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Turns out I might be able to come into possession of an old school mini fridge. One of those awesome ones that doesn't have that bs half cut out in the bottom, so it has a completely flat bottom completely capable of housing a carboy. If I can get that then I will have room for 1 carboy and...

I've considered something like this, but I don't know if I will have the room in the apt, plus I will be moving in August and am worried about how something like that would travel. I'm considering building the rig I proposed but minus the water bath. Just have ice bottles in there to keep the...

Ooops yeah I meant a fermentation chiller. Plan on just building a long box out of insulation sheathing and plywood. Then putting frozen water bottles in it. As for my wort I just run cold water around it while it cools.

So you just plop your fermentor right there in the cooler and add water and some ice bottles once in a while? No lid or shirt or anything? Seems fairly easy. How do you gauge the temperature of the beer while it is in the fermentor? I don't know how I would measure the temperature of it without...

Being new to brewing I have never seen anything like that, but it sounds like a cool idea... Keep the hops in, let the flavors out. Saves time with straining or siphoning into carboy...

Congrats on your beer! I'm still waiting for fermentation to finish. Since it was my first brew I did not document like I planned. I more so just hovered over my brew pot, because I was both awed and worried something bad would happen... Boil over. Everything went well though, and I plan on...

The more and more I read on these forums I find a common answer. "It will probably be ok" lol. That being said, I will probably face a similar problem. I'm contemplating building a wort chiller to make sure my wort stays colder than my hotter room temp, but when I bottle they will have to be...

Eventful brew day... I only have one brew under my belt, and am itching at another... This obsession errrr, hobby really gets at you.

Although I do not have an answer to your question, I have a question you might be able to answer lol. I have read a lot about people straining their wort with a paint strainer to try and leave as much trub out of the primary as possible, but I am not familiar with this paint strainer and where...

Nice man!! I wish I had a good quality home brew store near by. My first brew is basically done fermenting and now just hanging out in the primary. I'm getting anxious and might get another carboy and brew up another batch soon!!

I might end up doing something like this. Do you use it in places that have an ambient air temp of like 80F. How cool does it keep the fermentors? Do you use ice water or just regular room temp water? I had thought of this. I might hold off on my build till after I see what I can do with...

The larger sizes don't add height to the cooler though, and that is my main concern right now. With this cooler I'm looking at building I can get it done for around $40-$50 I think. I still think I could water proof it with a one of those epically big garbage bags. I'm considering 1" insulation...

I'm not at home so I don't have the exact dimensions of my 6.5gal carboy, but if I used a cooler, I would want it at least tall enough to reach the opening of the mouth. I don't know if I would find a cooler that is is roughly 20" tall?

Alright, so it is finally getting warm here in Iowa... Good for golf, bad for brewing. I don't plan on having my apartments ac set at 65F all the time, so I am looking into some chilling ideas. I've read plenty of ideas for altering a mini fridge and such, but I love my mini fridge, and I'll...

Rough life isn't it lol. Once my girl friend found out I bought a bunch of brewing equipment she was like what?? You will spend money on this, but complain about taking me out for dinner some nights. Then she said if I want a beer I'll buy one... So I guess she can have her bud light and I will...

I recently just finished my first boil and am now on the fermenting stage, and for me I am doing extract brewing first for a couple of reasons. 1) I really didn't know what I was getting into... I read a lot and researched a lot, but I do not know a single person who brews their own beer. 2) I...

Awesome thanks guys.

Ok so I've read the forums, the FAQ's and there is a lot of good ideas. I finished my first brew last night and it is not hopefully at home fermenting, (as I troll the forums at work). Now I have to make decisions on fermenting and secondary fermenting? My beer is currently in a 6.5gal...

Thanks for the response. I just went ahead and pitched with the Safale s-05 without a starter or anything. Hopefully I did everything well and will be enjoying some great beer in a few weeks!

Hey so I'm working on my first brew. Things are going well, but I tried to make a dry yeast starter but there is no activity like I expected. This is what I did: I boiled a cup of water and cooled it to 97F then added and stirred in the Nottingham dry yeast a little bit. Then boiled a small...