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About to go off to a new years party, but made my resolutions while running tonight: 1. Run at least 10k a week for the first 6 months, 20k for the second 2. Enter at least four competitions 3. Brew more! 4. Make it to the second round of the NHC :fro: Happy new years every one!:tank:

couldn't be more pleased with his stuff.

i just ordered a 1/2" dip tue from bargain fittings. seemed like the cheapest solution since i don't have to do anything but bend it when it comes :). although it'll look funny surrounded by all that stainless steel!

awesome. the air tight thing is getting me. anyone have a good way to make a dip tube that ends in a 1/2" male NPT?

So I finally got myself a new drill and finished boring the hole for my electric heater element and everything is water tight without needing any jb weld etc, which is pretty awesome. BUT! I have two (hopefully simple) questions: 1) There's about 1.25 gallons of "dead space" in the kettle...

i'll second that lack of o2 thing. just finished up an IIPA -- 1.093 to 1.020 in about 5 days of active fermentation, and about 3 days of a very minor layer of bubbles on top. i pitched the wort onto a yeast cake (wyeast 1056) that was left over from making a normal IPA (1.053 OG) which...

i'm down for some more 2 row or maris otter or optic or whatever. plus if people in brooklyn need help moving grain bags from the distro point i'm glad to put some miles on my car.

a lot of people made this: http://www.cedarcreeknetworks.com/heatstick.htm i have the element permanently installed in a pot. i use it along with my stove to achieve boil since my gas stove, even with two burners can't boil 7 gallons by itself.

Weird. I've never had a problem with customer service from there. I'm sorry to hear about your troubles i'm assuming they're just having a busy holiday season.

i actually love willamettes. i made a nice ipa with mostly willamettes. not super hoppy, but a decently drinkable beer.

Here's the IIPA i'm thinking of: 16 lbs Maris Otter 2 lbs Munich 1 lbs C60 1 lbs Victory Amarillo 9.6AAU @ FWH Cascade 7.2AAU @ 90 Willamette 5.2AAU @ 60 Amarillo 9.6AAU @ 20 Cascade 7.2AAU @ 15 Willamette 5.2AAU @ 10 Amarillo 9.6AAU @ 5 Cascade 7.2AAU @ Flameout Dry hop with 2 oz each...

looks like IIPA is winning. maybe i'll brew the IIPA AND the stout. a lb of oats you say?

aquarium silicone is FDA compliant when it's dried and washed properly. also, don't over tighten!

1. A dry stout (maris otter, a little munich, some chocolate, black patent, oats and a bunch of fuggles) 2. A ginger saison with late addition sorachi ace hops 3. An IIPA chock full of amarillo, centennial and cascades

super excited to stay in and brew. also kegging! yay for yeast cakes to brew on top of instead of having to make starters

i can honestly say i've worked at much worse places before!

because then i couldn't be drunk at 4 after the holiday potluck! my contribution was four growlers of homebrew!

the home depot website (and the lowes website) is probably the worst piece of crap ever. you actually can't find about 90% of the stuff they have in the stores on it.

totally true. luckily i needed a few unions, nipples and locknuts. i hit $99 something with what i needed so i found the cheapest part i could to throw in there to get over $100 and not pay any minimums. it's already shipped with a ups tracking number too.

i don't really have any space (even outside space) with which to make any messes :). so the "use water to cool" advice didn't work (i've got no way to run water over it nor collect it after) and I had to move a bunch of **** around so i could move the rug on the floor so i wouldn't ruin that...