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As the title says, I'm looking to buy a propane burner like a Bayou sq-14. I'm in Oakland. I also need a 20 lb cylinder and would be interested in buying one of those if you have a spare too (must be the modern type with OPD). Cheers Max

I'm hoping that someone out there has moved on to bigger and better fermentation temperature control and might want to get rid of an old box. I'll pay up to $50. I think that it has to be local (SF Bay Area) to be worthwhile. Cheers Max

I think that the most difficult thing for me as a beginner was figuring out what caused the various off-tastes in my beer. In my first year of brewing, for example, I made a passable IPA and then re-made the same recipe and found it to be undrinkable. The best advice that I've ever gotten is to...

Funkenjaeger, Thanks for the link! I'm really pleased that the shanks fit without even removing the molded plastic inner door. This will let me use the 4" stainless shanks from NB. max

mr x, Any chance of getting a pic or 2 of your setup? I'm leaning towards the shanks-thru-door method right now. Northern Brewer sells 3" shanks, and with those I don't think there would be any interference with the top o' the kegs. I only have a 5 lb CO2 cylinder in there, so there's a bit of...

None whatsoever. If I modify only the door of the fridge, IMHO the manufacturer's warranty should still apply to the unmodified body and compressor of the fridge. max

mr x, do you find yourself wishing that you had a draft tower instead? max

I just purchased a Sanyo 4912 (open-box at Best Buy!) and I'm pondering how to best set it up. I've seen a lot of draft tower modifications, but it seems like it ought to be just as easy to put shanks through the front door and have front-mounted taps. Is there a good reason to have a draft...

I also have one of these things. I only used it once and it irked me that you have to buy a new pressure pouch for every batch. I haven't done the arithmetic, but I think that the long-term cost of using cornys is less and that the results are superior. That said, the pig does have the advantage...

There's an Armenian Imperial Stout recipe in the Joy of Homebrewing that might be similar to Blackout Stout (a Russian Imperial). With a bit of experimentation it might be possible to get close to that fantastic brew.

Howdy Folks, I was wondering if anyone has tried making the GLBC Eliot Ness recipe in Clone Brews? Since leaving the midwest, that's a beer I find myself missing pretty frequently. Pumped on nitrogen it was divine. Thanks Max

Thanks for your help everyone. I bottled the beer yesterday and it tasted delicious and untainted.

I woke up this morning and found that the fermentation lock on my carboy of Who's in the Garden Grand Cru had become clogged and the fermentation lock and bung were blown clean off of the carboy. Is there anything to be done at this point? I washed and sanitized the lock and re-attached it. I'm...

Well howdy again folks. Just thought I'd report that the product of this recipe is excellent. Were I to brew this again (and I very well may - this batch is nearly gone), I may double the quantity of oats. As-is, this brew is a whole lot of stout with a hint of oats.

For clarification, I did have other malts present during the steeping of the oats. As of today the specific gravity is 1.022 and very little airlock activity. Should be ready for bottling this week. Cheers Max

I'm new around here, so howdy folks! I brewed up a 5-gallon batch following this recipe and the OG seems a bit low at 1.054. Did anyone else try the recipe? I also modified the directions by adding a 20-minute steeping of the oats with the grains at 150-153 F before boiling the malts for 60...