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I'm recently back to brewing and always used a secondary in the past. Since starting again I've brewed a few times and I'm only using a primary for two to three weeks. I'm dry hopping now and realized I probably won't be able to re-use the yeast (not sure how to separate it from all the hops...

I just added sight glasses to my HLT and Boil kettle- I like having them, particularly for measuring the sparge water. I made them myself using this link as a guide: http://www.texanbrew.com/article.php?story=20030625140627793

That's a great idea! I'm currently fermenting and bottle conditioning my beer in a shower stall just like that for similar reasons. The one I'm using all ready has a glass shower door, I could add a removable top and really control the temp for fermenting or conditioning. I'm inspired, SWMBO...

The way those things are put together, I think you could just purchase a longer pipe nipple (the part that goes thru the cooler) at just about any home depot type store. Most of those stores have a whole section of brass fittings. It would probably be a couple of bucks. I'm also pretty sure...

That's essentially what i did- it's lower on my HLT, but higher up on my boil kettle as I don't need it as low (always a few gallons left at the end of the boil). Here's a webisite on how to do your own. Zymico also makes some weldless sightguages...

I like having a thermometer as I cool with an immersion chiller and keep the pot covered during cooling, it also gives me a gauge of when I'm nearing the boil to watch for a boil over. More than a thermometer, I like having a sight gauge on the brew kettle so I know when I'm near my boil...

I've marked my brewing spoon every quart so I can tell how much I've used. However, I just built a sightgauge and I have a spigot on my HLT to make transfer easy. Here's a site on how to build a gauge. http://www.texanbrew.com/article.php?story=20030625140627793

That's a really nice looking set-up- with the three taps do you have two 5 gallons and a 3 gallon in there or is it a larger compact fridge? Ajones

I got the 4.9 ft Kenmore for the holidays. I'll be using cobra taps for the time being but have researched the towers in anticipation of an upcoming birthday. I think the www.beveragefactory.com probably has about the best prices for a complete tower but it will come with the inexpensive...

I don't know what OS you're running- but have you tried getting the Strangebrew Java running? I'm using a mac, and I get an error when I try to launch it. I have the latest Java install and have succesfully run Azureus (Java based bit-torrent client). But I'm not sure if I need to "compile"...

If looking for a chiller (immersion would probably be easiest)- try some of the online stores (morebeer.com etc). Some seem to have chillers for less than you can buy a coil of copper for now (probably due to them manufacturing them before copper $ went through the roof). No reason not to boil...

I have a new Mac and have been checking out the software options- there are a few. As stated above, if you have an intel mac you can run Parallels or Boot Camp and run Windows and use any of the standard software (Promash, Beersmith, etc). I have no urge to run Windows- much less pay for it on...

I've always used a secondary and bottling bucket (usually my primary fermenter) in the past- but I'm currently not using either. I primary for a couple of weeks and then bottle directly from the primary using a siphon and bottling wand. I mix one cup corn sugar with enough water to have about...

Most Coke kegs are Pin-locks- so you would need the pin lock fittings. Soda kegs have a long dip tupe on the liquid side that goes to the bottom of the keg, and a very short tube on the gas side. The gas side tube is only about 1.5" long, so it might be easy to overlook. However, some soda...

Here are a couple of places to start for a complete set-up: http://stores.ebay.com/Tom-Hargrave-Sales http://stores.ebay.com/BeverageFactory-Dot-Com Corny kegs either take ball lock or pin lock fittings (more commonly ball lock). I assume you mean Sankey- this is the common fitting for...

Hi all- new to the forum, and back to AG brewing after a 3 year hiatus. I brew in 2.5 gallon batches (usually with a 4 gallon boil). I'm the only one drinking the beer and I like to have some variety- 5 gallons ends up being too much for me. I also like to make a day of it and brew two beers...