Recent content by dchd1130

My oldest daughter (7) has no interest, but my middle daughter (5) wants to help with everything in the kitchen. She stayed up late helping me bottle not to long ago. It was a lot of fun having her helping out. I hadn't really thought about bringing her in on brew day, but after reading this I...

I started around the first week of August as well and was just below 1.0 over the weekend. I added the potassium and sparkloid on Saturday, and its already clearing up. Ive got a party coming up on 9/7. That would be when I add the sugar to sweeten. Is it going to be okay to serve at that point...

Ok, I found an adjustable supply. Its 300ma vs the other was 12v 800ma. I can turn this one all the way up to 12 or back it down to 6. Between that and the pot Ive got plenty of adjustment.

Yes, supply goes in the center post and out one of the side posts. With the 5v supply I get a range of 4.1 to 5.1v. Thats a 20% change vs the 10.2 to 12.1 is only a 16% change. So Im gonna guess that with a 9v supply Im going to go from 9v to 7.5v. Is there a way to get a wider range? I would...

No luck. I tried a 5v supply. Still not a noticeable variation in speed. 5v is a little weak. It had a hard time starting the fan. Is it possibly a problem with my fan?

Ok, I will give that a try.

I'm not getting a variation in speed. I've got it wired the same as this build, I'm using the same pot as this build, and I have a 12v supply. I've also tried running the ground from the fan straight to the supply. Same problem and my LED on the switch doesn't work. Any ideas as to what I'm...

$1 ea http://denver.craigslist.org/for/3895185225.html Im in the same boat. Gotta get bottles, but if Im going to have to buy them Id rather just pick new ones up at my LHBS then go through the hassle of arranging a meet time, and driving across town.

Yeah, I intend to build something better. This is what I had so Im making it work till I get a bigger piece of copper. I was thinking the same thing. I think I could get by with an 8 gallon for my 5 gallon batches, but inevitably I will want to do larger batches at some point. So I might as...

Sorry. It was WL300 Thanks for the reinsurance everyone. I cant wait to try this out. I think I need to go find an 8 gal kettle and another carboy and start another one.

My basement is pretty cold. Ive got one of those thermo stickers on the side of the carboy. For the first two days it was up around 70-72. Now its holding steady at 67. I had some ice packs I kept in the box wrapped around the base of the carboy for the first 2 days. Ive quit using those since...

My chiller. I would like a bigger coil, but I had the copper, so I made it work.

Hi guys Ive been reading a lot on here over the last few weeks. Ill start by saying I bought a kit a long time ago... Like 03/04, and then never touched it. My brother just got out of the military and moved back to CO and wanted to brew some beer. So we went down to the lhbs and picked up a Hefe...