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WartHog, thanks again for your brilliance in that post. I found a giant heatsink that I think I could get 2x 60mm fans installed on for the hot side. Finding the numbers you are referring to has proven to be almost impossible short of going the custom route. It really seems like you know...

Alright WartHog, I'm thinking something like this on the inside: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10686 I'm still looking for something that will fit that 120mm fan and still be 40mm square for the hot side. It's harder than I thought it would be, mostly because most heat sinks I find in...

WartHog, I'm sorry to be a pest here, but I did a quick search and found a CPU fan with a fairly high CFM that I would like to use. If it won't work, let me know, if I'm headed down the wrong path, let me know. the CFM is 78.41 CFM and the Input Wattage is 3.96...

Thanks WartHog, that's a good starting point. I'll do some digging over the next couple of days and see what I can find. I don't expect you to design it for me, I'm sorry if that was implied.

Holy crap, that is some amazing information. I understand the principles you discuss, but really don't know how to apply them. If you could give me a rough idea of what I'm looking for, that would make my day. I'm actually using 2" foamboard and was going to use either a large PC CPU fan...

Thanks Warthog, I am aware of the heatsink concerns for sure. And I understand that's 90% of the failures. Where I struggle is making sure I don't add myself to that percentage. :) Do you have any recomendations for a TEC controller/Heatsinks that will drop a chamber of roughly 24"x24"x15"...

Hi all, I've been mulling over a fermentation chamber (basically the one on Wort-O-Matic) for a while now and the ice situation always hangs me up. I don't have the space fore a chest freezer to freeze milk jugs or anything like that and my actual fridge freezer is generally pretty packed...

I have a drill that I use now, but fairly often I need to refill the hopper and stop the mill. I would like to be able to keep the hopper filled while letting it go. Also, with the drill it is hard to keep the same rpm and I find I often over crush my grains.

Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks!

I am looking for a decent motor to power my barley crusher. I am looking for something similar to the old school "beefy bodine" but I believe that has been discontinued many years ago. Does anyone have a decent direct drive motor they can recommend?

Hey guys, I am looking to build a decent size fermentation chamber capable of having two independent zones for heating and cooling. Ideally I would like to have 10 of ale on one side and 10 gallons of lager on the other. I don't have the money to invest in a cooler so I was thinking of a...

I have made dozens of batches and still struggle with this recipe from time to time because of the amount of wheat. You really should do at least a handful of extract or at least partial mash kits before jumping into this. The simpler kits allow you to refine your process before jumping to all...

I almost always make it with a decoction just because "that's they way they do it in Germany" but I don't think it adds a significant amount of character or anything that I can tell. I made one last week for a party this weekend that I will be kegging tomorrow. I did not decoct this one...

Hey guys, My wife and I shared a Pugsley's Series Smashed Blueberry beer from Shipyard Brewing here in Portland, ME. The beer is said to be a hybrid of a scotch ale and a porter and it is honestly one of the better beers I have had in the past few months. Anyway, I'd like to make a clone...

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I ferment mine at about 70-75 ambient, since that's about as cool as I can get my apartment. I am not sure what that translates to for the actual wort temperature. At those temps I usually get some clove and some banana, but it's not "Banana Bread Beer". It's definitely not generic tasting...

I use 3056 in this because I can't control temps very well which is critical to getting a good outcome with the 3068. It has always come out very nice, although I think the 3068 would make it a little more authentic. I always get good feedback from my homebrewclub from this beer as well.

Thanks guys for all of your feedback. I agree after looking through that the ammount of berries is probably way too high. Also, after some further research I discovered that the Sea Dog Blue Paw I seek to clone for the wife actually uses a blueberry extract, despite the fact it is brewed in...

How many berries (in lbs) did it take to make 1 gallon? Also, it would be nice to see how purple this beer was with 1 gallon of fruit. I plan on making an AG version of this based on a Hefe recipe I already make. I will simply tone down the wheat recipe to compensate for the sugar I think.

Hey all, I am trying to plan out a blueberry wheat recipe for my wife. She loves the Sea Dog Blue Paw, which I believe to have a pretty strong Blueberry flavor, which she prefers. The recipe so far is as follows: 6 lb Light Weat Malt 4 lb Pilsner .75 oz Hallertauer (60) .25 oz...