Recent content by cyndysm

The table is only 28" x 18" so it's not huge; I'll try the dolly to get the carboys or buckets up to the minimum 8" height. Should work. Can't wait! No more 3 gallons for me!

So has anyone used the Foreverlast Tripod Game Hoist and what are your comments? I'm 5'2" 100 lbs & working out of my kitchen; just purchased a hydraulic lift table $150 from Harbor Freight (if I can just get it out of the car) but still need to get it picked up another 8" to the lowest level...

Thanks Aiptasia & everyone else! Love the idea of the removable liner and will probably do that down the road. Being new at this, I like to watch the krausen; so it's glass at the moment. Also I've been making wine for 3 yrs now so I've got 5 carboys of that bubbling away. Always fruit, no...

Has anyone checked out globalindustrial.com for the wesco mini-winch stacker? It's pricey but it's the only thing I've found to lift those heavy carboys. Haven't bought yet.

Thanks, I needed that! I'll do my 3 gal batch in a 5 gal carboy...and keep my back!

I like! So what about the empty head room in the 5 gal carboy? Do I need to do the primary in the bucket & transfer after the initial krausen explosion into a 3 gal carboy or is that air space bad in the 5 gal.?

OK, my son walked me through my first oatmeal stout. Loved it! Getting ready to do another without the mistakes I made with the first. I only weigh 100 lbs and I'm gettin' old so I don't want to lift more than 3 gals. We set up a blow off but I'm not happy about how much got lost thru the...

The tank is a co2 tank, not a keg. I don't know what a corny keg is yet; I'm just trying to figure out how much life insurance I need or if I need it at all.

Both my son & I brew - I'm into wine & he's into everything! I'm getting a little gun shy due to his alarming success in exploding things. I'm short so getting up to the ceiling to clean is difficult at times. He wants a keg kit for Xmas and I have been looking around. How dangerous is this...