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I go about 2-3 days without a step-up, it's probably finished fermenting out by then but it's what I've heard.

Gotta love fort collins breweries and cheap beer night at the pub! needless to say I'm a wee bit tipsy

That's sweet, before I made my IC I would put ice I bought from the grocery store into the cooling wort. Then I had one bad batch convince me that was a bad idea. I've heard of other people doing the same thing with no problems, but it was all I needed to get over to the hardware store for IC parts.

Cool because I'd rather run higher watts in a smaller package :ban: no seriously that would actually be convienent

Curious about scorching as well, I've heard only use "low density" elements for the brew kettle. Have you heard anything about that?

plus you'll know if the yeast is toast or not based on how your starters do. If the worst happened and they died you'll still have time to get another vial from the homebrew store before brewing.

If you can't read the temp yet it's a bit hot. I usually bring mine down to around 75F using an immersion chiller. Assuming you don't have one you can put the bucket in a sink and fill the sink with ice water. This will help bring the temp down.

I keep all my secondaries (for ales) in my house at around 65-68F, they seem to turn out pretty good. I'd like to make a temp controller but that's more because I need a good excuse to build things from time to time.

First batch ever - I added my extract, put my hops in, and knew I was close to having my first batch...then at the end of the boil I put a carboy in an ice bath and dumped the boiling wort into it! It didn't shatter, but when I tried to lift it out of the sink it came apart in two pieces. A full...

I just bought a new funnel with a filter attachment. I brewed an amber ale today, and had no issues. If it clogs I just use my brew spoon to mix it up, then dump out the hops. As soon as it is mixed up it flows fine again. However, I'm using whole leaf hops, not pellets.

I saw the discussion here about angle orientation, and being a mechanical engineer I became curious what the best configuration actually was. I realize, scuba steve, that your rig has come and gone but thought this might be useful for other builders out there. I created a computer model and...