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Yeah one minute you're sharing homebrew with friends and the next you are cooking meth in an RV in the deserts of New Mexico. Watch out for that slippery slope fellows!

Sell them a jar for money and then give them complimentary beer. This is probably terrible advice and don't do it :D

Why can't you stir the mash?

Here's a picture of my setup - after two years of using a chest freezer as my fermentation chamber I really believe this is the ideal setup. *Temperature probe insulated and attached to the side of the carboy *Heat source located in the chamber but not directly to the carboy *Carboy in milk...

BIOTRANSFORMATION! Lol just kidding not sure what happened but I do find cryo hops to be a little different in aroma and flavor.

4239.5 gallons + 5 gallons Irish Red Ale = 4244.5 gallons

From everything I've read having the probe on the side of the carboy covered with insulation (foam, bubble wrap, etc.) is going to have less temperature swings than using a thermowell when using an STC-1000 setup. Also I've had really good luck putting my heat wrap in the chamber instead of...

Mongoose did all the work for you, time to build that fermentation chamber OP :mug:

For chest freezers using a milk crate is really helpful for getting carboys in and out. It also prevents the bottom of the carboy from making direct contact with the chest freezer which helps minimize temperature overswings. A full size upright would have been my preference for both my...

I would just spend the $150 on a chest freezer and not worry about the temperature. Being able to lock in fermentation temperatures year round is really nice.

I always do a diacetyl rest for strains that are known to produce diacetyl. I rest at 70°F for 3-4 days after the fermentation is mostly wrapped up and the krausen has fallen. I've never had diacetyl issues using this method.

Straight from the source!

Nice job! First thing that comes to mind when I hear citrus and pine is Simcoe and Amarillo

Yeah I mean even without reusing yeast or buying grain in bulk and milling myself it's pretty easy to save a lot compared to buying beer by the 6 or 12 pack. In Oregon a 6 pack is going to be $8-15 and then there's a $0.60 deposit for the glass bottles or cans that I never bring back - that...

Just get a small chest freezer and an STC-1000 clone. These are honestly pretty cheap (I think I picked up my chest freezer for $130 new from Best Buy a few years ago and the STC-1000 clone cost me maybe $30 to build buying all parts new as well). Stick that heat belt in the side of the chest...

Brewing doesn't have to be too expensive - •10 gallons boil kettle with thermometer, ball valve, and sight glass: $180 used •Blichmann burner with leg extensions: $190 •PET carboy, air locks, hoses, etc.: $50 •Wilserbag and pulley: $20 •Chest freezer and home built temp controller: $200 •5...

American Pale Ale brewed with Columbus, Amarillo, and Simcoe.

3742 + 5 gallons of English Brown Porter = 3747

If you agitate the wort it helps your IC drop the temps. It can be as simple as moving your IC around the pot while things are cooling. Other then that you can put sanitized foil over the top of the carboy and let it cool. I did this the other night for a Porter that was around 88°F. Just...

That's awesome :mug: