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Still use my turkey fryer pot for five gallon batch full boils, but as has been mentioned it requires constant attention to avoid boil overs. I have the keg that will be my keggle because I'm sick of my small pot. Totally workable, though, and my recommended starting kettle to friends because...

+1 refractometer. Glorious piece of gear.

I have been boiling my lids and putting the jars of water in the fridge before I wash yeast. Why should I not do those two steps?

A friend once told me that men lose taste buds as we age and therefore often gradually begin eating spicer and more strongly flavored foods. Might this be behind the phenomenon you discuss? Of course, unlike the established trend of men becoming more handsome and wise with age, I have not seen...

Used treetop with very good results. Treetop concentrate works well to up tha alcohol potential and to back sweeten.

Things I have learned from both good and poor decisions: -Get a propane burner and boil outdoors. Marital happiness is important and cleaning the stove sucks. Budget dependent, a craigslist turkey fryer is a $30 burner with a 7.5 gallon pot. -A big enough pot is key. The $30 craigslist...

Just looked at that link and it appears to be identical to the one I am building, including the aquarium pump. At any rate, I agree that circulating water is a must. I'll start a thread once I get it working.

So Puddle, I see your profile has you in the Central Valley. There are more than a few veterans about 40 miles south of Fresno in Lemoore, CA. There's nothing else in Lemoore, unfortunately. Good luck to your Fresno Bulldogs tonight.

I find it interesting that so many USN vets are homebrewers. I wonder if we don't share a fondness for nerdy tinkering. As for me, spent many hours turning left over parts of the earth that I don't miss.

Slowly making this sous vide machine right now: http://makezine.com/projects/Sous-Vide-Immersion-Cooker/. I am going to use jimmay's TeensyPi controller for versatility and greater goober points. I will post the results of my efforts.

I think the OP hits a common question for new brewers. Many of us have people in our lives that we love that like beer with very light flavors. I would love to brew an American lager just to demonstrate that homebrew doesn't have to be strongly flavored. However, three attempts in, I can attest...

I have used cider that listed "<1% potassium sorbate" on the label. I was skeptical but didn't want to be a jerk to my friend that brought me the cider. Turns out fermentation took a bit longer but it tastes great. I added two 16oz cans of concentrate to 5 gal of the aforementioned cider plus...

I have used Treetop brand apple juice with good results. Not complex flavors but tasty. I typically put 5 gallons of Apple juice over 3 cans of treetop apple juice concentrate plus yeast nutrient and pectase (according to package directions; one is 1tsp per gallon and the other is 1/2 tsp per...

<jest> If you do it, just don't post it to the internet. </jest>

Love all beers of the Green Flash heritage. They are building a brewery in Va Beach!

I've had good results with Safale US-05 making sweet sparkling cider from TreeTop Juice. I pasteurize in the bottle to make that happen. Think there are better choices if you are looking for a super-dry cider, but I am not.

One of the items on my home brewery roadmap is a fermentation chamber. I'm still well out from starting this but as I wait for parts for other items I can plan out future pieces. The general concept is a 2-chamber fermentation chamber with the warmer chamber above the cold one. I would use a...

If you are a smartphone owner, you might look at the LoseIt app. It makes it pretty easy to track intake and output, thereby allowing you to earn--in a sense--you favorite indulgence through exercise. No gimmicks, just a daily caloric budget and an easy food and exercise logging interface. Used...

Brewed animal, the "building a teesnypi board" page has the following at the bottom: The sensors and switches are connected to the terminal blocks located to the right of the above photo, from bottom to top respectively, the connections are GND, DATA, 3v3, and 5v. Wiring instructions for the...

Teensypi.com has pictures of most of the connections. Beyond that, I will endeavor to post photos as I build. After two weeks awaiting the arrival of my small soldering tip from RTE Scientific, it finally arrived. On it now!