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I woke up this past saturday to the picture below. It was my 21st batch & 1st clogged airlock. I will now be using a blowoff tube from now on... P.s. Old rasputin clone racked on top of Small Batch Creme de la Cream Stout.

dido - turn it into a reason to upgrade. ex: The fiancée helped me bottle two weekends ago. Her response was, "You've done this HOW many times?! This is awful, you should keg your beer." Win-Win.

I'm starting to wonder if maybe I shouldn't have just pitched the pack and been done with it...

I ended up going with option 5. I whipped up a quick starter with a 1040 gravity dme solution that will have about 13-14 hours to get going before I have to leave tomorrow. It isn't the ideal amount of time but I think it was the best option. I didn't like waiting a week before pitching...

I am making a high OG IPA, ~1.085 estimated and forgot to make a starter. I have one Wyeast British Ale II smack pack, & just started the 60min boil. With tomorrow being sunday (Homebrew store closed) and me flying to Denver for a week for business tomorrow as well, I have come up with a few...

I am making a high OG IPA, ~1.085 estimated and forgot to make a starter. I have one Wyeast British Ale II smack pack, & just started the 60min boil. With tomorrow being sunday (Homebrew store closed) and me flying to Denver for a week for business tomorrow as well, I have come up with a few...

I am making a high OG IPA, ~1.085 estimated and forgot to make a starter. I have one Wyeast British Ale II smack pack, & just started the 60min boil. With tomorrow being sunday (Homebrew store closed) and me flying to Denver for a week for business tomorrow as well, I have come up with a few...

I don't think my fridge is the exact same model but I do believe it was a GE. Check out the link below to see how the condenser lines were ran in my fridge. Keep scrolling and you will see a picture of the schematic that came with the fridge describing how the condenser lines were ran...

I haven't tested how low I can get the temperature but I'm guessing it would struggle to get much lower than lagering temps. It holds temp really well so it would just be a matter of time to get it down to its lowest temp. I'm hoping that when I install a separation panel to make the affected...

UPDATE: I finally finished the fermentation box. Flipped the switch on the control box, plugged in a few variables and she was off and running. It took longer than I had hoped to get the box from ambient 80deg (my apartment is hot...) to a nice & cool 60deg but that is just something I will...

No biggie. Thanks! I'm not much of a wood worker so this is a pretty big project for me. The fan will pull air across the outside of the coils on the front of the box. The back of the box won't be covered since it'll be up against a wall. I will also have a tiny fan on the inside to help...

Oh - it took my two 4'x8' sheets with plenty of extra. Had I thought ahead, I would have shortened it up a bit so the inside would have been 4' long. Had this been the case, I probably could have laid out the panels to all fit on one sheet. Roughly a $16 mistake. Meh... Edit: The copper lines...

Side step 5: Electronics I'm sure anyone who has ever researched a temperature control module on this site will recognize this set-up. No big surprise here. I can't seem to find my finished control box picture.. bummer dude!

A previous post shows where - along the walls in the inside. Its typical 1.5" foam board from the apartment Depot. The lid is also insulated (not pictured). Am i sure it will be enough? Not really. I'm not worried about ales but lagers may put a strain on my tiny evaporator coils.

Step 4: line the inside with FRP board and calk. Oh man! I'm getting sooo close!! :rockin: so far this is the only picture I have taken of the lined inside - it just so happens to show the sealed cedar and not much detail. Stay tuned for future updates! I plan on being completely finished by...