Recent content by deviousalex

https://boulder.craigslist.org/for/d/boulder-beer-brewing-complete-starter/6853374980.html Everything you need to get started. Three glass carboys. A brew kettle. A keg system. A fermentation warmer wrap. A wort cooler. Two bottle cappers, and all the pipings and tubes needed to transfer wort...

I bought some cracked grains ahead of time and tossed them in the freezer. Was that a bad idea? Should I let them thaw before using them?

Good to hear, I went to Home Depot and the only testing kit they had was $29 =(

I got some ~25 year old beer steins (one from the Hofbrau house complete with a lid and one unidentified chalice) and I was wondering if the paint may contain lead. Does anyone know anything about this?

Where did you get the Arduino for 9 dollars?

I like the saison idea. Plus you can get those beers to a fairly high ABV so people will get a little sloshed :D

I do extract brewing, which (I am told at least) will result in a higher FG than if you did all-grain brewing. Normally I end up with an FG of 1.015-1.017. I recently did a American style hef with American hef yeast (White labs). I ended up with an FG of 1.008. I am glad this happened, but does...

Hi, I am looking at the plans for a son of fermentation chiller. It say to use a regular PC cooling fan it seems. The thing is, I have a bunch of fans I could use ranging from a 12V .2 amps to a 48V 3.8 amps (I'll try to get some pictures uploaded later). Does anyone know the effect on using...

How well did he tip you?

How do you do 30 seconds of straight o2? The solutions I have seen are just regular air and you have to do it for at least 30 mins.

Does anyone have any data on how much oxygenating the beer will help?

Here's an article on making your own hop back http://www.bodensatz.com/staticpages/index.php?page=20020429191318951 Seems you need a counterflow chiller though

The property is an apartment complex with brobably about 50-60 apartments. He is not technically the landlord come to think of it, he is the property manager. The property is owned by a couple people that inherited it but made it into a company afaik. They own other properties too. He is at...

Oh yeah, the reason he knew I was home brewing is because I walked through the common area with a new carboy I had just purchased and he asked me what it's for.

So I'm looking at the lease and I found this quote under the section saying this premises are rented for residential only: "assembling or manufacturing any product upon the Premises" and "Residents also agree not to do or permit anything to be done in the Premises that may be deemed hazardous"...