Bluechululappa have you checked out Texas Hombrewers the local homebrew shop its up on fry a lot of the local katy homebrewers hang out up there on the weekend. There is also the Cane Island Alers homebrew club in Katy that has a lot of good brewers. A lot of the homebrewers volunteer at No...
I have left my Barley Crusher at the factory setting and have been getting anywhere from 75 to 80 I might tighten mine up a little see if I can improve my eff some.
I let my lager sit at the fermentation temp on the yeast for up to a month and never have problems with any diacetyl. My normal way is to let it ferment at 50 for 3 weeks then go to secondary at 28 degrees for at least a month.
I'm a member of the Cane Island Alers in Katy I just saw there is a group starting up in Sugar Land (Sugar Land Imperialist). As far a homebrew stores go I try to do most of my shopping at Texas Homebrewer it's on north fry road.