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Correct...I failed to think of the need for two temp probes when I originally posted and did post a correction....you would only be able to control one fermentation. I have never seen a thermowell but I can tell you that the temperature probe is significantly larger than the probe on my...

Do you see any reason why it wouldn't work?

OK....so I missed one thing, you would only be able to control one fermentation because you only have one temperature probe, but you still have 4 outlets. Check out this video....although it obviously talks about controlling a fish tank the controller doesn't care what it controls it's just a...

I have more hobbies than I care to admit, two of my favorite are brewing beer and my reef tank (saltwater aquarium). In the past few years one of the trends in the reef hobby has been aquarium controllers. Recently I purchased and received my first controller, an Apex Jr which cost about $140...

Despite the fact that I have brewed about 250 gallons of beer and probably drank 10 times that in my lifetime I really don't understand beer as much as I would like to. I know that my favorite style of beer is an IPA and I could tell you I enjoy the IPA at one local brewery more than the other...

I would also be interested in other opinion, I just downloaded two apps on my ipad but haven't used them yet...TapHunter and Untapped.

I just got done kegging my 54th batch of beer, all have been kits...the majority from NB but recently I have been trying other places. For me kits have always been easy, you get what you need and when you are done you have nothing left over. I have been considering trying some recipes I have...

I have 5 kegs in my kegerator, 1 on a stout faucet pushed with beer gas. I keep my kegerator at about 40 degrees. It seems to me that my stouts are never as cool as my other beers. I am wondering if the push through the restrictor plate cause a bit of friction and therefore warms the beer or...

I have a similar freezer that I use to ferment, two buckets can fit without a collar but you have to rig it a bit because the second bucket needs to sit on the compressor hump so you need to extend that shelf a bit. I haven't done this yet as I haven't had a need but I have read where people...

Is there a way to know when I get closer to 1.4 or will I just have to see how it pours?

I have had a nitro set up for some time, I like a nitro beer on occasion but it certainly is not an everyday thing for me therefore I had an irish stout on my nitro tap for a long time. I won't admit to how long but it poured and tasted great from the time I tapped until I poured. I recently...

I will be interested to follow the thread, I have considered doing this many times but haven't ever gotten around to getting it done. Like you I have read a lot but never ended up with a good plan. There are two things that have kept me from moving forward, first and foremost is temperature...

After several years I have finally put together a fermentation chamber and based on many posts I have read here I think I will begin to do longer primary fermentation and no secondary. I may still secondary on occasion but will try and avoid it. A few questions: 1. When is temperature...

Granted I only have 4 days experience but it is 23 degrees outside this morning and my fermenter, in the garage, is at 66 right now which is exactly where i set it.

Finally got around to putting together a chest freezer to ferment in. Got my first beer going on Friday and stuck my head in there today to get a look at the thermometer on the bucket to see what it read. I got what I think was a really big whiff of CO2....it took my breath away. Is this...

+1 to this, I looked at several solutions and in my opinion this was the easiest and most cost effective. Cost was a about 12 bucks at Wal-Mart. Thought about the hair dryer but the wattage is a bit high in my opinion. Didn't want to mess with the paint can and bulb solution when I could buy...

No turn for the worse, I still have no infected beer or concern, I just happened to read a thread about cleaning kegs where some went as far as taking them apart each time....I have never taken mine apart.

I understand what you are saying but for me it's just another way to save time as that seems like the thing I have the least of. I just read a long thread on this forum about skipping the seconday as a time saver....same idea here, why tear apart kegs and waste star san and time when my...

I have made about 50 batches of beer over the last 10 years and as far as I know I have never had an infection. I will have to admit that I do a good job of sanitation but not a great job of sanitation. Prior to fermentation I am very careful about cleaning and using starsan on my buckets but...

Thanks for the replies. I ended up buying this heater..... http://www.walmart.com/ip/Lasko-Products-My-Heat-Personal-Heater/16503222 Low cost and seems to be a well made heater. I have not yet used my fermentation chamber for an actual fermentation but decided to hook it up this week and...