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Have you seen this? It may help..... http://www.germanbeerinstitute.com/Erntebier.html Also, there is a brewery called Held-Brau which makes a Dunkel Bauernbier, but I could not find any info on German sites regarding how it's made.

WOW! Looking really good so far..... Nice workmanship!

Acetone

bja - yeah, it looks like it's the same...

Check out these guys for parts & accessories - it's where I got my stuff...... http://kingkooker.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2

Excellent excuse to go to the basement & "Check the Plumbing"!;)

Nice design.... well done!!!!

I've also had good results with a false bottom / center pick-up tube combo. If I used pellet hops, I always included some whole leaf hops to help make a better filter bed.

Yeah, what day_tripper said. The cap is external and the other thing inside the circle with the windings is the internal thermal overload protector.

Hopefully, you're all set then!

Thirsty Dog Brewing Company's Rail Dog Smoked Black Lager..... Nice! Sorry, no pic..... Burrp!

I bought a new chest freezer in 1999 and use it for beer (dispensing temperature) and it's been running on an external controller (Fuji) in a basement location from day one and still working fine...... Burrp!

Can you post a pic and the model number of the A/C unit? What is your desired temperature inside the cabinet? If you're shooting for lager temp & it's relatively cool in the garage, it's possible that the refrigerant pressures / temps are are way below what it's designed for and not moving heat...

Can't you just electrically bypass the factory control so that it runs all of the time when the STC-1000 supplies power the the unit?

You may want to consider using strut (Uni-Strut or equivalent). Some of the big-box stores carry it in their electrical departments and sometimes you can find used stuff cheap at a scrapyard. It's easy to bolt together, has accessory hardware available and can be easily changed over the life of...