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I have one. PM me if you're interested.

I have one. PM me.

I have an outdoor mini fridge where I keep six packs and a kegerator. Both stopped getting cold recently. Then I noticed the backs freezing, and now they have both completely failed and are thawing out and not doing anything. When the backs were freezing I could hear the compressor, now...

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I used to have the same questions since I have an 8 g pot and do BIAB. I've done about 10 batches and have it down pretty well. I'm not too anal about volumes and my gravities aren't 100% spot on as a result, but I'm sure you could get them there. I basically heat about 6 to 6.5 g of water to...

How long do the bottles stay filled with water? I'm going out of town for two weeks and in addition to my in ground plants that are on a drip system, I have two potted plants on my deck that I water by hand. I'm looking for a 2 week watering solution (other than getting the neighbor to come...

Following up on my earlier e-mail, Kegconnection is fixing the problem (which should result in some clarifying changes to their website). Kudos to them for owning the problem.

I just had the same problem happen to me with a kegconnection add a body. A little frustrated that they market this as a lefthand add a body when the high pressure guage can't screw back in. I might have to just buy a new righthand high pressure guage. Let me know if you found out another...

I'm building a bbq island and intend on having a grill, an all purpose fridge and a dual tap kegerator. The pre-built kegerators are ridiculously expensive, plus a lot of them appear to be freestanding units, whereas mine is intended to be a built in. I'm handy enough to convert a refrigerator...

quick update for those interested. I took another reading on saturday and got a 1.016 reading, so it went down a few more points. It tasted like a flat, slightly warm marzen so that was good too. I decided to still transfer over to keg even though I couldn't confirm it was done, since I was...

quick question on biab. i have a 32 quart boiling kettle, which i presume won't give me enough room for the water and grains (including grain absorbtion and assuming some higher gravity beers) needed to end up with a 5 gallon post boil volume (assuming i need roughly a 6.5-7 gallon pre-boil...

not to be a topper, but my SWMBO 1) "made" me get directv so we could get the nfl ticket to watch her team and 2) put off a 5 yr anniversary trip to instead go to seattle to watch her team play the seahawks. i think we both have keepers. i might be able to sneak in a brewery tour in seattle...

Thanks for the suggestion on the dry yeast. I'll have to try that. And Reno, apparently you are a mind reader. After the blue moon clone using 1056, or maybe I'll try a S-04 or nottingham (already have the extract that will work for this), I was planning on pitching a blonde onto the cake...

Thanks for all of the replies. This forum always amazes. Based on the foregoing, I think I'll just sit and wait until next weekend and then take another reading just for knowledge purposes. If it's at 1.020 I'm still transfering to the keg and will begin lagering, and I'll just have a...

Facts: NB oktoberfest extract kit, wyeast 2633 oktoberfest blend. SG 1.065. Pitched at around 56 with a 2 liter starter (I know, I know, but I didn't have the ability, time or vessel, for anything larger). Fermentation took off pretty quickly. Primary fermentation was at about 52. I...