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Fantastic idea! The fermentation closet webcam!

A thief would definitely not fit in the airlock hole. You would have to take off the top and use a sanitized thief, autosiphon, or turkey baster to take a sample.

ahh +1 for BB..looking to get one soon.

Just used your technique to do my AHS Irish Red Mini mash kit! Learned...I need a bigger pot to sparge properly like you. I wound up using a smaller pot and ladeling the sparge water until there was enough room in the pot to do the tea bag - seemed to work just fine. Everything went super...

Thats what I was hoping. Just needed reassurance. Thank you.

Alright, I know the line "don't fear the foam!" I'm using starsan for the second time. I put starsan in the carboy, gave it a shake probably 5 minutes before flame out. Poured it out and WOW was there a lot of foam! I let it drain upside down until my wort was down to temp and still there...

Whoa! you have a big old badass truck! When I was living in cali, it seemed common for people to have a truck like that for recreation and a smart car for work/getting around. Does she have a name? Cool ****! To get back on topic...I've had some home brews, and I've decided a ported better...

Sweet! Yeah its a nice area, really pretty this time of year as well. As for the off roading - I used to ride shotgun in friends trucks back in high school and have a blast...atvs were even better - but i dont think my little hatchback would much appreciate that sort of treatment :)

Ugh...that thread is scary! Gonna really have to approach with caution! And around the Richmond area. Familiar with the area?

Never even thought about it cutting me! Think I'm going to invest in one of those carriers for mine. Been reading about suckback on the Betterbottles and yes - the more expensive proprietary parts. Might just stay with glass - I don't carry mine around full much at all....except of course when...

Quite the polarizing debate then? Now I'm quite curious!

Hah - well since you brought it up.... :P I'm looking to add another carboy to my lineup. Right now I have a glass primary and glass secondary. I'm thinking about going Better bottle for another primary. Whats the debate?

Agreed. Looks fantastic. Great idea as well.

wow! Impressive customer service. I have a 5 gal SS cheapo brew pot now and I'm looking to upgrade. It sounds like the 15gal Blichmann might be the ticket for me as well, as I plan on brewing for the foreseeable future and expect to get into Full Boils, All Grain, and potentially 10 Gal Batches...

I love this idea personally. But I watched this video series from AHS before I got started: Homebrew Beer Basics for Beginners | Expert Village Videos

Excellent. Going to have to get a chiller going before summer hits again. Thanks!

Cool. I should easily be able to do that this time of year. How would you achieve this during the summer months without going broke on A/C. Is this where a fridge with external temp controls comes in to play?

Yeah I've noticed that as well I assume its from the yeasts churning away- good thing its finally getting cold around here! Turn off the heat for a while :P The girlfriend will love that!

Here we go...should have just gone to the source - I figured all ale yeast was equal when it comes to temps, guess I couldn't be more wrong.

Well they were referring to WLP 004 Irish Red which is what comes with my recipe kit. I haven't gotten it yet, so I'm not sure what the packaging says. I'm sure you're right though - I haven't used an English/Irish yeast before so this would be new territory.