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I second Lowes as the location to buy BKF. Thats where I get mine. On the welding of the kegs, there are two other options that are open to you. First, you can use weldless fittings. This is what I did with my currect setup and it works well. I got mine from the link below and was very...

Thanks all for the advice. I took the pump apart and cleaned and dried the impeller and shaft and it was still sticky. So I took some wet/dry auto paint sandpaper and sanded the shaft lightly (that sounds really bad...), reassembled and it gave it just enough clearance for the impeller to spin...

I'm looking at setting up a brewing station in the basement as well. Ventilation is my primary concern and I am looking at building a vent hood out of heating duct trunk and flex duct pipe with some serious inline fans (not sourced yet...) I found this site to be very helpful in understanding...

I have a March 809 PL-HS Pump that I have been very happy with. However, I am finding that the pump impeller will occasionally stick when pumping, especially high temp liquids (sparge water and wort to the CFC). When this happens sometimes cycling the power will un-stick it, but it will...

I'm in Columbus but would be very interested and could drive down to pick stuff up. How many bags on a pallet? Let me check with some folks here and see what I can dig up for interest!

I built this system from a storage rack I bought from Tractor Supply Company. I had to strengthen the base by bolting some cutdown bedframe angle iron from leg-to-leg across the short side of the base (green lengths of angle iron at the base.) I added casters to the bottom so that it was...

This Scotch Ale came out very nice. The addition of the peat smoked malt and the honey added quite a bit of complexity and the inadvertent scorching of the LME ended up being totally undetectable, but I believe it gave it a much more carmelized flavor. Cheers! Beersmith log below...

I also like the hop sock filter that uses a five gallon paint strainer and hangs over the kettle. However, I also found that when I went to a larger boil kettle (26 Gallon!) that I needed a way to make it movable to different wort levels depending on the batch size. Here are some pictures of...

Thanks! Good to know it should be okay. Cheers!

I've never brewed with 565 specifically, but according to the Yeast Strain guide by Kristen England on the Mr Malty site, this strain is the Saison Dupont strain and would be the same as the Wyeast 3724 strain, which I currently have fermenting. I had very similar experiences... dramatic...

Or along the same lines and by the same company: http://www.sorbentsystems.com/vacuum_bags.html They seem to have a number of options in vacuum bags, including O2 barrier bags. Cheers!

What is the 100#'er costing you? (if its not to impertinent a question...)

Just an FYI. If you are using a pump and decide to go with unreinforced silicon tubing, make sure you get something that has a wall thickness greater than 1/16 of an inch (which is what the tubing you reference above has.) The vacuum created by the pump, even when unobstructed, will easily...

Craigslist is a great place to get them, however, be aware that used tanks may have to be hydrostatically tested before anyone will fill them. If you look closely at the tank you will find a date or series of dates punched into the cylinder near the top. A CO2 cylinder needs to be tested every...

You might try the local brewing club called SODZ (Scioto, Olentangy, Darby Zymurgists.) Their website is www.sodz.org. I believe the next meeting is March 10th at the Crosswoods Winking Lizard in Columbus. Good place to make local brewing contacts and good folks. Cheers!

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