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Finally got around to testing my well water that I use for brewing. To date I have been using my water "as-is", I am still learning the ins/outs of water chemistry and the impacts on beer. What struck me about my water was how low some of the levels of minerals were (which is good I guess...

I have an old Samsung 1.5 cuft dorm refrigerator that I'm struggling to find a use for or I'm going to give it away. I have an extra full size fridge/kegerator, as well as a chest freezer fermentation chamber. Its size precludes its resale value (most dorm fridges are larger these days)...

I have a homemade CFC that I made into a 12-14" diameter coil by wrapping it around a brew pot. I'm thinking I'd like to get it into a tighter/more compact coil so I can fit it into a homer bucket for easier use/storage. Am I asking for trouble by trying to get it into a tighter coil, now...

Does anyone have a picture of the "Brew Cactus" sculpture described in this 1996 BYO article? http://***********/stories/projects-and-equipment/article/indices/20-build-it-yourself/385-build-a-three-tier-stand The article referenced pictures and illustrations, but there are none to be had...

Hi- I just had the heating oil supply line to my boiler re-routed by my plumber. He ran a new line and left the old line in place. I had the idea this is something I could take down, clean and re-purpose for brewing. There is nothing wrong with the line itself, it just not routed by the...

About a month back I brewed one of Jamil's APA recipes as well as his Oatmeal Stout recipe. The APA finished out at a lower FG than I was expecting (recipe said FG=1.016 and mine was 1.008, a 85% attenuation). Anyway, when I tasted it I noted it was very hop forward and I attributed that to...

Hi Everyone; I'm interested in hearing from those of you who have finished their basements and what flooring you went with (and why). We are currently in the the process of finishing part of our basement as a multipurpose room w/bathroom. Now it will be a playroom for kids, TV room for...

Hey everyone; I'm still working out the kinks in my kegging setup and had a question about force carbing and tank PSI... Here is the deal, I recently filled up my CO2 tank (a 4lb tank...actually a converted medical O2 cylinder that came as part of keg package from an online vendor) then...

Any sure why to tell the difference between the gas and beer posts on a ball lock keg? I took my one and only ball lock keg apart awhile back and when re-assembled it, taking a guess on which post belonged on the Gas/In side and which post belonged on the Beer/Out side. I could not...

I didn't want to hijack FlyGuy's Poll and I'm going making a habit of using Yuri's terminology to describe what alot people call "Secondary Fermentation", which should be more aptly called Conditioning/Clearing instead...anyhoo... Post title pretty much says it all. Say you rack your beer...

I'm planning on making Jamil's West Coast Blaster recipe and have a quick question regarding its hop schedule using the same hop varieties, but they have different % alpha acid from what the recipe calls for: The recipe calls for 66IBUs using: 1.1 oz horizon (13%)-60min 1 oz Cascade 6%...

Hi All; So we had some family over the other night who were nice enough to help out with the cooking, which entailed steaming some corn-on-the-cob using my propane burner (the one I use to boil wort with, in case you were wondering why I am posting this on HBT :D). What I didn't realize...

In an effort to make a silk purse out of a sows ear (what I call my 48qt. Ice cube MT:D), I ended filling the cooler top with spray insulation. The particular cooler I used had some depressions in the cooler top (a place to hold keys, a couple of bottle/can holders) which would have impeded the...

Hi all, finally have my keggle assembled with a weldless bulkhead. The bulkhead has a barb hose attachment on the outside for a draining the keggle. My plan is to put a use a piece of braided vinyl to drain the keggle into my CFC. I had to heat up the vinyl tubing (dunked into hot water)...

hi all, getting ready to drill my keg to install a weldless bulkhead and I noticed that if I place my bulkhead half-way between the two keg handles that it will be pretty darn close to the vent on the bottom of the keg. I'm guessing that the bulkhead will be off-set a couple of inches as...

Hi all; I'm planning on installing a weldless bulkhead in my keggle and I plan to drill a hole in the keg with a 7/8 inch holesaw. I just saw this set of holesaws on the Northern tool website: FREE SHIPPING — Northern Industrial Tools Deluxe Hole Saws — 3/4in. Dia. to 5in. Dia., 16-Pc...

Hello all; Looking for some advice on what type of DIY pick-up tube to make for my keggle-to-be. The pick up tube I orginally planned on making consisted of a 90-degree elbow directly from the bulkhead and short piece of copper tubing that would run along the wall of the keggle. However...

Hi- I just procured a keg that I am planning to convert into a keggle. In bringing the keg home, I realized that the the keg is a bit too wide to sit on my turkey fryer burner. My burner has a ring welded to the housing that acts as a guard to prevent a pot from tipping off of the burner...

In general, to get an Imperial version of a given style, does one just increase the base malt to the desired OG and increase the hops to keep the BU:GU ratio the same? In other words, does the specialty grain amounts typically stay the same? One would think you would increase those as well...

Hi all; I recently busted out my turkey Fryer burner (usually used for brewing) to steam some lobsters this past weekend and had some issues with the flame that I could not resolve. Not a big deal for the lobster steam (finished them off on the stove), but its something I need to fix before...