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I would like to attend, but I need to get back on the road by 3:00 or so... Any idea what time the brewery tour would take place and what time we would hit the beer festival?

I am going to brew an Amber Ale and was going to use the IPA yeast cake that I am going to rack that same day. Should I wash they yeast first? My concern is the high IBU from the IPA might carry over to the Amber Ale. I have read up on washing yeast, but on my first attempt I couldn't tell...

I never heard of this place, so I went to the website to check it out...I am surprised!! This is no 'mom and pop' shop...this place stands to lose a lot by bad customer service. If they think that treating homebrewer's bad will not affect their target customers buying decisions, then they are...

I ordered my two faucet tower from Beverage Factory...and they sent me a single faucet tower. They corrected the order in a timely manner and were pleasant enough...but they seem to screw up their orders a lot...not sure I'd go back.

It's probably not as bad as I am imagining. The e-mail from the LHBS guy made it sound like he was freaking out and the total cost of grain prices was going to jump that much. Thanks for the perspective...hopefully any price change won't be that dramatic.

I just got an e-mail from my LHBS guy...who is also in the local brew club...and said that one of his vendors were warning that grain prices were going to jump this fall. "We've been told by one of our wholesale suppliers to expect prices on malt extracts and grain to increase 30%-50% this...

Yeah, I won't be going either but I figured I would post it for others. ~Sully

Got a flyer from the local homebrew club...here is some of the information: www.homebrewersjamboree.com Come join New England’s finest home brewers in a weekend celebration of handcrafted beverages at… Branch Brook Campground Route 49, W. Campton, NH Saturday, September 8, 2007...

Be careful about turning your regulator down and then hooking up to a pressurized keg...the higher pressure might push beer back into your regulator.

That's the exact tray that I use...does the job for a 2 faucet tower.

It has a thin layer of foam insulation, maybe 3/8 to a 1/2 inch thick...almost like packing foam rather than insulation foam.

Count me in...I've already penciled it in on the calendar...hopefully I won't get shot down by the SWMBO...a LOT of birthdays at the end of September. She hasn't said no yet;) A lot of breweries showing up for only the 2nd annual festival...should be cool!

Maybe I could run a second "return" hose back down the tower and then insulate the tower as gnef said. If that doesn't work I could look into voltage regulation as suggested by MrFebtober, this would also allow me to adjust it to the external (room) temps. Thanks again for all the ideas.

OK, I just double checked the thermometer and realized I that my mash temps were probably closer to 160. After doing a little reading here on HBT I realized that that could account for the heavy maltiness and low conversion...or so I am thinking. Definitely need to get a digital thermometer

The thermometer was the one that came with turkey fryer...never confirmed it's accuracy. Drilled a hole in the top of the cooler/MLT sunk the thermometer in. Maybe I'll invest in a digital one with a probe. Thanks for the ideas.

Glad I bought the stainless steel tower. This is after I added the tower cooler, guess it's working. Should I be concerned with the amount of condensation? My only concern is rust in the faucets (could be a blessing in disguise, I would have to buy forward sealing ones :) )

Here is the recipe that I used 11 lbs 2-row .5 lb cara-pils .5 lb crystal 60L 1.oz columbus 60 mins 1.oz cascade 15 mins 1.oz cascade 5 mins 1.oz cascade 0 mins Irish moss @ 20 mins White Labs WLP001 California Ale yeast Mashed in @ 152 15qts for 60 mins first batch sparge - 3...

If I have a high FG 1.022 after 1 week in the primary and 2 weeks in the secondary, is it possible that i had didn't convert the starch to sugars during the mash? OG was 1.055. Mash was at 152 F for 60 mins and 2 10min batch sparges...5 gallon cooler required I split the batch sparge. Next...

There is a brewfest in Greenfield MA on September 22nd. http://www.greenriverbrewfest.com It's only the 2nd year...anyone go last year? Anyone interested in going this year? It seems a little on the small side(15 local brweries last year)...but that actually may be a good thing. ~Mike

MrFebtober, that is a really cool picture on the inside door panel...a poster of some kind I take it? I used dry erase board so mine is plain white. I like the ability to use markers to make notes, but I also really like that picture...hmmmm...decisions...decisions.