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The welder did NOT put water in the keg before cutting out the lid, so I have pitting in the bottom. Is there any reason that this will be more than an annoyance? jw

I had a Brazillan beer tonight. It was called Xingu. It kinda tasted like a bock, only not so forceful. I reallly liked it. Does anyone know the style? jw

I am getting some cutting/welding on friday to change my 15.5 gal keg into a brew kettle and one of my 7.75 gal kegs into a steam boiler. I have two other 7.75gal kegs that I am considering turning into fermenters. My thought is to weld a 2" threaded nipple to the top of each so that I...

I am in the process of building my zymurglith (brewing sculpture) and am looking for a few thermometers to screw into the sides of my brewing vessels. I see this thermometer at more beer for $35. Any better deals out there? jw

I have been eyeballing a lot of diferent all grain setups over the last two weeks and have noticed that many people with stainless steel kegs serving as a tun or kettle are having stainless steel fittings welded on to their kegs, then attaching to it a brass fitting. Doesn't this cause leaks...

I am soon to be buying some stainless steel ball valves, relief valves and some other fittings for my impending sculpture. Does anyone have a favored place to buy these things? Preferably at a lower price than morebeer.com. $27 for a 3pc 1/2" stainless steel ball valve seems to be about...

I think I have slipped into yet another parallel universe. About ten years ago when I started this hobby all of the books that I read talked about the "great debate" between boilers and non-boilers. That some people take their wort to a roiling boil and others maintain theirs at just short...

There are two beautiful kegs in pristine shape sitting over at the metal salvage yard. They open at 8am tommorow morning. They both have the name of a well known brewer embossed on their sides. What are the ethics on buying such a thing? jw

Urk! Please move this to techniques. For those of you using steam to heat and maintain your mash: In Charlie Scandrett's article on steam heating he did two things that I have not seen in any one else's posting on the subject. He superheated the steam coming from his pressure cooker and...

Hello All, This is my first post, and you should all be impressed, for in the text below I am courting the Resounding Raspberry, or perhaps even the Glorious Finger of Scorn. For those who are not against plastic fermenters, is PVC pipe a reasonable material to use? I was at Lowe's on...