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Instructions say to remove the PET cap and insert gas tube through. That's fine, but a large hole is left through which cold air can escape. What have you used to insulate the hole?

Just saw this, Frosty. I brew sporadically, and have a friend who has all equipment but hasn't brewed since he moved here. We are near town of Grecia, about 45 minutes west of SJO aeropuerto. Where are you located?

My keezer is a Frigidaire 8.8 cu. ft. (can't find the exact model number; brand new 2 years ago) . I can't find any info on line that tells me where the cooling lines are located. Up til now I've had my 5 lb. CO2 tank inside on the compressor shelf, but now I want to mount it outside and run the...

I'm in, too!

Happy to win any one of the prizes!

* except in our beer glasses!

Shout out a big thanks to pfgonzo and BigFloyd, in Posts 4 and 5 of this thread. Made setting my STC-1000 a breeze; simple as could be. My keezer is now cooling to my initial serving temp of 40 (4.4) degrees. The freezer initially kicked on after the 3 minute default time before I had a chance...

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Brew day started out peacefully. An ESB kit put together by Brew Bros in Portland - specialty grains, LME, freeze-dried Goldings, and S-04. Brought down to Costa Rica several months ago, and I procrastinated brewing. I decided to add the LME at flame out rather than at the beginning of the...

Don't find any listed for Rupert, but here is a link listing (with map) the craft breweries in Idaho: http://www.visitidaho.org/breweries/. Good luck with your search!

Before I read your post, I was thinking, "Hmmm...Skunky Brewing. That doesn't sound like an auspicious name for your home brewery.:p

Easy question for more experience brewers. I'm assembling my keezer. How far past hand right should the barbs screwed onto the gas manifold be? Half turn? Full turn? More? I don't want to overtighten, but I'd like to know what the sweet spot for tightening is! Thanks in advance for your...

One of my roommates (10 of us) my sophomore year in college decided we all needed nicknames. He (House) decided mine would be Hook. Inasmuch as he was a lineman on the football team, and had more hair on his back than I have on my chest (and I have a hairy chest), I did not object. Then I became...

SafAle 05. I expected more vigorous activity. The wort smells fine, and from the small taste I had from the wine thief, the flavor will be very good. The hop schedule had only 2 oz of Chinook during the boil, and 1 oz for dry hopping in a week or two. But the small taste/smell I had was very...

I'm brewing NB's Chinook IPA. It is at 7 days in the fermenter today. I'm fermenting in a a water bath cooled by frozen water bottles, and ferm temps have been in the mid 60s all week, mostly 64 to 67, although one day it crept up to 68. I used a blowoff tube, but never saw bubbles in the...