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UPDATE: After weighing out the options I've made a decision: A window AC unit would be nice mostly because it's plug and play and would probably provide "mediocre" cooling. The downside? I don't have a window. A portable AC unit would be REALLY nice, but the consensus is that they really...

*sigh* That's what I was afraid of. A good friend of mine here in town said he bought a portable unit from Costco (I think it was 12-14k btu) and ran it all summer long in his garage and it maybe dropped the temps 8-10 degrees. I guess I should save myself the hassle. I know swamp coolers...

I'm brewing tomorrow and we have a high of 96 (pretty mild as compared to the last few weeks)...I've been contemplating the "rental" option. I really like the idea of a portable AC because the ducting/condensation line can easily be temporarily run. Also, if for any reason our house AC goes...

My garage is 450sq-ft. Most 12,000 BTU units are designed to cool 500sq-ft areas. The catch is that garages are intentionally not sealed (for safety's sake), so I won't get maximum efficiency. But if I could just bring the temps from 100 down to...80-85... it might be worth it. The one...

I live just outside of San Antonio and this summer has been so brutal that I've barely brewed at all. I'm 100% electric, but the only room I have to brew is in the garage. I played with the idea of moving everything into my laundry room, but really don't want to deal with installing a vent...

Curious...did you just wrap each dry hop in cheesecloth and just toss it in? It didn't come unwrapped?

I'm really hoping that the "clog" I had was a fluke so I'm just to go for it with this next 7oz dry hopped NEIPA. I started thinking about how I could rig up a bag or series of bags and all the while not have them mess with my Tilt hydrometer. I'm just going to go all in on the free floating...

I built a DIY co2 harvester with 2 mason jars. Worked great on my last batch.

Yes -- the Anvil has a rotating arm. I've never done a closed transfer before, so this is going to be my first time. I did a little research and found a workflow that actually makes sense. I use a co2 harvester, so when I cold crash, it sucks the co2 back into the headspace of the fermentor...

Interesting... but then when i need to put the poppets back in, wouldn't that introduce oxygen to the keg and defeat the whole point of a closed transfer? Obviously I purge every keg after i fill it, but still...

I've only fermented two batches in my Anvil Fermentor. The first one had a 2oz dry hop and wound up clogging the dip tube. I was pretty surprised considering I kept my dip tube horizontal during fermentation and cold crashed for 24 hours. I wound up resorting to my auto siphon and finished...

Hmmmm...that looks about right. They were dead though...this time. Last time they were crawling all over the grain.

I picked up 3x 60lb vittles from homebrewsupply.com when they moved. One is filled with Pale Malt and the other two have various sealed bags of other grain. I've decided it's time to quit messing around and just start buying in bulk and keeping a few lbs of the various malts I use on hand.

They've been SUPER nice and offered to exchange my grains (it was only 1.5lb of oats...). I told them not to worry about it. $3 isn't a big deal. I live in Texas, so shipping yeast during the summer is a bit of a roll of the dice. I think I'm going to just use my local shop for yeast and...

https://www.homebrewsupply.com/learn/how-common-are-bugs-in-craft-beer.html This article is quite timely!!! The thing is...I garden, so I know bugs are inevitable. If a fly lands in my beer...I typically scoop it out and keep drinking. ...but when you're buying at a store, you don't want...

I've been brewing for about 2.5 years and while I don't brew all that often, I've never had an issue with other shops. I've seen how this shop stores their grains (at least at their old location), and I'm not surprised they have bugs. ...what's weird is that other people HAVE to notice this...

I live just outside of San Antonio Texas and we’re down to one LHBS. They’re a decent shop, but when it comes to grain, I’ve had two bags of grain with bugs in them. The first time it was the barley and the bugs were alive and crawling around. The second time (today) it was in a bag of oats...

This is the second time I’ve found bugs in my grain. At least this time they were dead. I’m not going to lose my mind over $3 worth of oats...and also this is the only shop in town, and I have to buy my yeast from them since shipping yeast in the summer is just not an option in Texas.

My LHBS sold me another bag of grain with bugs in it. I think I've learned my lesson going to this place... At least it appears that only the oats are infested (bagged separately). I don't have any other shops within a reasonable driving distance, so I'm considering using grocery store oats...

I plan to leave the lid loose which should allow pressure to escape.