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You are correct in that the plate compensates for balancing the lines.

You might want to google indoor brewing or basement brewing. I've seen some threads that discuss the venting requirements. Brewing closed indoors requires big vents. Other than that, just T off the gas and run it over to an appliance gas valve. Flex pipe to your burner and you are good for...

I'd be really surprised if you got any chilled glycol anywhere but right between the two ports. Since that will be the path of least resistance. I hope I'm wrong. It looks awesome though and I'd love to have something like it to try. Would you consider selling those dimpled curved edge SS...

Welcome to the forum, I'm an hour north of SF as well.

Hello! Have fun, welcome to the obsession. This is a great place, you'll find tons of info with just the search function.

I have to say if I had a group and we were waiting for a table for a long time and another group waltzed in and sat at it. I'd expect the management to ask them to vacate it for my party. If that group refused, I'd expect the management to MAKE them vacate it for my party. Perhaps shoving...

Well after watching Hobo with a Shotgun I went into a classic Film Noir "The Woman in the Window". Much better for the ladies and a great example of the genre. I'm always impressed with the decor and attire of the era. The wealthy always sent the family to the Hamptons for the dog days of NY...

I just got this stuff on order yesterday. I'm looking forward to giving it a shot. Found the article while stumbling. I'll report in when we give it a try.

Just watched Hobo with a Shotgun, gotta agree with those that said to watch it.

Welcome Bill, there are a few of us up here in NorCal. If you have any specific questions about locating any brew stuff up here, feel free to PM me. Cheers! Rick

Super heated water without a nucleating point, your stir bar became it. Best way to stop it is exactly what Zamial suggested. Put something in there beside smooth glass, a penny will do. I managed to miss myself and just make a mess of the kitchen when it happened to me. Hope the pain...

How are you boiling? I had head and retention issues until I got a better burner. Do you get a really good roiling boil going for an hour?

When you are done fermenting the stuff that first comes out is eeeerily similar as well.

Us NorCal brewers should get together on the Norcal Forum. It's just dead, but it'd be a good place to do group buys, beer trades or get togethers.

I've been brewing this now for a while. I've done 40 gallons so far. So 2016 + 40 for 2056

Just filled mine up again today. I've used my plastic one and a friends stainless. I prefer the plastic since I can get a feel for what's going on through the translucent plastic. You can see how much yeast and trub. When I was cleaning the stuck on krausen from the last brew, it was...

Nope, mine is still working great so I don't have much to add to the existing post. I've been using starsan in mine for the coolant. It turns a bit blue though, so it must be eating a bit of the copper. Next general cleaning I'll probably go back to water. The really hard part is keeping...

Fixed that for yah ;) Hmm.. sometimes the LHBS are not the best place to get those burners. You can grab one at the Lowes in Cotati on the way up, it's just off the exit. (google map it) It's half the price and includes an aluminum pan. I just checked and they are in stock there.

Ahh... this thread got me thinking about pretzels again. Gonna have to do up a batch soon. I wanted to reiterate that you need to get food grade lye. I've heard about half of the lye out there is still made using the mercury-cell chloralkali process. This leaves trace elements of mercury...

Hello! Where are you in Northern California? You should stop by for a brew if you are around Sebastopol. :D