Recent content by zonabb

Obviously.:D My intent was to see how everyone was doing it, not to ask if such a material existed. Testing a method to see if it works is more time consuming than finding a method known to work!!!! As someone finishing a doctorate (the reason I built this thing this summer and am just now...

Got a quick heating element question, hopefully to get some clarification. I bult this controller over the summer and am just getting around to using it. I have it connected to a small chest freezer so the contact between the freezer and the carboy will cool the carboy directly, as well as some...

Awesome, it works!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm ready to rock now. Thanks a million!

I just got mine in the mail and wired up into a 6x6x4 pvc box from Home Depot. I do have one questions regarding the wiring after unsuccessfully finding an answer in the thread (may have overlooked given the length of this monster thread). Here goes... when I set the unit and it clicks on...

Made my five posts under the user name "zonabb." Looking forward to the arrival of my conical!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy New Year everyone.

Great info. Saw your build thread. I'll need to check the wiring diagram for the freezer. If I'm following correctly, the controller has a probe/thermometer on it and it bypasses the thermometer in the freezer. Do you need to have some sort of outlet for air to release from the chamber...

Need a little hops help on this. If I buy Tettnang and Willamette and the AA is lower that what is shown in this recipe, is is better to add more (weight) or boil longer to get the IBUs right?

So essentially, by using a freezer in my case, I need a two-stage controller and some sort of heat source for the winter. I assume the dul stage controller will determine whether to use the heater of the freezer? Or am I dreaming!!!!!!!

OK, I've read some threads on a fermentation chamber. I have a brand new but duplicate small chest freezer that will fit one 6.5 gallon carboys. As a DIYer, I like building things but I'm trying to get my mind around this idea from a practical standpoint. I understand that in the summer this...

Awesome info. I was unsure about the need for a two stage controller but it makes sense that the internal temp on the freezer, particularly in my basement or garage would be correlated to the external temp and therefore a two stage may be necessary. I'll look into your suggestions and...

OK, with the semester winding down and the summer soon arriving, beer is on my mind! I had a dilemma last Xmas when my father-in-law gave my wife and I a small Magic Chef chest freezer while I already had a full size freezer in my basement. So I didn't want to be an ingrate and say I had one...

It seems to me that the hop shortage panic has been reduced, in my opinion due to economic times. I see few if any brew suppliers limited hops; I see prices coming down and inventories up. It points to a couple of possible things: 1. The hop shortage was more hype than reality where prices...

Bobby, thanks. I've replied quiet heavily on your website and thanks you for all you've put together to help the homebrewing community. In fact, I just got back to lunch where I spent my time reading your All Grain Brewing Primer AGAIN. I like to think my thermometer and temps were an issue...

OK, did my first all grain, Blue Balls Belgian Wit and have some issues I want to throw out and see what everyone says. First though, and this might explain some issues, I had purchase a brand new digital thermometer, the one with a probe for meat that you can leave in a roast in your oven...

After a false start last weekend on my first AG batch (bad thermometer that was reading 191 on a rolling boil so I never started), I plan to tackle it this weekend with Beirmuncher's Blue Balls Wit. However, my digital thermometer under the stairwell in my basement is reading on average 73...