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I broke two hydrometers my first brew day, it was a disaster. I would check out How to Brew by John Palmer for quality instructions, I have read that thing every day since I started, awesome resource. When I bottled, I added sugar to some water and brought it to a boil, making sure all the...

I was mainly looking at Fermentation/Keezer control, so that should work perfectly, will have to order one and give it a go.

I have really enjoyed using my 6 gallon BB and just got a 5 gallon for my birthday to use as a secondary. A good 24 hour Oxiyclean soak completely cleaned out my 6 gal after my pumpkin ale which looked like this (on the right) It was pretty dirty, but I cleaned it right after I transferred...

I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction for a relay that could switch on a 120v AC supply with a 5v DC control. I wired up the monitoring side of a temp controller with my Arduino and three DS18S20 nics, so now I want to get the other side working. The Arduino has a 5v...

i kind of like that. like the colors. at first I thought it was a little busy but it almost reminds me of wrought iron work.

Got my DS18S20s in. Hooked them up, got the Arduino to find and read from two NICs on one data line, which is pretty sweet. I also wrote a script in Processing that could read the data streaming off the Arduino and output it to the sketch. I also tested having a LED turn on when the...

Is that one of the heat shielded thermowell's from Brewers Hardware? Do you just have one of the one wire therms tucked in? I have three of the DS18S20 on the way from Digikey and I am trying to figure out how I could incorporate it into a kettle and run it to my arduino.

I know, I got one, just need to clean and sanitize it tonight and throw it on there.

Waiting until fermentation is done to move this to secondary. Blew out my airlock and had to switch to a blowoff. The color is fantastic. on the right

That is a tragic scene for any dog owner/lover to watch, but it is still a pretty good movie. I also agree with the person who mentioned 24 days later, that is a whole new kind of scary zombie. They don't overwhelm with numbers, slowly moving toward you, they run at you, bat sh*t insane, and...

I couldn't find any for mine around Indy either. I ended up ordering it from Amazon, so now I have eight cans in my pantry after brewing a Thunderstruck Pumpkin Ale which I got on here from Yuri_Rage. A lot of people on that thread used squash as an alternative as well.

I use buckets and better bottles. I just got a 6 gallon Better Bottle and appreciate being able to see the fermentation process, especially as a brand new brewer, versus using the bucket. The cost of a Better Bottle is always very enticing. LHBS wants $45 for a 6G glass carboy, with a Better...

I brewed this one this past Tuesday. I did the extract version and came in a little high with my OG at 1.056 but I think it should still be ok. Wort tasted fantastic when I drew my sample. I am still curious what the breakdown is for people using pumpkin pie spice vs. cinnamon plus. I am...

As everyone has said, finding pumpkin right now is quite the task. I ended up ordering some from Amazon, so we will see how that turns out. I was curious, for those who have brewed this, did you use a pumpkin pie spice blend or the cinnamon plus? I have both but was curious which way people...

I built one of these a few weeks ago it was my first time soldering so it is a bit rough and actually had some leaks where the last joints were between the reducer and the 3/8 soft copper. oh well, still was fun and sure i will get better at soldering with practice. i know the...

the problem is that one of the joints is a reducer being slid over 3/8" refrigerator tube, so in order to clean it, I basically have to take the whole thing apart and even then I can really get solder paste into the joint because it just gets smeared when I slide the reducer over the pipe. Also...

I tested my CFC I built tonight and unfortunately it has a few leaks at one or two joints. I already blew through a copper t-fitting in my quest for knowledge and experience with soldering copper. Is it safe to heat the joint again and re-apply solder or should I look at something like JB-Weld...