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It's at Upland brewery in Bloomington. Contest and AHA rally on the 19th. Deadline is today for entry. If I was at home I would link to the website.

Anyone entering Uplands upcup and or going to the AHA rally? I have never really even been around other homebrewers before much less been to an event. I am going to try to make it. Although I should be building my summer drinking stock so I don't have to brew when it's really hot.

Hmm seems like I remember some finger lacerators on course cans like that.

I was researching for a potential brewpub as well and kept running into people saying that you need a minimum of 7 bbl system to keep labor costs under control. Probrewer.com is a good place to check out.

You will have to find out his insurance info somehow to get the damage repaired. If he is uninsured then your homeowners insurance should cover it. The police will know his carrier or lack thereof.

I built one using the psr-25 running a 5500 watt element and it works great.

I do 10 gallon batches in my electric keggle up to about 1.050. I can do about 24 pounds of grain with a little hit to efficiency. About 65 68 versus 70 75 for grain bills under 14 pounds. The hardest partbis is getting the bag out of the keggle. I am always worried it will split.

I generally start with about 7gallons of water to end up with a full cornie at the end of fermentation, what with trub loss, grain absorption, etc. So it's not been a big problem for me.

Sure but then how do you explain the success of no cool brewers who let their wort cool overnight.

My neighbor who is an electrician says to use dryer plugs on the welder. You are more likely to find that type in a garage if you need to do some portable welding.

swamp funk rules!

I have a Mofro station I have been listening to.

I am gonna say not sticking to a recipe like it was the word of God. Being confident enough to make changes that I think will make it better suited to my taste. Once I started adjusting things I started making much better (to me) beer.

I can't even get them to make me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, much less a good pasta sauce.

Careful, the length of the sensor wire is pretty short. Wont reach from the top of the fridge to my fermenter inside.

That's pretty much exactly what I was thinking. 5 bucks a piece for the 12 inch, pretty cheap too. http://www.brewershardware.com/Straight-Tubes/

Starsan worked for me the last time I got a film like that. I used a little bit of vinegar the first time i saw it.

I havent done this yet but my idea was to turn a piece of stainless rod or some such so that there is a short shaft that will fit inside the tube and there will be a step up to match the outer diameter. Do a fusion weld around the seam and clean it up in the lathe and maybe turn a slight point...

Funny this should come up. I just tasted my wee heavy yesterday after taking my first gravity reading at 6 days in the primary. I don't normally take a gravity reading for at least two weeks but I really wanted to see how it was going. It is scary good right now. Scary because it seems like it...

Tried it but like jkarp it wil foam as soon as you release pressure it will foam. I am fast enough for swing tops to get mostly full. Buy it still wastes a bunch of spicy goodness. I am lowering the carb level to try that. I am not really picky about carb levels so maybe next weekend I will...