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I'll buy them for $25 plus shipping.

How does that work, actually? How does the speed of the mill affect the gap setting?

I use a Sears Craftsman 1/2" corded drill, variable speed with a 6 amp motor. You can get them for about $63 these days. It powers my Monster Mill 2 Pro at full speed. Things got a little dicey when I milled 100% wheat one day, but...it made it through. Don't ever mill 100% wheat if you can...

That's not really true. I get a 96% mash efficiency but 75%-80% brewhouse efficiency. I lose a lot of wort to my vessel deadspaces and tubing and whatnot.

Get a scrap piece of metal conduit and a propane torch and a water spray bottle. From the inside of the freezer, heat up an end of the conduit until it's hot and then apply to the inside plastic of the freezer until you melt a hole through the inside plastic liner. Keep the spray bottle handy...

We can't assess unless you post numbers about your pre-boil wort.

I sure hope not. If you do, then your meter is pretty awful or needs a sensor replacement. Scientists like to check it every time because their job demands such high accuracy. For homebrewing...not so much. But if you will worry about your readings if you only calibrate once at the...

I have 25 gallon pots and the smallest batches I can do are 7 gallon batches because I have an electric heating element in the bottom of my BK and it needs to stay submerged or else it will fry. 7 gallons is the smallest volume that will give me pretty much guaranteed coverage of the element...

Eh. People like positive feedback, as long as they feel it's sincere. Yeah, you're right about that dick thing.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that they didn't do genetic testing on their strains going all the way back to the 1800's to verify that there were no mutations. It's possible that they had some yeast samples from the 1800's and once they started using advanced testing THEN they could say with certainty...

Some people just pepper threads with likes for everyone that responds to them, so that really diminishes the importance of them. All I know is that I'm winning.

I'm really not understanding the need for three burners with a HERMS rig. Do you use the MLT burner while the mash is taking place? Or is the third burner just to heat up the strike water? Thin AND dry means that you're getting more attenuation than you're normally used to. The enzymes in...

The phases of Firefly fandom: 1) "My friend told me I must watch this show. Fine. I'll watch an episode just to shut him up." 2) "Holy crap! This show is great! I can't wait to watch the rest of the series!" 3) "What?! There was only one half-season?! What a crock!" 4) "THERE'S A...

If you're chilling for 40 minutes and it's still not down to pitching temp... I know it's personal preference and all, but if it were my setup I'd work on getting a better chiller.

Still needs a light saber sound every time you turn it on and off.

I did specify mash efficiency, not brewhouse efficiency.

Can't say for sure how much just underletting affects mash efficiency, but I can say that I do on occasion get 96% mash efficiency and I do the underletting thing all the time. Mash pH and grain crush affects efficiency way more than how to mix the grains and water together, as far as I can...

Just a reminder for all of you Joliet, IL area homebrewers that the Joliet Brewers Guild will be having their monthly meeting tonight at 7pm at the Chicago Street Pub located at 75 N Chicago Street in downtown Joliet. Bring a few bottles of homebrew if you have any and come on down and check us...

They'll make money by selling Lagunitas beers in foreign markets. I really don't think that Lagunitas would go into this if it meant that they had to change their beers in any way. Lagunitas is making money hand over fist and they didn't need a partner to grow moderately. This move is just a...

Well, no, not really. Tall, thin pots have less surface area, and that means you'll have less water evaporation than a fat wide pot. I suppose fat wide pots are somewhat easier to clean. Would it be easier to whirlpool in a fat wide pot than a skinny tall one? Um...I guess so? I've never...