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It's pretty easy if you have everything you need on hand. It took me part of an afternoon to get it all together.

I've never tried "real" snus before, but being as I already go through several pinches of Grizzly and/or Kodiak a day at work I thought I'd give the Camel Snus a go. I picked up a can of the "mellow" flavor, and it smells pretty good, kinda mango-y or something. I put in one pouch and it...

My grandpa used to have an old JD from the late 20s or 30s that had at one time been a crank start but had been retrofitted with an electronic ignition and had a car battery strapped to the side to get it going. The exhaust cap was missing so it has been covered with a tin can with holes...

Man, I'd have to join the Jesus party. I look almost exactly like that. And yes, Jesus wants your beer.

Damn. Just damn. My worst kegging accident involved a stuck liquid-out poppet due to a little piece of coriander in a pseudo-wit (so I had a beer geyser), but I was quick enough to shove a liquid-out QD attached to a tap on and bled the pressure off with the keg's valve so I could fix it.

I avoided brewing this past weekend due to the ants swarming in the kitchen. I put out the homemade boric acid sugar baits around mid-week, and as of yesterday the ants were gone.

It was brought up earier in the thread that any business open to the public should be considered "public" (regardless of private ownership) for the purposes of things like this. Banning smoking in public places would therefore be extended to mean anything open to the public. I don't buy into...

Is it little tiny sugar ants? I've had problems in the past but got rid of them. Yesterday they came back in the kitchen. Here's my method that clears them out quickly: Mix 1/2 cup HOT water with 1 cup sugar and 1 tbsp boric acid powder. Spoon the syrup over cotton balls in soda bottle...

I use Campden tablets as well. I usually start with around 10 gallons of water, so I just use 1/2 tablet crushed. Just use a pill cutter/crusher you can find at a pharmacy.

I've used buckets, glass carboys, and auto-siphons, and I can say that without a doubt the racking adapter on the BBs I have now makes life a lot easier. I fill the BB through the thing (I use a pump in my system with a plate chiller, the output goes straight to the spigot on the BB) and I fill...

How does snus compare with the typical US dip tobacco taste-wise?

Definitely get a Foodsaver if you also do any cooking much. One of the low-end models is fine. I bought it for hops, but it comes in really handy for sealing foods as well.

The gas-in posts are usually marked with notches, or at least they are on all my kegs. I have had a hell of a time getting QDs on and off before on the correct posts, but keg lube fixes that problem lickety-split; a small dab on the O-ring is all you need and just twist the QD on the post to...

I've tried other malts but nothing quite has that MO taste but MO. I just buy the stuff in bulk to cut the cost somewhat.

There's got to be at least one person he can tell that could help out. One of my friends got a DUI a while back and the first thing he did when he called me was say he got pulled and had to go to court. At least in his case he got to keep his license (got reckless driving instead, but is on...

Here's what I'm thinking I may do since I haven't bought anything yet. I'm considering getting two probes like the one I posted above, one for the MLT and one for the HLT, so I can leave them in there and just plug the reader body to whichever one I need to check. I'd drill a small hole just...

Right now I'm torn between the Thermoworks one and the Cole-Parmer one that Catt22 mentioned. The C-P one is a lot cheaper.

Can you calibrate that one, if it's off for some reason?

How fast is the read on that Cole-Parmer one? I like that it uses a regular 9V battery.

The Thermapen looks a little short for my needs and isn't waterproof, but the one they offer with interchangable probes looks like it may do the trick. I'm looking at this one: The needle-pointed probes are faster, but I'm afraid I may stick myself with the thing or accidentally bend it.