Recent content by cool_ece_friend

Hi, I read through the first 30 or so pages.. Thank you for this great DIY grain mill idea. Initially, I tried just the corona mill over a table top. Man... what a mess! My wife almost killed me.. My limitations are lack of tools and knowledge of how to circular cut the wood piece.. So, I...

Hi, Yea.. as far as my knowledge, some of my friends who are brewers here who are going to participate in this competition. I will be submitting a couple of beers. They changed their categories on their page recently - http://suncitycraftbeerfest.com/brewers.htm

Thank you for your replies.. it give me assurance. :D

sorry for the delay in reply.. I always get my yeast shipped. we don't have a LHBS yet in El Paso. Also, I have had bad luck with Austin homebrew shipping for the past 3 times. It will take minimum 6 days to a week before I get my stuff from the time I place the order. They ship it out after 3...

cheers :)

I had seen someone hang the muslin bag inside the carboy and gripping at the stopper and did that to my IPA batch. but the next day the outer bag turned brown and I am now worried that bacteria might pass thru the gap of the muslin bag at the stopper. Am I worrying unnecessarily or should I...

Perfect. Thank you, Jbrew. this really helps.

very cool jbrew. What Kilowatt heating element are you controlling with the arduino? Also, I see you have 3 SSRs connected to the arduino.. Would you be able to post a schematic of your control system for me to better understand your circuit? Thank you.

After 333 pages, Thank you :) Didn't have the heart to spend $70 on the Johnson controller. I have bought 2 already.. I did this under $30. Awesome stuff. Thanks!

Thank you.. Yes.. I will do a starter for sure and check it out.. thx again.

Quick question to Master Brewers here.. I bought a White Labs Yeast WL838 from Austin Homebrew. They shipped it on Thursday with an icepack.. I only received it today (Tuesday). The yeast pack looks like this (pic).. Is it obviously gone bad? or should I make an Yeast Starter and thats the only...

This was aired nationally - http://www.fox47news.com/news/topstories/137892758.html. Borderline Brewers along with Albert and Paul are now famous! :D -Victor