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Sounds a lot like the M.O. of patent trolls in the tech industry.

Not a big deal really, because they don't do local pickup :( It's literally 0.5 miles out of my way on my commute to/from work. Oh well, they still have good prices and really fast shipping for us west coasters.

I'm in a slump right now as well. I took an entire month off when my son was born in October, and managed to brew once. I felt like that was a victory, because obviously having a baby (and a toddler, and a post partum wife) takes up a lot of time, and kills any sleep. But since that batch...

Ferment in the barrel only. You still need to bottle or keg to carbonate and serve.

I had one last year. Simple light ale with wheat then I racked on to puréed whole cranberries. Meant to take out the cranberries after 2 days but forgot about it for a month. It tastes like my grandmas drugstore perfume so I drain poured it.

If you're going up the 101 - stop at Firestone Walker in Paso Robles (north of San Luis Obispo).

You can not. The regulator needs to receive CO2 in gaseous form, not liquid. When full, a CO2 tank has about 3/4 liquid, 1/4 gas - that gas sits at the top and feeds the regulator. Flipping it over would meant the gas bubble stays upright, and means liquid would go in to your regulator.

I use a counterflow chiller, and my first step is to run the water off in to a few buckets for cleaning purposes (about 10 gallons). Then I slow the flow rate of the water to much slower (about 1/3rd the rate), while measuring my output temp of the chilled wort, looking for about 85°. The...

With ramping turned on it'll go from 50 to 40 progressively over the 10 day period (so 1 degree per day, 1/24th a degree per hour - not sure what resolution STC-1000+ works at, but I believe it's 0.1 degrees). With ramping turned off, it'll simply drop from 50 to 40 degrees when the setpoint...

Mine fluctuates a lot. I'll get a few solid weekends where I can brew twice in a row, and build up the pipeline. Then with family and work commitments, I end up not brewing for ~2 months, and dry up that pipeline.

Thanks! I purchased from the seller "City Digital" on June 10th and received a A400_P unit (which should be flashable, but I've not done it yet). This brings me up to 4 flashable units - covers my 3 fermentation mini fridges/freezer plus a spare for future use!

$148 http://homedepot.com/p/Magic-Chef-6-9-cu-ft-Chest-Freezer-in-White-HMCF7W2/203445397 7 cu foot. Should fit six ball locks.

Nope. Checked the temp at various heights and it was within a half degree everywhere.

So I used my stc-1000+ as a sous vide controller and it worked great! Held my crock pot at 130° F for a few hours and the result was some delicious ribeyes!

An expandable/collapsable vegetable steamer basket is what I use to keep the bag off the bottom. Once in a while my mash temp drops a bit low and I like to add a touch of heat while stirring to bring it back in line, even with full volume mashes. I melted a hole in one of my bags before I did...

I'm in Fremont :) One of my buddies brews too, and he's in Hayward.

Any info on the updated pump?

Speaking of STC-1000+ with other things: Does the 99 °C maximum temperature still apply? I'd love to use one to control my electric meat smoker's electric heating element, trying to target temps around 225F/107C. Also, as anyone ever seen a sharp probe sensor for sticking in meat that would...

I did a coconut porter as well. I took 16oz of unsweetened coconut flakes, toasted them in a 300° oven for a few minutes until they just started to brown on the edges. Stirred them up a few times while they were toasting so they didn't burn and I got even toasting. Put them in a mesh bag...

Thank you, Captain Obvious. I was asking not because they're impossible to find, but more on a hope that a national retailer might carry them (Home Depot, Walmart, Radio Shack, etc.) and I had simply missed them before - or that smithabusa would tell me that they're a bit difficult to find in...