Recent content by otiscampbell

I have done what you are describing with an old piece of aluminum flashing which is likely much thinner than your basket. It was a windy day and it seemed to me that I was losing heat, grabbed that flashing and my tin-snips and voila! Insta-shield. It got hot for sure but never got to the...

Well 14 minutes flat is 5 times better than sitting in the ice bath. The engineer in me calls that a win. Pushes the heat up from the bottom - yup. Here's to leaving all that business in the kettle - I have to say I am really looking forward to that. Clearer beers haven't really been...

Out of curiosity do you run the cold from the bottom up or the top down? Does it make a difference? I would expect from the bottom up to be the answer but maybe not. I also realize this has nothing to do with the OP's question about copper versus anything else. Sorry to the OP. In my humble...

Thanks - design may be stretching it - more like monkeying around. I just started wrapping the tubing around a 4" piece of steel pipe I had in my shop. Ended up here. As far as its softness - not even a little bit. Flexible enough to bend but fighting me - even last night fixing the...

Good one on the directional, I'll turn them. 50'. It's novel then is it- well here's to that.

Who knows really, I just started going and ended up with some coiled up copper. Can't leave well enough alone I guess.

This ones about done - just need to sweat the fittings on. No reason this can't be fun.

Fantastic thanks!

Is there a timeline to get the starter into the fridge? Made my first on Sunday night and am thinking I should either feed it again or refrigerate it for a Saturday brew day. It seems to have worked by the way - I missed whatever activity would have happened if any and there seems to be a...