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How have I never seen this before? I mean, I know I live a sheltered life in the bottom of a well accessible only by a cave entrance, but I've only ever seen the kind with the springs. This is perfect, thank you Day Trippr! Wreck

Well, I think the typical spring is still there. I just can't get to it because of this oddball cap. I took the little flat head I normally use to coax the spring out, and made a few attempts at sliding it between the cap and the rim of the spear, but it wasn't having any of that. Damndest...

I've been homebrewing for a while, and I keep a fleet of about 12 1/6th barrel sankes for my kegging purposes. Recently, I traded one in as I bought a keg of stuff from total wine, and figured I'd just use the new one to replace the trade in. WELL. I went to keg up a cider this morning, and...

Javalin - Thanks for the tip. I'm going to be doing two 5 gallon batches at the same time; 1 with no hops, just a straight up cider with a honey kick; 1 that's hopped. My original plan was to simply dry hop in the last three days before crashing and kegging, primarily for a blast of aroma and...

I'm a little late to the party on this one, but came across the thread while doing a little research on my next experiment: I'm planning on trying two things in my next cider: 1. Rather than fermenting with champagne yeast, I'm going to try a hefeweizen yeast (specifically, the Safale...

kcolby - that's a good point. Plus, it helps with what TyTanium was saying by getting the mill a little further away from the kettle. Of course, that also means that when I'm milling the dust will be more likely to invade the closed in brew space. Maybe I put it in middle?

Kellanv - yeah, I'd thought about ways around that. My plan is to use 3 heavy duty gate hinges, but they only need to support the weight while the mill door is in transit. When it's fully closed, the right most door support will rest on the floor of the shed. When it's fully open, that same...

TyTanium - thanks for the comments. The plan is to have that thing open while milling. I assume that as long as I clean out the hopper and catch bucket pretty well after use, and the kettle before use, I shouldn't have to worry about the grain getting into the wort, right?

I should also point out something not described above...When the mill door is closed, the outer portion of the shed will have a sort of garage door, hinged on the top edge. This will close over the mill door. When it's time to brew, this will raise up, and when the mill door opens the garage...

So...I may have gone overboard a bit in my planning. But the wife gave me clearance and I'm going to build this sucker. The idea here is to have a garden shed-sized outdoor closet that opens up into a nice, covered brew space. I've drawn up some elevations of what I want to do, and would love...

I'm in!

Hi Bob, I'm interested in this! I'm setting up a kegerator for my parents, and this would be great for the temp control. Thanks! David [email protected]

Thanks everyone, I installed the speakers centered over the patron area. Once I get the receiver working right I'll let everyone know if I get the desired results. Thanks for all the input!

The receiver does in fact have A/B output, but I'm saving B for the outdoor speakers. Otherwise that solution would be a winner...

I have a home bar (see photos here if you're interested), and I'm in the process of installing an integrated digital jukebox system. I'm at the point of installing the speakers into the ceiling, but I'm having trouble deciding where to put the them. I know this doesn't sound appropriate for a...