Recent content by bigdaddyjay

ever done any welding with aluminum? It would be quite hard to attached a spigot for the use of a counterflow chiller... I guess you could silver bond it. I'm only biased about aluminum because mine warped.

AND GO LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER SITES!! You might save some cash!

actually, the guy that makes the prebuilt MLT sells several of them. I'm not sure of anyone else that makes them....business anyone....hint hint a 50 quart igloo cooler will cost about 28.00...then go out and buy all the pipe for the conversion. I use my friends MLT.....free....48qt and...

this was meant for someone that doesn't have anything...or needed to search for equipment... This was also for people that don't want to build anything (MLT out of a cooler)

Sounds like you gotta done CHEAP! Do you taste any bleach water? Cleaning is one of my things...How big was the pot? Let me know how your first all grain goes! haha....you're dad will help you make the beer kit? Cool Family.

But the Water here in the South Ft. Worth area (about and hour south) is nice!

my question is, how do you keep your fermenting cycle at 68-70'F in this damn Texas heat? My house usually stays around 73'F

So I've been searching the net for components needed to build an all grain brewing kit for cheap. I know it's not all cheap, but I tried not suffer quality for a better price. Note: not all listed here is what I brew with. If you're missing a component, or haven't gotten into All grain...

Thanks...Will do! I'll kill this thread! I didn't think I would find much material on this subject....Dextrose is fool proof

Anybody ever used brown Sugar for bottling? If so what did it turn out like? Could it be a possible disaster? Could you infect your bottles? Has anybody used carbonation drops for bottling? You can buy them from www.flatfenderbrewing.com I want to experiment, but I don't want disaster!

whoa! Thank for the advice! Don't want to ruin an Airlock...any tips on keeping the blow out valve clean? Perhaps mix your water with ethyl Alcohol or something? I bet I can find this answer somewhere in this forum!...

I am also reading reading reading. And it is all starting to come together for me.

Thank you follow beer drinker for your wonderful advice! I have found someone that has a little experience in AG brewing who has agreed to help me. I plan on doing 2 batches. I'll get back with ya'll to let you in on how it tastes. I will also be filming it for youtube. I'll give...

You all have given me really good advice, and I have linked up with another person in my community who has done AG brew a couple of times and he has agreed to help me. And I did find some Walnut extract at the local Farmers Market (weird huh?) I'll let all you know and it will be posted on...

whoa....I started reading this online...this book is confusing yet informative, now I don't know what sparging method I want to do...what do you do? haha...He even goes into depth about temperatures and how well certain grains will convert start to sugars...