Recent content by jmshipe

Hey all, This is my wife and I at Cantillon in Brussels, 2007 My wife is a true beer fanatic for the last 15 years. Her favorites are old-world Belgian ales: Gueuze, Kriek, Lambic, Saison, and Belgian blondes and dark strong ales. She was recently diagnosed with Celiac disease and...

Awesome! Glad to hear it worked out for you.

https://vimeo.com/149322767

For those who may be following this thread, my approach of desoldering the large relay from the board and attaching my own worked perfectly! I can now switch the compressor on and off using BrewPi

I traced the wires this evening and the second, smaller relay is running the fluorescent light inside. Keep in mind that this is a wine cooler and not a fridge so it doesn't have a blower to move any cold air around and also has no defrost or anything like that. I'm gonna give this a whirl maybe...

Hi all, This question is for the electrical engineering types, and the makers/hackers. I have a Haier BC112G wine fridge that I'm converting to a ferm chamber for a BrewPi setup. I think I've found a way to hack the fridge without hot-wiring it the way they did in fall-line's thread. I...

Hey GregInMD do you still have these photos? Any chance you can update or edit the thread to include them? I'm working this exact fridge for a BrewPi setup and I would love to see what you had originally posted here.

I think one of the reptile heating cables will be best since they are waterproof, take up very little space, and will distribute heat evenly. Thanks all!

Thanks. I'm actually headed to the pet store tonight after work, so I'll take a look.

That's awesome, and pretty much exactly what I was looking for. I'll be following a very similar recipe, using the Hallertau. Thanks!

What OG do you think? I don't want to stress it too hard but I also want it to have some flavor

I'm ready to take the plunge and put my harvested wild yeast to the test on a 1 gallon batch of saison. I've got the following malts in stock. Can you guys help me put together a ratio of these for a simple recipe? The intent here is to make something simple that will let the yeast shine. So...

Yeah there's a great deal of really useful information on that site. They even have "wrangling kits" to help you jumpstart the process.

If you are looking to get serious about isolating the culture you have check out bootlegbiology.com

Awesome, thanks for the tip. They are quite large, but I'm sure I can make that work. and it certainly looks easy enough to install. Perhaps I can velcro it to the side of the chamber.