tried my first crack at soda. Birch beer extract. used a tbsp of extract, about 2 1/2 cups of sugar dissolved, mixed into a 1gal glass bottle and topped it off with warm water. I started a packet of bakers yeast into a pint sized mixture of sugar water, and let it start overnight (shook it...