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Well now I know where the Rhode Island BrewFest got it's souvenir glasses from... :)

That's why I homebrew, then I can make any style during the year I want. For commercial breweries, it's about demand. If they produced it all year round, the demand would be less, because there wouldn't be any urgency to buy it. Plus for a beer like Oktoberfest, it's made for a certain time of...

That's because there are other styles better suited to those other times of the year. Bockbier and Schwarzbier in Winter; Pils and Hefeweizen in the Summer, for example.

Marzen or Maerzen is the core style, that when served during the Oktoberfest season, is called Oktoberfest beer. However to actually be considered Oktoberfest beer and sold at the festival in Munich, the beer has to: Conform to the Reinheitsgebot, at a minimum of 13.5% Stammwürze...

Not much point, it's been pretty well covered in this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/has-anyone-bought-controller-electricbiab-com-437441-new/ Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

The ripple element is the real issue there for you as far as fitment goes. I have one too currently on the element I got with my picoBrew eBIAB controller. You pretty much have to direct mount them. The prices for CamLocks have come way down. $15 for stainless and $5 for aluminum. So I see them...

What was your biggest cost when you tried it? Just curious if you remember.

I like that thermowell, where'd you get that one? Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

Thanks Bobby, I won my bet that you'd be the first to reply! Because of the fold-back element, that is a 2" coupling. There isn't enough space in a 1-1/2" to offset the element to keep it from hitting the side of the coupling. That said, I have a second one using a straight element centered in...

Here is a tease for a recent project I completed. Full write-up forthcoming... DIY Project: Weld-less Heater Element Using Cam & Groove Couplings :mug:

Great hint with the "stainless steel kitchen shaker" on the element wiring housing. I had been looking for something like that for a project that I will soon be doing a write-up for, but couldn't think of a term to search for. I was going to use PVC with a grounding washer, but now I just bought...

The Cambro was offered up as a DIY alternative to the non-insulated BeerBox (the first link in my post) which definitely is airtight and uses a CO2 charger and starts as a 5 gallon kit at $200. Though based on the Cambro spec, it is airtight as well, featuring a cap to release pressure and...

I'll have to pick one up and experiment! :) Question is, what size? :D I'll probably get the small one to test. Wish I could pick it up local, the monthly club meeting is tomorrow and would have been the perfect test run for it.

As I look at this more, I guess an obvious question is "Big deal, why not just use a Rubbermaid beverage cooler?" I was making the assumption something like these two products sealed better than your average Rubbermaid cooler. Maybe I am wrong? I was looking at this more from the perspective...

Was poking around the AHA website and saw an ad for the BeerBox (http://www.brewingtools.com/) - anyone see this yet? Of course that got the DIY juices flowing so I thought, "OK, that looks like a coffee dispenser, what's out there for coffee dispensers?" So that thought got me to a...

No experience with that particular one. But the specs say relay control versus SSR control. That could be fine for your purposes, but I think maybe not for those that would use it with an SSR. I don't necessarily know the difference, but most of the sites selling controls make a clear...

Mine doesn't drink beer so I have to compromise with wine ventures, a small price to pay. I know it's hard to resist, but save your money and get what you really want. Don't waste it on a box of parts that you might change your mind on 50 times before you get it built. You just end up...

STC-1000 no. Auberins' SYL-1512A yes (http://www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=14) That said, my STC-1000 does both. If it is under the set point, the heater kicks on, over set point the cooler. But only in C. Which isn't a big deal for me. This is the link...

I figured that was the direction you were headed, which is why I mentioned the BCS. Rather than be stuck in stone with a fixed number of PIDs, the BCS will act from 1 to as many as 4 PIDs with the BCS-460 and up to 8 PIDs with the BCS-462. That's just the basic functionality. With that your...

By the time you get that all together, factor in the extra part costs, and your time to build, you'd probably be in the price range of this controller (http://electricbiab.com/) that does all that for you and is meant for precisely what you are looking to do. Now if you are doing this with...