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Since I’ve gone to a counterflow chiller, I’m really happy with the chill of the wort out of the boil, but there’s a couple of shortcomings discussed here at length. I’ve addressed the gravity flow issue by getting the inexpensive bayite BYT-7A015 DC 12V 2.1 gpm Solar Hot Water Heater...

I recently received a Fireboard digital thermometer as a gift. It is a USB-chargable unit, with a digital display and wi-fi connectivity to the cloud. You can download a free app to your phone and track temperature realtime. It will monitor 6 channels at 5 second intervals. I first used it of...

After breaking my second carboy on a tile floor, I knew I had to do something different. I’d fermented in glass for nearly 20 years, but this new house has drawbacks: Lots of tile and concrete, and not much water. Profligate water use for cleaning carboys is undesirable, and if you’ve broken a...

Yes, I brewed Jeff Renner's venerable pre-prohibition recipe this week. Simple, yet complicated. No 6-row available here anymore, I used a 2-row pils malt, augmented with flaked corn. OG:1.049. Saaz for hops, yet only low alpha hops available, I bittered with about 0.25 oz. Nugget, with 0.5...

I've been controlling my beerfridge with a SPDT Honeywell analog for some time now, wired to a plug controlling the fridge (cold side) and a lightbulb in a coffee can (hot side). It's finally gone to the great beyond, and I've a Love TS2 2100 controller ordered as those threads inspire me with...

I've been brewing for some time, only a few batches in the last few years, but the proliferation of new yeasts, new hops, and the explosions in styles has my head spinning and my brew stuff out and ready to get going. I'm happy this is a new place, though I still lurk at hbd.org. Seeya...