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Giving away stuff. Must sacrifice home brewing for an older hobby (pipe organ in basement) that needs money thrown at it. After it's playing, may look into wine making. Would appreciate someone taking all. Thanks, Keith [email protected] 150 12 oz bottles. Clean. Some new, some...

EDIT NOTE: I think I figured out how to accomplish the most important part of this. See post #8. Thanks. I'm using my goal of moving from propane BIAB to electric brewing as an opportunity to change my approach to an incremental one - with each step upwards depending upon how "in" to...

Last Summer, Bobby_M posted a thread regarding his Weldless Triclover Element enclosure. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/weldless-triclover-element-428247/ This appeared to generate quite a bit of excitement, and units were sold out very quickly. From the above thread, it appears that...

Sorry for this possibly stupid question - and double apology if it's been answered. This question regards getting threaded fittings to end up being properly oriented after having been tightened. I purchased weldless fittings for my keggle and am about to purchase some more as I convert my...

HBTers, This question has likely been discussed, so I'd be perfectly happy if someone posts link(s) to the thread(s). What are the advantages and disadvantages of various pumps? I've seen Chugger and March pumps. Someone used a cute little pump powered by DC current in his build, but I...

Some are probably wondering when I'm going to quit posting questions and build something. I have finally gotten 2 all-grain batches under my belt. Since I'm really new to beer-drinking, I'm thinking that I would like to brew small batches in order to have a variety of beer available. I can...

I read, with interest, a thread or two the other day where some brewers were giving justifications for brewing small batches - anywhere from 1 gallon to 3 gallons per batch. I was previously planning the usual e-BIAB setup capable of brewing 5 - 8 gallon batches using my keggle to include...

My son was brewing a 10 gallon last night beer last night - one that was special to him. Apparently, his estimated strike temp did not consider that his grain was quite cold. In an effort to raise the mash temp in his cooler, he added way too much very hot water. The mash was around 185 for...

HBTers, The movers are coming Monday to get us moved into our "new" house. Shortly, we will be installing a central vacuum system into the main floor of the house. There is a 14' wide x 32' long area of unfinished space at one end of the basement that will be a great place for a...

I almost hate to post this in the beer section as it might make me look like a heretic. But . . . I figure that there are many of you who brew BOTH beer and wine. To be perfectly honest, I'm a little more of a wine drinker than a beer drinker. A few people have told me that it's easier to...

My understanding is that the MAIN reason so many of you are purchasing the Spa Panel for GFCI protection is that it is much less expensive than purchasing a GFCI Breaker to go into the breaker panel. It's not that it's better, but that it's more cost-effective for DIYers. We will be moving...

I wasn't sure where to post this question, since I plan to have this done professionally. Within the next few weeks we will be moving into a "new" house that has a fantastic unfinished area in which to e-brew. Additionally, there is a very nice serving bar in one of the finished rooms...

I've posted several questions on this forum after having brewed 4 purchased kits. After 5 months, I finally brewed and decided to go all out: 1. I brewed Reno eNVy's Punkin ale found on the following thread. It's not a beginner recipe, although several others have done it as their 1st AG...

I'm getting a bit impatient to get my keggle converted into an e-keggle. We're moving in 2 months - only about 5 miles away - to a house that has a basement and a great place to set up a brew area. Until then, is there an appropriate extension cord - probably 30 ft long - that I can plug...

Fellow HBT DIYers, My son was given a dented up keg by his boss at the bottle shop. I had agonized over trying to rig up a jig in order to cut out the top to make a keggle. I saw a photo where someone had cut the keg straight along the weld line in order to make it more like a regular kettle...

I've only brewed 4 batches. Getting ready to do a pumpkin ale. For my 3rd and 4th batches, I used the bottled water from Home Depot and Lowes (I don't trust our city water coming from the garden hose). In the thread for the pumpkin recipe ale I hope to follow, there were a couple of...

I "think" I asked this question a long time ago, but I can't find the thread nor the answer. Has anyone tried either of the following elements from High Gravity: http://www.highgravitybrew.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=2669...

After spending months reading and studying - basically stalling for time - I'm very likely going to do something decisive tomorrow and cut the top of my son's keg to make a keggle. I imagine that I will soon be wanting to cut some holes in this keg in order to make an e-keggle. Reading the...

For those of you who no-chill, what are you using for containers? Yesterday, I read thru the 130 page, 1291 post thread entitled, "Exploring No Chill Brewing." https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f13/exploring-no-chill-brewing-117111/ It is long and tedious but loaded with information. I...

Is there any such thing as replacing the compressor in a chest freezer? The 20 c.f. used chest freezer that my son got off Craigslist a few months ago for $100 died a couple weeks ago. We happened to have the refrigeration guts from a rusted kegerator from a bar. We positioned the long finned...