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Just thought I would pass this along......looks like a good deal. They have several others that are reasonably priced as well. http://www.instawares.com/thunder-group-natural-gas.thu-irbr002cn.0.7.htm

I made an Imperial IPA (Pliny the Elder clone) and took 1st place out of 60 beers. My hat goes off to Farmhouse Brewing for the awesome Pliny hop pack they sell. It scored 46, 41 and 43. It was a great beer and sampled side by side with the real Pliny it was spot on. Next spring I get to...

I just saw on the news that an elephant just died at the zoo. How the hell do you get rid of a dead elephant? Get the chainsaw out I guess.:confused:

I talked with a local commercial brewer the other day and he was describing his mashing technique. He said that he rarely mashes longer than 30 minutes and one of his beers he only mashes for 12 minutes....yes 12 minutes. He said that the conversion is usually done within 30 minutes and there...

I have...they are chillin in my fridge....jealous? 80 Bottles of Pliny

I am attempting to recreate Goose Island's Sofie. I am fermenting with White Labs 565 Belgian Saison and White Labs 650 Brett B. I have never used Brett before. My plan after reading through other threads is to make a starter for the 565 Saison like I normally would and pitch this like I...

Planning a lager brew next Wednesday. I want to give myself plenty of time to grow the starter. I built a stir plate yesterday and should have my stir bar tomorrow. Mr. Malty is saying a 1.050 lager needs a stir plate starter of 3.7 quarts. It also says that I need 2 viles to start the starter...

I have a 10 month old English Bulldog. She is 55 lbs. On Friday afternoon I gave her a dog treat that I thought was something she could just chew up and swallow. It was a gift from Christmas that a family member gave to us. I was stupid and didn't check the package for rawhide. I would have...

I got a new refractometer for Christmas. See Ebay ad below...

Now that I have my RIMS cart tweaked the beers I have been brewing are very consistent. It's nice having most of the variables taken out of the equation. I hit my mash temps exactly every time, my volumes are spot on, gravities are perfect, efficiency is up to about 85%......and it feels good...

I made a 10 gallon batch of Sam Adams Noble Pilsner. I am lagering two 5 gallon carboys in a fridge. They have been 50-52 degrees for a week and fermenting well. Today (8th day of activity) I set the temp controller to 60 degrees for a diacetyl rest. Its still fermenting....I can see activity...

I brewed a 5.5 gallon batch of 1.039 OG Lite Lager. Fermented with 2 packets of Saflager 23. As per the Saflager info page (http://www.ibrew.com.au/pdf/SaflagerS-23.pdf) from the manufacturer I fermented in a cooler at 12 C or 54 F. It fermented in the cooler for 10 days. About 3 days ago I...

We just finished our RIMS cart. I love it, but of course we are modifying it after each brew. We ran into a few issues along the way of our second brewing session with the system. We had a hard time trying to get the march pump to prime itself. We have the pump running with output...

The RIMS project is complete. We made a custom cart from 1" square steel. Got a 20 gal Blinchmann Pot, a Therminator, march pump, water filter, made a heat stick with a 2000w 120v water heater element, etc.... Everything is working great except for a couple PID/RTD issues. The RTD is reading...

I think I am going to have a heart attack. I can't believe I did this. I was at my brothers house reinstalling windows on his computer for him. Before I formatted his drive and reinstalled XP we went through all his files and backed up them up onto my external hard drive. Said hard drive...

Sierra Nevada Brewery's CEO Talks Sustainable Design - Green Beer - Popular Mechanics I had no idea they were 100% off the grid at this point. He has some high tech stuff going on there......nice work!

For the past few years our friend's family have hosted a "Hate Candy Corn Party". Not exactly sure how it started but it's turned into a great party. Last year they had a contest to see who could make the best food with candy corn as one of the ingredients. So this year my friend wants me to...

I currently have a grill that is connected to the natural gas line from the house. I own a turkey fryer and want to somehow connect it to the natural gas line. I stopped by my local "Propane and propane related accessories" store. The guys there said that there isn't enough pressure to use...

I'm just curious how others prepare their brewing water? I use plain ol' tap water with a campden tablet and a couple teaspoons of gypsum. I let it sit overnight and use it for the mash and sparge. I'm in Columbus OH and we received a report in the mail over the summer the had the water...

I am attempting to make my first lager today. I am attempting to make a yeast starter with a Wyeast Bohemian Lager smack pack. I boiled 1/2 cup DME into 2 cups water. Cooled to room temp and pitch yeast into starter yesterday morning. I left it sit in the kitchen all day yesterday at around...