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Thanks for the advice Brendan, you are actually right. I might consider that when I get to that point.

Thanks for all the info! Yeah, its fairly expensive, but if I can open and close up those kegs safely with it, it might be worth the buy. Either way, I am still far from kegging! Still have to retry my first brew. I am thinking of buying one of those specialty kits of Brewland with the LME...

Is this tool easy to use? I do not plan on using the kegs for fermenting, but just for dispensing. Is it safe to dispense if you opened them with this tool? Also, my friend is working for one of the Belgian beer distributors in Japan, and they recently had some beer on Growler kegs and they...

Speaking of kegs, has anyone ever seen or tried this? http://makebeer.jp/ I stumbled on this site yesterday. I have 2 20l sanke kegs from some bbqs I organized before. I just forgot to return them, but if this tool works fine, I am thinking of keeping them for kegging. Best, Wim

Blue-Frog, Please check the attachment for how I wired the STC 1000. The numbers indicate the order I wired the unit. As for the outlets, I use no bridge at all. My understanding is to avoid a bridge between the two, I have just 2 separate quick wire outlets but had a separate mount (don't...

Thanks for all the suggestions and comments. As for now I still have the fermentation bucket that came with the starter set. I will try using this one for my next try. I really wouldn't recommend any of the sake-bottles to anyone. I think they are not made anymore in Japan, and the ones sold on...

So, today I tried my first brew. After chilling the wort from the extract, I poured it into this old glass sake container which I was gonna use for fermentation. And when I tried lifting the container up again (with about 11 liters of wort), the bottom of the container just cracked off... and...

Hi Ray, Yes, most of the outlets I found in the home center are of the quickwire type. Since I didn't know how to open a double outlet up, I just got two single ones. You basically just plug in the wire till you hit a lever inside the hole and it will keep your wire there. I don't know...

Hi Ray, I actually already made one. I have no experience with electric stuff, but I like diy allot. I used a different type of box from the 100 yen shop. cutting out the holes is the hardest part. I used a drill and a file for it. For the outlets I got two separate single outlets with a frame...

tektonjp, Thank you for all the valuable information! I think I am ready for my first brew :D Anyway, anyone checked out these stc-1000 instructions before? This guy uses a 100yen shop CD box. http://suikoyasai.jugem.jp/?eid=287 Best, Wim

Hey all, Seems like keeping it cool in the summer would be a problem with snow16's setup. I had been looking around a bit and reading up on that stc-1000 controller, but has anyone tried this here? I think in japan outlets hardly have any earth. Would the wiring be the same as in most US...

Hey snow16, that setup looks really awesome! I think I will try something similar for now. Does the aquarium temp controller also cool down the water in summer?

Hi all, I almost got all my stuff to start for my first brew. Still have got a few questions: 1) the morgan australian lager extract comes with some instructions from brewland themselves. They give a few suggestions about using less water and sugar. The kit originally states like 23 liters...

Hey all, thanks a lot for the wonderful advice! It seems my starter kit got delayed so I am thinking of cancelling the order and skim the yahoo auctions site for some stuff. Maybe get a different kit. OppamaBrendan, if you have any info on how to obtain an auto siphon here in Japan, could you...

tektonjp, Guzzibrew, thank you very very much for all this wonderful information! I will stick with the bucket delivered in the starter kit. Also just got a new stainless steel 30L pot for 3800yen at yahoo auctions. I was a bit suspicious about the price since it was new... I will check it...

Thank you for the warm welcome. tektonjp, thanks a lot for the useful information. I will look into that yeast problem. I did read some comments on Rakuten about people not getting the desired result, so that might be a cause, but its probably not only that. I think I am going to stick with...

Hi all, It took me a few days, but i finally got to the last post in this thread. Honestly this is the first thread i am reading here on HBT. I am a Belgian living in Kikuna, Yokohama, and had been looking for some new kind of hobby. When typing homebrewing and Japan into google i got...