Recent content by Jim Shellhamer

As I suspected, you guys were all right. I just wanted to see if someone out there had a different solution. So I guess, until I get the heating element and a more stable frame to mount everything to, I'll just use the pump for recirculating during the vourloff. Thanks all for the time and comments.

I do not have any heating elements in the system as is. I was really hoping that once the lid on the cooler was sealed, with it being more or less a closed system at that point, that my heat loss would be minimal. Yup, I WAS WAAAAAAAAAY WRONG ! ! ! ! Basically I'm looking for the easiest way to...

Here is an overall pic of the system as it is now.

I recently converted a Rubbermaid 10 gallon cooler with a false bottom to a wannabe RIM system. I attached QD fittings to the drain valve and the center of the lid. I also fitted the tip from an old sparge arm to the inside of the lid. I thought I finally got all the design bugs worked out and...

Maybe in the future I will. But there are already a bunch of clubs around. Plus, I spent the last 27 years working in I/T so I am still wrapping my head around the business aspects so I've really got my hands full. I'm a one man show here at Northeast. Just keeping track of my stock is damn near...

I do offer a 10% AHA discount as well as an even better Veteran's discount.

Thank you very much! I can honestly say that the last month has been one of the best in my life. If I would have known how much fun/beer I could have at work, I would have done this 27 years ago when I got out of the military !!!

I was a supporting member when I was here before. As a new brewer thirsting for information, (pun intended) I found to much valuable information here to not fork up the $$$. Now as a business owner, once again, I send customers here for information and recipes, so again I find this place to...

I used to post under the handle of whip, but in the past year or so I let my supporting membership to HBT slide. As with many things, life intrudes" on our passions have to take a back seat for a bit of time. But in this case, I'm glad it happened. You see, I've spent the last year jumping...