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Nice to see another home Brewer from Stockton :mug:

My first batch was in 1995 and it was horrible. it was a canned extract ale kit a guy at the LHBS threw together. Second batch was from Joy Of Home Brewing and it turned out great. Since then I have screwed up a few batches here and there, but for the most part they have been good.

15% off Grand re-opening! How did I miss that? A chest freezer is the way to go. I love mine. Bigger the better.

Fantastic job! That is an awesome setup.

My Mother in law hates me and the idea that my son is my brew buddy. I have a lot of good memories of us brewing though. He would help make up recipes, taste grain, and hops. Then he turned sixteen and we bought him a car, he discovered girls, and if it's not dinner time, I never see the kid.

I thought the new packaging was easy. I never liked how the tubes foamed up when you twisted the cap off.

Wow! The leg on that burner folded like a taco. I have similar burners on my wood 3 tier brew stand. Maybe it's time to retire the wood and weld up something more industrial for safety. Having six gallons of boiling liquid flip over would be a major buzz kill.

Love IPAs. Just brewed one yesterday.

Yay for sure. Before the procedure the female doctor asked me what I had been using for contraception. After an awkward pause and slowly mumbling "I pull out", The doctor laughed and said "well now you can finish the job". Seriously cool Doctor. I went back to work two days later.

Scary! Glad to hear you did not seriously get hurt. I am thinking of this more now that I am lowering 6.5 gallon fermenters into the chest freezer.

Check out the English brown ale section in recipes. There are a bunch on there. I have made a few of Yoopers recipes and they have been great.

If you have room and a small budget, build a wood 3-tier Gravity brew stand. Use a cooler for a mash tun and two 10 gallon pots with weldless fittings for valves/thermometer/sight glass. It may be ugly but it will always love you.

B-boy, I did put it in warm (70F). Thank you, I will follow your advise. Aside from that minor hiccup, it is awesome. I came home today and it was 65 degrees. no worrying about ice, just the sound of the blowoff tube pounding away.

I will use vodka in the air lock, but it would take a lot for the blow off bucket. I will try the loop in the hose idea. Thanks!

It was fun to put together and served its purpose, but if I would have known how easy a chest freezer and controller keep temps in check, I would have gone this route to start with. Only thing I noticed was that the chest freezer seems to cool faster than the ice chamber and it created a...

I had this problem with two batches in a row. After I got my new mill I was brewing like crazy and bottled too early. I just dumped mine, but I am curious how yours will turn out.

I went with the MM2 about a year ago. I adjusted it when I got it and have not had to mess with it since then. It is a beast.

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I have done this many times. You are good to go. The beer will be fine.

Haha, YellowRiver, that was my first idea, but didn't have wire. Someone posted a pic using wire a while back and I thought it looked easy. Sure beats fighting the stopper from sliding up over and over and over...