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That picture could have been taken at my house, midgets! Brick ranch: Check Unraked leaves: Check Owner kicked back smoking a fine cigar: Check!!

Yabba dabba doo!

Pre-cooling the entire batch before pumping it into the fermenter helps a lot, plus it helps to preserve the desired character of late addition hops. After recirculating the wort through the CFC for the last 5 minutes of the boil, turn off the heating element and start running cold water through...

As a beginner, don't forget that you need to pace yourself. It's real easy to get carried away and draw too often. It causes the cigar to heat up too much, producing a harsh taste. It can also cause you to absorb so much nicotine that you will get sick. It's called hotboxing and practicing smoke...

Boy howdy!

Just had a Shade last night. I try to keep a few in my humidor at all times. One of the very best of the mild cigars.

Hi Hop, Don't give up on the pump just yet. I have problems getting boiling wort to move also. This is what I do to make it work. Start the pump with the red valve in the closed position. Gradually open it up a little at a time. It seems to need the resistance to build enough pressure to fill...

I don't understand what would cause your mash bed to heat up. Are you not sparging with the basket sitting up on top?

Here's what I use for cooling. It's just a cigar box with an old mouse pad I glued onto it and a sink tailpiece attached to the end. A flour sifter with the crank removed sits on top. The sifter is held in place in a hole in the mouse pad cut in the diameter of the sifter. A 1 gallon...

34/70 has become a house yeast for me, too. Very versatile!

For those who are having trouble getting the pump to start the recirculation, try turning on the pump before opening the valve. Then slowly open the valve a little at a time. I have found this to work most of the time. If it doesn't start, turn off the pump, close the valve, and try again. It...

I have been using French press exclusively, but I have had some Chemex brews and liked them. I recently ran across a Mellita I forgot I had, and I've been thinking about a showdown between it and the FP. If the Mellita wins, I would consider a Chemex. I have two questions: 1) Could there be a...

I have never used the Beer Gun, but this method works for me. I use about 8" of 1/4" ID tubing that has an OD of about 3/8". It fits nicely in the spout of a picnic tap. My bottles have been flushed with Starsan and at room temperature. The keg is at about 35 degrees. I turn the regulator down...

Back in the 80's, I was still floundering around trying to brew something drinkable. I had just purchased a Guiness Book of World Records, and it had EKU 28 listed as the beer with the highest alcohol content in the world. That's when I decided that I would try my hand at a high alcohol beer...

Here's what AIH is showing for the dip tube o-rings for the racetrack style kegs. They are calling it a grommet.

I believe that keg is what they call the "racetrack" style. You can tell because the lid, instead of being completely oval, has straight sides. They are fairly rare and the parts are not available everywhere but, luckily, Adventures in Homebrewing seems to have a pretty good supply. I have not...

Back in the Early 90's, I bought a framed glass advertising sign for Furstenberg beer at a local Goodwill. It is brewed in Donaueschingen. I saw recently that the draft version is now being imported to the US. Anyone tried it or know where in the US it is being served?

When I first started roasting coffee, I used to drive to Sweet Maria's when it was in Columbus, about 70 miles south of me. I REALLY miss that. The shipping cost now isn't too bad, but it does take awhile.

I'm liking that idea. I'm not near a stove where I brew, but I'm thinking I could heat my mash AND sparge water up to strike temp (usually ~164), then pump off the sparge portion into my 5 gal. Rubbermaid cooler before mashing in. Even 160ish degree sparge water would be better than cold!

Looks like your questions got lost in the shuffle. I just brewed Saturday for the first time in a couple of months and noticed that my pump makes a soft clattering sort of sound. This is to be expected with a magnetically-driven impeller that is not directly connected to the motor shaft. I'm...