Recent content by Zaphod42

The pipe work for my stand is all one continuous chamber inside all of the pipe. All you need to do is make sure there is at least one hole in just one section of pipe to let air expand and contract out of and its all good. What you saw there was high temperature epoxy anyway. That is just there...

I made a new burner stand that was modeled off of this thread but since I have a good friend that manages a plumbing supply business, I came up with a half insane pipe based stand for my natural gas burner. The burner itself was a piece of cake to deal with... a utility hose, the right fittings...

I think this design is great. In theory it works the same as the Blichman device. As long as you cut the flow rate down to a trickle when the level of the wort is no longer above the level of hop matter/break material, you should be able to drain off nearly all of the wort. It would be...

The Kansas City water department does not list Chloramine as a compound present in the water supply. I guess that means that there is none ?? Is chloramine a compound that must be reported if there is any or are there certain things that can be left out of reports such as this ? Anyone have any...

This thread is very confusing. If I believe some then I can only brew outside no matter what. Others think you can brew in an enclosed basement if you do enough ventalation. I have recently switched to AG with propane which I can do outside until the weather turns to ZERO degrees here. Should I...

I read through this thread and decided I'd just go into ACE across the street and peice it together.... one thing that came out of this that I have not seen on this thread, and that I think simplifies things just a bit, is the valve attached directly to the Tee. In Kansas City we have very warm...

Like I always say... nothing like a good paddle !!

I never thought there would be other people brewing beer right around the corner from me !! I'm in Brookside and just finished an over-hopped batch of IPA 2 days ago. So far I've purchased all my stuff at B&B and have good success with by beer coming out pretty close to the style and taste I...