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I made some more progress tonight. I made the backplate from a computer case cover from the first computer I owned. I got it 1993. I'm glad I hung on to it. Never throw away any metal. It'll be useful sometime. Remove two set screws and you'll be able to remove the box from the...

Thanks to RB, I'm now back into brewing. So much so, that I just volunteered myself to be in charge of the control box. RB was gracious enough to accept my offer so now we're going to be "partners". The first item I needed was the box itself. We wanted to keep it all SS and since those can...

Just to confuse things even more, here's another option that my parents did. The 100 amp panel in the house was crowded with no room. They installed a new 200A panel in the garage and fed the 100amp panel in the house with a 100amp breaker in the new 200A panel. Then they added on to the...

Yeah, mine hurt for about a month when I broke it. The weird thing was after 3 days it hurt MUCH worse than right after I did it. When it happened, I knew immediately that I cracked a rib. I knew there was nothing a doctor could do except say, "yup, you broke a rib, tough it out." but...

Last night the wife and I tried American Honey by Wild Turkey and watched Shaun of the Dead. Man, you have to be careful with that stuff. It is so smooth and yummy you can get carried away. Anyway, two glasses each and the room was definitely spinning for both of us. We both drank a lot of...

One of my good friends felt left out when my buds and I started brewing beer. She doesn't like beer but loved the idea of making something from scratch that is better than what you can buy in the stores. "Dammit, I want to make something from scratch too!" So she took off with the cheese...

<sniff> How sad. http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/10/03/hops.fire.ap/index.html These hops will never get to fulfill their dream of becoming beer... Casey

squatch... In college I had 6 friends and we were pretty close our first year. As one would walk down the hall we would jump out of our rooms and tackle one another. I know, stupid. Once 3 of them jumped me and I just keep walking down the hall with them hanging on me. One of guys yelled...

Heh. Well, I will admit that I have some unique bottles. My father-in-law grew up in the sticks of Southern Illinois. He studied by coal lamps and didn't have indoor plumbing until he was 12. Lots of cold trips to the outhouse in them middle of the night. They didn't have trash service...

Well, it's not like you need another opinion that agrees with everyone here but I've had a few and feel like talking. The first batch of beer that I made, I wore latex gloves the entire time. Talk about overkill! All it did was make me uncomfortable the entire time. Some pretty...

One article I read recently talked about the fact that it was unnecessary to mash the pumpkin since very little sugar can be derived from going through a starch conversion of the the pumpkin. The amount of sugar you get is not worth the effort. I am not speaking from experience so take my...

Congratulations! One thing really caught my attention though... > The guys make beer at the fire house (I'm also a brewing nut). I wish I could make beer at work! It would probably be frowned upon though. Too close to all of the computers. The only down side would be if a call came in...

Another suggestion to keep the temperature down is to put your fermenter in a bin and wrap a wet towel around it. Then point a fan at the fermenter. The evaporation of the water will cool the fermenter. All you have to do is re-wet the towel when it becomes dry. Here is a discussion about...

I have been researching pumpkin ale recipes as well and would like to share a link I found from someone who helped make a 99 gallon commercial batch of pumpkin beer. http://www.audioholics.com/showcase/DIY/PumpkinAleRecipe.html This guy has some interesting tips. Anyway, take any advice...

Sorry, I now see that you have already "followed some links" from the forums. No doubt already checking out the two links I provided so I didn't really answer your question. Now, to comment on building your own controller... I personally would not attempt to do it. But I am not an...

Here are two suggestions for temperature controllers: http://www.coleparmer.com/catalog/product_view.asp?sku=9352000 This one is the least expensive I have seen. Rusty said he was thinking of purchasing this one. Maybe he can comment if he buys one. http://www.zymico.com/controls/ I...

Greetings, You may already have a source for one, but I have had good luck with these people and have purchased two from them. They are the least expensive place for this controller that I have found. http://www.zymico.com/controls/ Hope this helps, Casey

Lady: "Sir, you are drunk!" Man: "Ma'am, you are ugly and in the morning I'll be sober!" -Casey

Hello, I did a Double IPA a few months back and here is what I did: Primary: 10 days Secondary: Four weeks (dry hopped with 2 oz of Horizon) Bottle: Six weeks I followed a recipe from Austin Homebrew Supply and I thought the results were great. Two other friends told me the results...