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    correcting a flaw in IC (copper bending question)

    So I have this IC that I got several years ago when starting out that for some reason the bends for the hose connections are bent toward the center of the circle and not away from the circle. I would like to bend them out. I started by just slowly bending them and I have got them just...
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    Who is keg killing tonight?

    I have a brown that needs to get into a keg but the fridge is full, so keg kill is on tonight. Who else os killing a keg this weekend nevermind tonight?
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    Where is this line going? (fridge dismantle help)

    So am in the process of taking the guts out of a small dorm fridge and at the onset looked like this was going to be a breeze. The "freezer" was in from of a plastic rectangle on the back wall that just to happened to be on the other side of a plate that is screwed into the outside back wall of...
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    what size fridge for ferm cabinet

    So i have been crusing ebay, CL and looking around town for a fridge to tear apart as many have done here to build into another cabinet for looks and space reasons. What I am not real clear on is what size I should be going after. In general I am looking to build a 2 ' x 2' box 3' high. It...
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    small space fermentation vessel idea

    I am sure that I am not alone in not having enough room to have a keg fridge and a fermentation cabinet but with summer coming up I would like to control my fermentation temps. The idea I had was to take a ss pot and make a silicone tubing gasket to go over the edges of the lid to make a...
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    [Event Over] 12th Annual Capital City Invitational Beer Festival

    anyone know of which breweries are going to be at the 12th Annual Capital City Invitational Beer Festival held at Appalachian Brewing Company in Harrisburg? I should go just because I live in Harrisburg, but i don't know who is going to be there and if it is the same group that comes to...
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    wtf... fight club

    I am so screwed up right now. I just caught the last 5 minuts of fight club on Spike and thee since they are replayin it the first 5 mins and I and so mind f*cked right now. I have seen the movie a few times but I don't remember any that sh*t. I mean I only had a Eig eye IPA, erie brewing...
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    orange flame coming from burner.

    it seems like on Sunday no matter what I did I could not get a nice propane blue flame from the burner. Nothing but orange that left a lot of carbon on the bottom of the pots. If I played with the air damper (i'm sure that is not the right term for it, but you know what I mean) and all that...
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    limitation on better bottle size.

    Does anyone know why better bottle stopped at 6 gals? Could they not build in a thicker bottom and maybe rib the sides a bit to provide more strength for say a 6.5 or 7 gal bottle? I was thinking about this after switching out the blowoff tube for an air lock on my latest brew.
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    sprayed my march pump during cleanup, anything to worry about?

    I was spraying water on the bottom of a pot and shot the water across the patio and some spray got on the pump. it wasn't running and I have not needed to run it since then. Ok just to let it air dry? I know that people say don't get it wet so I am just wondering how tolareant the pump...
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    so now what? [weldless kit plumbing mistake]

    so I got a weldless fitting kit from bargin fittings and I am all set to put this on an HD 10gal cooler. well in my rush to do it I forgot to put the tape on the threads. I get the kit together and fill the tank with water and it starts to leak, slow drip stuff, so I tighten some more and more...
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    Avery "The Maharaja"

    My local bar has this on tap and I have been enjoying it every time I ahave been in there. Looking at what the beer is and the inforamtion from the avery site. Can someone come up with a clone receipe for this beer? I may plug what I think into the beersmith and see what happens, but I know...
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    cruising eBay

    CA poeple may be interested in this. home brew stand - eBay (item 250372452703 end time Feb-21-09 19:37:05 PST) "mild steel" brew stand, 60k and 130k burner, and 2 march pumps and ss fittings starting at $400. too bad I don't live within driving distance for it. eh oh well.
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    grounding a cooler eHLT

    I may in the future build a eHLT that the Pol and others have constructed. I have seen on other sites that people have put copper rings around the heater element wiring and others have not. I break down my set up after each use to put away and I am wondering what if anything I am going to need...
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    Inauguration drinking game

    I might just have to take the day off of work to do this, but here is how this would go. 1) get a low ABV beer and a good quantity of it. 2) tune into CNN at 11 am and when you hear or see the word historic or history take a drink. 3) stop at 3pm or you pass out whichever comes first...
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    As Seen on Craigslist...True TDD-3 Double Beer Tap

    I just wonder what is wrong with it. I don't have room for it myself but maybe you do. True TDD-3 Double Beer Tap True TDD-3 Double Beer Tap - $1 edit: found more info here... http://www.asset-auctions.com/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi?sallen75/category/BEER-TAP-SYSTEMS
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    low temp liquid with march pump

    what is the lowest temp liquid you can pump though a march pump? I am thinking about getting a march to recirc mash and transfer to kettle and I was thinking of pmping ice water though the IC if the pump can handle it.
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    Today's brew day was not fun.

    So i brewed an amber ale this afternoon and i'm sure the end product is going to be very good, but oh the effort I put in for it. So I got a barley crusher over the weekend and I was looking forward to trying it out. I got out the BC and stuck it on top of the ferm bucket and started to crank...
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    odd sized corny posts?

    SO I am taking a corny apart to sanitize the thing as well as practicing how to take apart and rebuild a corny. I ran out and got a set of deep sockets because I don't have any and reading a link or two in the FAW the posts are going to be 7/8 most likely. Well 7/8 too big, 3/4 is too big and...
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    second co2 tank and still having leak problems...

    So a little background here. A few weeks ago I got the swmbo go ahead on kegging and got the one corny keg kit w/ picnic tap from Midwest. I got the co2 tank filled and racked a warm beer into the keg, set the regulator to 12 psi and stuck everything in the fridge. I put soapy water on...
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