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So, I am getting sick of doing partial boils on my stove top in my crappy walmart lobster pot. A friend let me borrow an aluminum 10 gallon turkey fryer pot, but I have found that it is very thin and the bottom is warped. It took for ever to boil 7 gallons of water. I stopped at a local...

Yeah, it's the month part that sucks. This is my first batch in almost 3 years and I want to drink it now dammit! It already tastes awesome, but I think I'm going to give it about 3 weeks in the primary (dry hop with .5oz of cascade in the last week) then cold crash for a few days.

This is good to hear. As much as I want to cold crash it right now and bottle it, I think I might give it another week, then cold crash for 3 days.

I brewed the IPA extract kit from Northern Brewer about 10 days ago. The kit says that the OG should be 1.064, which I hit exactly. Unfortunately, the kit doesn't say what the FG should be. The bubbles in the blow-off slowed way down on Saturday so I took a reading just to see where it was. It...

Yeah, that makes sense. I actually have a RO/DI filter setup that I used for a saltwater fish tank. Looks like I might get some new filter media for it and hook it back up.

I didn't realize that about extract. I always figured they used RO/DI water so the minerals wouldn't be concentrated.

Ahhh. I didn't realize that.

I see a lot of people talking about using distilled/RO water. I always thought that was a bad idea, because the disolved minerals will affect the taste and mouthfeel of the beer, and RO/DI water has no minerals at all. After a quick look, I found a couple of articles...

Well, now I need to find someone with a kill-a-watt. The walls are WAY thicker than a modern fridge, (they are nearly 4" and my side by side are 1.5") and it hardly runs if the door is left closed.

Yeah, I've seen those. If one of my friends had one, I would borrow it, but I don't think it would make sense to buy one just to see how much power my fridge uses. If it uses a whole lot, I will see it on my bill anyway.

Thanks for the tip. I did think about that, but will it scratch even if it doesn't move for a long time?

I'd kind of like to know too. It is nearly completely silent which may be a good sign. And, my mom had it plugged in at her house for 25 years without any crazy power bills. I'd like to get my hands on a kill-a-watt to do a comparison with my ten year old side-by-side.

My first batch was a pale ale that fermented way too high, close to 80 degrees. It also fluctuated in temperature a lot. It had a strange off flavor that I would describe almost like banana or burnt rubber with a bit of a grassy taste. It was pretty bad. I would bet that the fermentation...

Good to know, thanks.

Also, when you say a foam brush, do you mean an actual brush, or a roller? I may need to look into doing this.

I think I am going to look into the Ranco controller. All of the ones that are wired look to be $80-$100 and I'm sure I can handle a few wire nuts and electrical tape.

Haha. That's a damn nice fridge. My friend helped me move mine today, and told me that I should take it to a body shop, and have them paint it that old sea-foam green color. Now I'm actually considering it.

Well, I'm pretty new to brewing. I don't plan on kegging for a while, so It will be used for lagering for now. As for the controller there are quite a few out there, and I was just wondering if there was a certain model that a lot of people use. Also the analog ones are cheaper than digital...

My mom is cleaning out her basement and offered me a 1940's refrigerator for free as long as I hauled it out. It is now in my kitchen. Here are some pictures. It definitely needs a good cleaning. It works great (it will actually freeze water bottles if you turn it down too far) and it...

Wow, that's awesome. I may need to make that my next batch.