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The door of the fridge usually doesn't have any wires or compressor lines running through it. Anytime you drill through the sides you run the risk of hitting something and ruining the fridge, so be super careful. A regulator adjusts the pressure of the CO2 bottle down to the pressure you...

Just dump the hops pellets right in the fermenter.

Congratulations on your first brew! I'll try and hit all the points I can for you. 1. Foaming - This can vary from batch to batch, but I find that when the hops is added the foam in the boil kettle usually reaches its highest point. If it didn't foam very much you may not have had a strong...

Kegging is one of the best moves you can make as a homebrewer. It takes a little to figure all of the equipment out, but once you have it down, the work is well worth it. So keep positive and we'll help you along. You basically need four things; a keg of beer, a C02 tank with regulator, a...

Can you give a little bit more info on what your using the washer for? A shank washer is usually a rubber washer that goes in your toilet. Are you talking about a rubber high temp gasket or are you talking about a round metal washer, typically referred to as a fender washer? Basically if...

Thanks guys! I was scratching my head on this one.

Does a down-tube need to be used with a pump? (by down-tube I mean a copper tube than bends down below where the fitting comes into the pot, so that fluid below the fitting can be removed.) I put one in a keggle a just made and it did not drain the water all the way down. I thought that maybe...

Given the option I choose keg. Less cleaning, force carb and much faster. The reason most home brewers go to kegging is so they don't have to bottle. That being said, it can depend on the batch size you are brewing and what you want to do with your beer. If you're going to drink it at...

I'd seriously consider how good of a friend you have; he may drink it all. I'm not aware of a commercially available temp controller that is going to change its set-point over a period of days automatically, out of the box. That is something that is going to need much more "intelligence"...

Buy yourself a Erlenmeyer flask. You can basically go from boiling hot to ice cold and it won't break on you. Example

Its referred to as a carboy. Toss the poland spring bottle. Use either glass or a Better bottle. The blue water cooler tubs are designed for water, and so the companies that produce them are not interested in how other chemicals are going to react with them. They also are not concerned...

The main reason that the secondary is desired is that there is alchohol. If you add flavoring to the primary right away you run the risk on contaminating the batch. Once most of the fermentation has been completed the yeast have taken hold and there is a good amount of alchohol in the carboy...

The great thing about cider is that there is no boiling, so the basic idea you have here will work to make cider, so lets look at a few details that will give you a better chance of making great cider. 1. Clean and sanitize. This is the single most important part in making sure that you get...

Here is a sketch that I made of the trellis, this should make things a little more clear. I hope to have some more pictures by this weekend, if I can get it finished. If you do the math...A²+B²=C² on the triangle A=18' (height) B=10' (post to anchor) then the hops cord (C, the hypotonuse)...

It is almost finished! I planted Williamette and Cascade rhizomes. All I have to do is attach the 16 foot 6x6 to the base and tilt it up. It is build like a tank, all 6x6 pressure treated lumber and stainless hardware when I could find it. Total height should be about 18 feet. This design...

The best bet is to look through some of the online brewing supply shops and look at their brewing kits. Most of the sites are going to have several options at different prices. MoreBeer Kit 1 MoreBeer kit 2 Midwest Kit Northern Brewer Kit The great part about homebrewing is that most of...

Don't sweat it! Your fine. If this is a new yeast that you have never used before then it could act differently that you've seen in the past. I started keeping a log of fermentation to better learn what is happening in my fermenter. Record the temps and conditions twice a day for about 2...

This sounds like it would work. You'll have to do testing with temperatures and yeast strains. Other methods that I have thought about are heat and filtration. If you pasteurized the cider or beer by bringing it up to 170° and holding it there for 15 mins you would kill off all the yeast...

I totally echo Jmiltime; what is the off flavor? Check out this to try and hunt it down Trouble Shooting Taste Guide More often than not when beer is bad, I mean really bad, not just a slight off flavor, it is due to improper cleaning and sanitation. There are a lot of steps between the end...

I'd recommend using pressure treated lumber. This will give you a good start to ensure that any moisture and condensation won't be a problem. I'd them prime the boards, all the way around with a primer sealer likeZinsser. Do 2 coats and when you go to build it, make sure to prime any cut...