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I'm also a kitchen brewer (I really don't want to have to be outside!), but I use a 10 gallon pot, a 10 gallon cooler, and I just got another 10 gallon one to use as a HLT. With all of this crap set up with a March pump and plate chiller and tubing running everywhere the kitchen looks like some...

I used to use a 5 gallon cooler I won in a raffle two years ago, until I replaced it with a 10 gallon one that I incidentally got for free :D There's nothing wrong with a 5 gallon unless you want to use a grain bill over 14 lbs or so, but batch sparging takes a little longer due to the...

I picked one up at Pleasants (Ace) Hardware yesterday for $50.

I tend to put some Cascade in my porters. One of my favorites is Smuttynose Robust Porter, and there is a noticeable Cascade taste in that.

My general rule is to flush a percarbonate cleaner solution (Oxiclean, PBW, Sun Oxygen Cleaner, etc.) through, followed by hot water, followed by Star San to clean. If that combo can't clear it out, the hose just needs replacing.

I've done it both ways, and man, you need a spigot. It makes life so much easier.

Hello from down here in Richmond. I'm from the opposite end of the state originally, about 20 miles north of NC. As an aside - I had the Starr Hill Dark Starr stout the other day, and damn if it didn't taste like a stout I brewed up two years ago. Either I did something right or they snuck...

Dunkin Donuts coffee is way better than Starbucks, SN makes one BAD ASS Celebration Ale, Sammy has some good beers now and again (although I'm not a fan of the usual year-round lineup). I drink what I like, and hell, I'll take a High Life every now and again even though I'll still rag on BMC...

I've used Target for bittering English-style beers, but I tend to stick to Fuggles and EKG in general.

I'm convinced that the predominant bacteria in my mouth is also lactobacillus (considering that it is a fairly common oral flora). Any time I eat anything sugary my mouth goes all lactic-sour within minutes. My wife OTOH doesn't seem to have that issue. If I wanted to go really cheap and make...

School rules and even laws in some cases are often on the hard line zero-tolerance end of things, which is just stupid. There are often extenuating circumstances that can really qualify a situation. Case in point - back when I was in HS in the mid 90s, a guy I knew got busted for having a gun...

Silicone won't stick to polyethylene. If the silicone is on the cooler itself it's likely cured but is just not sticking to it.