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120 quart ice chest - fits three 6 gallon carboys once you remove the lid. 200 watt aquarium heater set to 72 (just in case, read below). Aquarium water pump for under-gravel filters for circulation. Auber PID controller set to 68 degrees. SSR to switch the 120V to the heater. Works like...

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Update: At 5.5 days, we're at 1.021, and it's a tasty sample. Best fermentation I can remember. This bad boy goes into kegs Saturday after cooling for 72 hours. 9 days, grain to glass. I could let it age, but it'll do that in the serving kegs. I'm thirsty.

I made a 15 gallon batch last week that started at 1.078. In 40 hours, it was at 1.038. I think three things I did helped it go so fast: Yeast nutrient (not a lot, maybe 1 tsp), a decent sized starter, and I aerated through a 0.5 micron SS airstone for a couple of hours in the fermenter after...

At the 65 hour mark: 1.031 :D Since the batch was cooling (the shop isn't heated) down to around 60 degrees, I turned on the heat: A picnic cooler full of water, a 200 watt aquarium heater set to 70 degrees, and an aquarium pump to circulate the water through the fermenter jacket. The...

Having been out of brewing for some time, I started back into it last summer. Made a few batches of slug bait, recently started seeing vast improvement, had my first lager some out pretty nice... I've got a conical that holds 21.5 gallons, stainless, water jacketed, etc that was made by...

I used to brew exclusively with Brew-Tek yeasts, had a pretty good bank going, but that was long ago... I don't have anything not in your list, but would really like to get my hands on some of that Brew-Tek... :D -T