Recent content by TWilson

I think those are the ones I was looking for. Thanks for the quick responses.

There was a post a while back about dealing with condensation in keezers/kegerators with the typical Damprid/silica gel suggestions. Someone posted a link to a source for plug-in, reusable dehumidifiers. I believe they were around $10-15 each. You placed them in your work space and when they...

If you are looking for one that is good to go right out of the box, then choose a Barley Crusher or a JP. I just purchased a Monster Mill MM-3 with stainless rollers and 1/2" driveshaft. Fred from MM is/was running a sale, check the vendor board for details. He doesn't currently offer a base...

Welcome to the board and to homebrewing. I used to vacation in Daytona every year. I hadn't been there for several years, but I was shocked at all of the development down towards the Inlet when we were there last year. The Lighthouse Landing was always a great place to eat and escape from the...

This batch is for the wife, her idea on the spices. I told her that it would probably be way too much, but she said that she loves cloves. I suggested less, and adding more later to taste if needed. She was excited because it was her "recipe" and wanted the cloves. I will probably have to do...

I started a 1 gallon batch of spiced cider last night. I used 1 gallon of White House All-Natural Apple Cider, and added 5 oz. dextrose, 2 cinnamon sticks and 15 whole cloves. I am fermenting it with Montrachet. It took off and was bubbling in less than 4 hours. I haven't fermented...

The clerk sounds like a winemaker. It is common practice to top off wines with water after racking to eliminate headspace. I would never do that with beer. There will be enough CO2 coming out of suspension during the racking of the beer to not worry about the headspace too much.

I have done this same thing before. What I did was to remove some of the water from the carboy and replace it with hot water to above the ring. Mix it up a bit and let it soak for a while. Make sure you use enough hot water to make the whole solution nice and warm. Hit it with a brush and...

Send Todd at Keg Connection an email or call him. I just bought a 3-way secondary from him. It wasn't listed on his site, but he got me one. Based on what I paid, I would guess that the price on a 4-way would be very competitive. KegConnection.com Home Page

Post as much detail as you can, just do it in terms that people without much electronics experience can understand. I am sure there would be interest, as some of the links in other build threads are now dead. Throw in a complete parts list as well if you have that info. You never know, you...

Thanks for the quick response. I have another question. Is Star San okay to use for winemaking, or should I stick with sodium metabisulfite like the directions say?

I just bought a Stags Leap Merlot wine kit to make for my wife. I was wanting to find out if I would be okay using a 6.5 gallon carboy for a primary. I have never made wine before, so I don't know how active the fermentation is or how much krausen forms during fermentation of a wine. The...

Stirrer : Best Value Stirrer Anyone have any experience with this company or these stirplates? I happened upon their site while searching for stirplate info.

Is silicone that much better than Buna-N that it makes it worth the price? I noticed that the silicone is listed as FDA compliant and the Buna-N isn't. I am hoping to get my kegerator finished this weekend, and was going to order extra o-rings and parts to have on hand. Thanks for the advice.

http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/promash/vpost?id=2265455 I have been checking out the different brewing apps available. Promash seems to get rave reviews, but hasn't been updated in a while. I found the post above while looking through the Promash site.