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Home Depot buckets with 2 row, pils, maris otter. I buy specialty grains as I need them; LHBS is 10 min away.

= go electric

Find a fire extinguisher recharging outfit - keep your own cylinder and just refill it. Recertification is still annoying, but predictable. My shop only charges $15 to hydro test. You are totally getting hosed by your LHBS on that.

Just made a rauchbier, 97% cherry smoked malt + kveik. Definitely not true to style but sure was fast.

Huh, never had a contaminated batch, but I don't bottle much anymore. After drinking, I wash bottles with my dishes (dish soap - I know, not the best). They get stored in my dusty-ass basement. On bottling day, they get soaked in a bucket of star San, then upside down in my dishwasher to...

I have a cereal killer, 5 years in and going strong.

I went all grain for economics' sake. Now that I've owned the equipment for a while, a brew day costs me around $20 and takes 3ish hours (electric). A little more cleaning than extract, but a win in my book.

I'll agree with this. Apply the heat where you actually want it. My fermentation "chamber" is a reptile heating mat, temp controller and reflective pipe insulation cut to fit. Bonus: it folds up.

This feels like box brownies to me: originally they were add water and bake, but people wanted to feel like they did some work, so the brownie people backed off the recipe and now you add oil and eggs to feel more accomplished. You CAN make this recipe more complicated. I'm not convinced you...

This. Wish I had done the same, but instead used the wing capper for 13 years.

Sorry I can't help there. I never actually buy beer. Done right, this is a roasty treat, coffee and chocolate notes. Depending on yeast, can be dry or not.

Agreed, after I broke my last hydrometer, I just don't measure any more.

Starters, period.

Tight credit card.

I had to finally go to heatsink + fan I my panel for this reason.

I run a quart out to make sure there's no serious junk (slotted copper manifold), then let er rip.

Might be able to. Are you planning on just picnic taps, then? Collar is necessary to mount taps.

Closest I can get is 170 in my oven - think that would work? I know kveik is hardy stuff!

I think it's crazy to have both your heat and cool plugged in for temp control. If it's winter, I just plug in heat. Summer: chill. I'm not convinced you need to keep temps to the nearest degree.