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Check his link. He's has pictures there. It looks like a good idea. BassBeer, I like your idea of the slotted steel. It's probably less expensive and easier to work with. Off to Lowes!

I would do whatever I could to brew beer TODAY!

Canyonbrewer, that's an impressive setup! I would love to see your rig in action sometime!

Hey all! I haven't been around much lately and am finally back! Since the last time I posted, carbidetoolguy and myself were talkin about getting sponsorship or help from other clubs and possibly starting a satellite club in this area. Palmetto State Brewers in Columbia said they wouldn't...

Wow, it's been 3 weeks on the gas and I just tried it. Wow! It's really good! A little drier than I thought it would be but not too dry. It finished at about 7.1 ABV. I've never had the real thing so I don't have anything to compare to. The roastiness is great, and the color is BLACK! The...

Here's mine. This is a ring from a sink disposal I got at Lowes. I got the SS bolts and nuts at Fastenal. Total for all SS, about $15.

I've been trying to kick a keg now for a week and the sucker STILL keeps spittin' out beer!:rockin:

Does that jug have a flat bottom? If so, what stir bar are you using?

I did two kegs with the 1/2" punch and have had no problems. The seals are perfectly fine. If you already have the 1/2" punch you would just be wasting your money. Buy something brew-worthy!

Seriously...this...http://vwrlabshop.com/vwr-waterproof-thermometers/p/0013422/

+1 on DO NOT move to secondary yet! Just let it sit a couple of weeks and the yeast will do their job. I let all of mine sit for at least 3 weeks but I like to go 28 days, normally. I then drop the temperature to about 38 for a few days and rack straight to keg (or bottle). My beers have...

Check out brewhardware.com. It's BobbyM's site and he's a member here. Everything he sells is top notch. He's close to you also in Jersey. He has a nice refractometer. It's the one I'm going to get also.

MC, Thanks for the response! That's a great suggestion. I didn't even consider you guys since you were farther away. I think that might even be a better idea, keep it in SC! Who would be the person to contact for that? It looks like we may have 4-5 maybe to start with at least. It would be...

+1 on pitching more yeast, but you only need about a pint starter. Since your not trying to grow yeast just get the yeast active and pitch. They should gobble up whatever is left.

Seriously???? What if it were you?

Yea, it just kinda leaves you hanging! The White Labs website says that the optimal fermentation temperature range for 002 is 65 to 68 degrees. So I just ramped it up through that range. Not that I'm pretty sure I've hit terminal gravity I wanted to let it go up to70-72 for a week or two for...

Here's an update on the brew. WLP002 is a silent MONSTER! I made a 2 liter starter, decanted and pitched Wednesday afternoon. By the next morning (Thursday) it was going pretty good. By the time I got home Thursday evening there was almost zero activity. Friday it had slowed even more. I...

Are you batch sparging or Fly sparging?

Thanks for that info Jason. I may give them a call and see if they would be interested in that. Maybe some kind of charter club of them. Plus maybe they have some folks who live down this way and woukd be interested in getting us up and going. I get all of my ingedients at the South Blvd...

Nice!!! You need to buy her a car!