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So it looks like my oktoberfest finished fermenting after 3 days. So a question to the masses: I was skeptical that it had finished so quickly (only 3rd brew) so I let it set for another week. Now it's on 1.5 weeks in the primary. If I take the the FG and it's done, should I go...

Two big concerns for me: 1. This is going to be in our house, so it has to look nice (no garage...). I have a plan to make it look sleek and think I can pull this off. 2. The biggest issue, I'm concern about condensation. This will be sitting on hardwoods, so I don't want to uncover a...

I went with a Belgian Wit with my first brewing attempt. I wasn't expecting much, but it turned out great! Now for critique: the beer came out darker than I was expecting (more of a Octoberfest color), so I'm thinking this could be because it took forever for me to cool after the boil was...

I definitely will. Earliest I would get the fridge is the week after labor day. I'll keep things updated. Thanks for all the advice!

Great, thanks for everyone chiming in. The plans I found look like the coils are on the back of the fridge, so I may be in luck about cutting a hole through the freezers floor. As for aesthetics, I'm thinking about just making some cabinet doors that surround the sides of the doors and then...

Just a fermentation cabinet. I would need to make it look pretty through to get the wife's approval. But I've got that under control.

I was thinking about making it one giant refridgerator. Cutting a hole in between the freezer and refridgerator section to maximize carboy space.

19 cu ft. Unsure of actual dimensions at the moment.

Bummer, working from a tablet. Ill fix it when I get home. Sorry about that!

I got offered a freezer top for free. Immediately I started thinking, how can I make this a fermentation chamber. I've seen a few say that you need to be careful with coils between the freezer and fridge section... So I'm thinking, anyone do this yet? Its a whirlpool model #et1chmxkq02...

When I say it taste like water, it's that it has the flavor i'm looking for...but it's extremely flat and no alcohol taste. However...it's only been one week. :) My recipe called for moving it once the airlock bubbled once every 45 seconds. The first day I got back from work, I thought...

I wanted to take a reading with my hydrometer to see where i was when I moved my belgian wit over to the secondary (yeah...i know a lot say you shouldn't, but I needed the room). It tasted like water. Is this normal? Does the carbonation make it better after sitting in the bottle for a...

cimirie, you just gave me ammo for the wife. now i need to decide what to make next? thanks for all the advice! pumpkin ale, hefe, ipa?

hmmm, very well could be! Now that you've made me think of that...I'm pretty sure I took the reading after adding the water because I was using it also to cool the wort down. Well, you just made me feel better about that. So you're saying you don't think it's worthwhile to use the...

I decided to go with an extract recipe of a belgian wit, and of course - I've already had a few lessons learned: First up, when I took my OG, I got a 1.032. The recipe says it should be 1.044. Not sure what I did wrong, and my hydrometer test tube is actually crooked. I'm thinking that...

This is exactly what I'm talking about. Seems to me much can be gained from the precision of arduino and simple temperature sensors. Did you use sensors from sparkfun? You don't have a wiring diagram do you?

haha true. but when the comp can take it, why not? Plus...a smooth line graph aways looks better than a jagged line graph! I'm thinking I would hook this up to my internet so i could always see where my fermenting temp is (even if I make a fermentation chamber down the road).

I've searched the forums and haven't had any significant luck, but has anyone taken datalogging to the extreme using basic programming? I can program a fair amount and was thinking how interesting it would be to record data for a homebrew batch - essentially take temp readings in every...