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thanks I'm so far removed from buying hops, I don't remember what hops should even cost! But isn't $20/lb sky-high? It looks like Freshhops was the vender I used while back east, as Hoptech shipping got expensive. I've also been burned enough times by "eBay stores" to be hesitant.

I'm going to date myself (again :eek:), I suppose, by mentioning Hoptech . . . from back before that T would have been capitalized, and, well, the WWW . . . it seems that their domain went to a LHBS. Anyway, what venders are practical for buying a few pounds at once these days of whole hop? I...

I found some threads in the archives, but none that got to the end. The refrigerator is a 2000 GE (I measured to make sure it would fit 4 cornies in the main compartment and 2 in the freezer before buying for my wife back then . . .). The interior is 18"x18", and it would be the mounted shelf...

and here we're 17/290 . . . fortunately it seems to fit what I like to brew (but kind of rough on the dishwasher and tiles in the shower, and some of the valves, and . . .) gosh, seems we're only #2, though, behind Indianapolis . . .

She's currently using BIAB for 1 gallon batches ! :eek: So I bought her a 10 gallon SS pot instead. If I'd realized that full-out BIAB actually worked with reasonable extraction, I probably wouldn't have bought the new cooler . . . I used to do something similar in a pinch. I can generally...

it appears that "bazooka" was the magic word I needed for searching, thanks. Gosh, so many choices these days . . . now I see that I need to find ut what she's brewing in . . .

*just* simpler isn't ideal (at least not for when he put these out)--the bent copper made a difference in reaching a usable position in the cooler, etc. And, yes, trivial to make if you can weld or solder stainless . . . They *are* out there, but I'm trying to find one online I can ship, and...

https://schmidling.com/maltmill.htm mentions permanent closure. here's an older version of the EZ-masher page: https://web.archive.org/web/20160307125242/https://schmidling.com/empp.htm (but now it's a blank page). He also published the instructions to make it long, long ago. If memory...

no, this is for mashing. It simply sits at the bottom of a cooler or pot, and is close to impervious to stuck sarges. Jack actually did a pure wheat mash just to see if he could . . . (it worked). I went from a custom built copper tube manifold (oops, jut dated myself in this, didn't I?)...

Ouch. Having done it once was enough to convince me not to make that effort again . . . [hm , and what insane algorithm matches "mesh spaghetti strap floral print" (seems to be a bikini top) to this thread?o_O]

sub-freezing temps in the garage . . . an interesting concept :) I used to stick buckets of lager in the garage to ferment here in January . . . We drop below freezing at all a couple/few times each winter, but not very far (although my water main line into the house used to be shallow enough...

I'll keep that for the future, but when you need them *right* now because the house water has to be shut off until it's fixed . . .

I saw the thread *somewhere* here a few days ago, but can't find it. Could someone link me to it? thanks

I was *going* to buy my daughter an ez-masher for her birthday, but it seems like Jack isn't reopening. :( I saw something similar but larger in a shop, but didn't think to check the name for later use. Can anyone tell me what these things are called? (it's basically a pieces of SS screening...

1/4" copper tubing is inexpensive--look in the hardware store/Lowes for the parts to attach refrigerators or swamp coolers. (If you're adding to a boiler, it could flow enough, but not for a quick fill) Any hose you use, though, should be food grade . . . I came to *hate* Pex after working on...

Long ago, I connected some hose to the water tap on the refrigerator, and assigned a small child to fill buckets with it. For a 15 gallon batch. *That* was a one-timer . . . :oops:

Ahh. Thanks. That possibility didn't occur until I started seeing "under counter" and such. Most of what I've brewed seems fine with hard water (mostly pale ales and stouts/porters)--and you can just about sharpen a knife by holding in running water at the sinkin Las Vegas . . .

yes, it looks like the 80s/90s bottle, but the green at the bottom would be local. In the lead-in to introducing the draught in the early years 90s, there were changes to the US version of the extra stout, and in the transition, some shipped with yeast at the bottom (which I believe was the...

OK, away for decades. I'm guessing, though, that RO is not Read Only . . . First I have to deal with Bureau of Indian Affairs Brewing, then Missing In Action, Beer, and now . . . :eek:

A steady temperature is even more important. In the early 90s, our house was a steady 78F around the clock in the summer--and wyeast Irish did *very* well (even a best of show at a major regional!). [In Las Vegas, the AC comes on repeatedly at night to keep it down to 78F . . .] and welcome...