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I did upgrade my exhaust from 400cfm vent hood and box fan to a 900 cfm vortex fan. http://home-floyd.homelinux.com/brewery/hood3.jpg http://home-floyd.homelinux.com/brewery/hood4.jpg Overall it helped with getting rid of heat. Didn't notice a humidity change.

I built the same hood as artbrau, and I have never had a condensation issue. In case I did get some condensation there is a drip edge on mine that would drip from one of the corners, away from my brew. The drip edge is also for safety, the raw metal edge can be sharp.

It is nearly impossible to find a dehumidifier here in Colorado. But I like that idea alot. I think I am going to go on the hunt for one again. Thanks for that idea.

I brew in my basement using 3 wok burners on the house gas. Hooded and vented. Works great, gets a little warm and the humidity gets pretty high. CO2 and smoke detector have never gone off. And the fire extinguisher is close at hand.

I tested it. I fit. And if I don't get it hung soon (or brew her beer) I will be buried in it.

I stand corrected. Thank You.

BrewBlogger: http://brewblogger.net BeerSmith: http://beersmith.com BreweryTimer: http://www.hoppedale.com/brewerytimer

I would either leave it or pull it. Just not smack it. At this point you don't want your yeast replicating anymore, you want it munching sugar. Which is is pretty much done doing after a week. The smack pack is there to promote replication before the yeast switches over to fermentation mode.

Seems like you are trying an overall batch spage after your mash. What you could do is a nomal mash. Pull your grains put your grains into the second pot. (but don't heat the first one yet) Now for the part not yet discussed. Have a vessel (bucket, clean trash can) big enough to...

Boiling 2 pots for 1/2 hour != 1 pot for 1 hour. You still need the time for the hops to properly flavor your beer.

Search around for some of the "No Sparge" all grain setups. They might give you some good direction. But they would still require a bigger pot. As you would need to mash with the amount of water needed for boil amount + grain absorption.

Love your ventilation hood enough to build my own. I was going to go the same size but ended up only finding 3x4 sheets. So I made my about 8 ft long. It is huge. Here are pics of the build so far: http://home-floyd.homelinux.com/brewery/hood1.jpg...

Well done. I like the contents too. Always jealous when I see New Glarus beers in a Fridge. I only have 1 Spotted Cow left. And then will be dry till my next trip back to WI.

I am currently running 4 and can have 2 on tap. Moving towards 6 on tap soon and want to have at min. 10 kegs. Let me know what kind of price / condition this guys kegs are. I am really interested in picking some more up. North Denver is just a hp /skip and a jump away.

Yuri, This is a great little app. It seems that the project has become stagnant. And if you are interesting in parting with the source code at all I would like to resurrect it, or at least make modifications that I would like to see to it and repost my additions.