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I've used Nottingham on other beers; it is definitely a beast! Half the cost of liquid yeast, no starter and no concerns with temps during shipping. Sounds like the way to go. Thanks everyone for your input!

Hi n8s, I'm glad you like the YoLink products, I really do think they're very solid. I have two of their garage door controllers, which include the garage door sensors. In my YoLink app, I see my two garage doors, and can open and close them on the main screen. If I open the detail for a door...

Hi, In the summer of 2011, my wife gave me a Groupon for a beer starter kit for my birthday. It was for the typical 5-gallon bucket setup, and came with a kit for an IPA, Irish Red Ale or a stout. Since my wife won't drink IPAs or stouts, I ordered the Irish Red Ale. I brewed that kit on...

Yes please! I'd love another Inkbird product. Thanks!

Are these the basic ITC-308s or the Wi-Fi ITC-308s? I got the Wi-Fi version last October and love it. Hopefully there won't be any issues. I use the InkbirdSmart app, which lets you create automation. You can setup automatic temperature changes at a set day/time. I have several created to do a...

That's a good point. Next batch I'm going to use the sous vide to heat the strike water, but I'll mash in the cooler again. The sous vide I'm using is a Wi-Fi enabled one from Inkbird. I usually brew first thing in the morning, and their app has an automation section which lets me turn it on...

Do you have pictures of that bad boy? Sixteen taps sounds crazy!

Right now I have a nut brown ale on tap one, which is a rotational favorite. I have a kolsch on tap two. It's the first time I've brewed a kolsch, and only my second "light" beer (first was an American cream ale.) I really like the kolsch and it was perhaps the easiest beer I've brewed. Tap...

I've been curious on this for a while. When I first built my keezer with five taps, I never thought I'd always be wishing for more. As I've brewed different beers, I found an oatmeal stout I really like that pretty much sits on my stout tap all the time. I've also had the same double IPA on tap...

I hadn't thought about using the oven. I assume at that low a temperature it doesn't harm the cooler any? I'll have to check if I have clearance; mine is a round beverage cooler, not very tall, but neither is the oven. You may be right. The sous vide swirls the water fairly well, but I don't...

No, sorry I wasn't clear, I started with the partial mash, added it to my existing kettle water, which just happened to make 5.5 gallons (my target volume at flameout), so I took a small sample to see what gravity my partial mash had created. I then proceed with my actual 60-minute boil, adding...

Hi, I brew extract and partial mash. I've built small mash tuns out of a couple different coolers - the latest was a 2-gallon with a stainless steel mesh filter and spigot. I use BeerSmith 3, and I use the recommended amount and temperature of water. I would also reserve a gallon of water...

That makes sense. Otherwise performing a diacetyl rest would be a bad thing. Yeah, I was thinking about just letting it rise to 68. I think that's about ambient in the basement right now. I do have a new Inkbird heat mat that I'm inching to try out though... Thanks everyone!

Hi, I usually start fermenting my beers at the low end of the yeast's temperature range, then let the temp slowly rise near the end of fermentation. Normally I let them finish at 70 F for a couple days. I'm going to be brewing an oatmeal stout that uses Safale S-04. When I've brewed it in the...

Hi, I'm toying with the idea of converting my pin-lock kegs to ball-lock. I've looked around some at the post conversion kits offered, and the ones from Adventures in Homebrewing look nice, but are priced much cheaper than other kits I'm seeing. I'm wondering if anyone has used these kits and...

That would be something to think about. The keezer is seven years old now. I'd like to replace the Johnson temperature controller with a Wi-Fi version, like one of the Inkbird's, so it had remote access, alarms, etc. I'd also like to take a look at the tower as I believe that may be where I'm...

I'll make sure to note any that have the issue and replace the O-rings when I cycle them through. I recently ordered packages of O-rings for my dip tubes and posts. They had two sizes of post O-rings, specifically marked for ball-lock or pin-lock, so they should be correct! Maybe it's time to...

Hi, The clearance in my keezer is tight - I'd say 1" max (probably a little less) between my gas and liquid lines and the keezer lid. Works perfectly fine, except I'd been tossing around the idea of getting some of the Plaato keg scales, which they say are 1" tall. I have pin-lock kegs, and I'm...

I'm glad you're happy with them. I've also used a lot of different home automation products and YoLink is the only company I've seen that seems to have done everything right. I may try a YoLink motion sensor in our mailbox sometime. Unfortunately, in cluster boxes like ours, the entire back...

OK - you are making me jealous on so many levels! Beautiful build!