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Bought a kit from LHBS and the grains weren't crushed. I uses a food processor. Is that ok?

Is a regular old sunbeam heating pad ok? I have on in the fridge now and seems way too slow.

So today I built my temp controller using the famous eBay thread. I also threw together my first batch of apfelwein. Now I have to figure out what temp to ferment at. I've seen numbers all over the board so I wanted to see what folks who have made many batches have found to be the best in...

When did you order it? I'm eagerly checking my mail every day to no avail...

Buy a comparable commercial brew. That'll give you a good reference point to what yours should taste like.

I'm going to put mine together this weekend copying your design. I love the lights as they give it a much more professional look! What did you use to secure the strip to the box? What did you use to cut out the holes so clean? I don't have a Dremel and wondered if I could use a small hack saw...

So take it off the yeast and let age for another few months? What about bottling? Should you add more sugar to let them carb up or is there enough in there to bypass this step? After three months on the yeast can I bottle and let it sit in the bottles to age or should you do it in another...

I have all the ingredients ready to make apfelwein and have read a good chunk of this thread but am more confused now than I was before I started reading. EdWort said he never let's his ferment/age for more than 3 months but I've seen others go for up to 8 months. So what's the best time...

Hi, I recently bought a refrigerator off a guy on CL with the intentions of turning it into a fermentation box. One of the eBay temp controllers is en route so I'd like to hack up the fridge to get it ready so I'm good to go once the controller arrives. It's a Kenmore fridge from 2008...

Dumb question - what do LDS and AHS mean? Edit - just realized the AHS was American Homebrew Supply

Ya. Sounds like a smart idea. It's just something I plug into the wall outlet? Can be had at the Home Depot? On that note - is a 14 awg extension cord sufficient?

Isn't that overkill? The controller is $23 bucks. If it is ruined ill just get another one.

14 is the way to go?

Can I use 18 awg for the plug to the project box? I might be too small of a wire but I got a free printer power cord from work and would like to save a few bucks.

That's what I thought about the chest freezer but wouldn't a fridge be the most utilitarian? Wouldn't the yeast cake get shaken up taking it out of the chest where I could siphon directly from a bucket in a fridge?

What's the best for fermentation? Top/bottom fridge, chest freezer, stand up freezer, etc I'm building a temp control unit from eBay aquarium thread and need to pick up one of the above vessels. Also - what's the best for the heater? In the winter my garage can get in the mid 30s so it'll...

Does that change flavor at all?

Tap on where you want it to focus right before you take the pic. Looks ok on your phone because it's a smaller pic so you don't notice that it is out of focus.

Whoa. You're not kidding around! Do you or anyone else know if there is any wiring or mechanicals in between the freezer and fridge parts of a freezer on top unit? I'm wondering if I can use a hole saw to create airflow between the two sections the equalize the temps.

Cool man! Do you have any pics?