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This is not beer-related, obviously, but it might keep me alive to continue brewing. :) I have moved to rural Kansas and last week's tornadoes were close (the north side of my land close.) I have a weather radio but in the camper where I am staying while we build, I have zero reception. If I...

I need to ask a question that's very off-topic for HBT but this seemed like a good place to catch the Electricians in the house. I have a question about my home service and would appreciate it if one of you would PM me and allow me to ask you a question or two. Um .... BEER! :)

My local coffee place air roasts coffee and I have discovered I prefer that. Are there any "home air roasters" available? Or do I need to Frankenstein a popcorn maker or something?

As we approach the Fifth Anniversary of the Fellowship of the Drink (FotD), I am honored to host the 26th running of this esteemed event. No prize at all will be conferred to the person who decodes the meaning of the name of this particular iteration (but I’ll be interested to see how quickly it...

I've done the requisite Googling and searching here on the forum. I've found indications that folks did not get quite what they'd hope, but then again a lot of recipes include things like "add raisins and cinnamon stick and a packet of champagne yeast." That is not the level of winemaking...

There was a past post on this some time back. Rather than a necro-post I thought I'd share my experiences in a new post. I purchased a BrewSSSiphon® from BrewSensible some time back. I probably saw it on Twitter or something, who knows. I also spend >$100 on a racking cane that I didn't need...

Keg Cop is an inexpensive and, most of all, simple to operate WiFi-enabled solution to maintain information about your Keezer, Kegerator, and Kegs. Keg Cop enables you to use flowmeters of your choice (Swissflow during development) to monitor the contents of your kegs, and it even has a built-in...

Does anyone know of a stainless steel convoluted counterflow wort chiller? Midwest used to have one but all links seem to be broken now.

Hi all. I have a very nice varietal honey (raspberry blossom) and I am planning a semi-sweet show mead. I have good luck in wines and some meads with 71B, but I'm wondering if there's not a better one for this? I like the "softness" of the 71B for things like a Pinot Grigio, but I am...

The original thread is 210 pages and more than 8,360 posts. The initial post was about how a Homebrewer might reproduce a BrewPi system, which was Open-Source, but for which Elco sold the hardware commercially. Elco no longer sells this version of BrewPi, so the situation has changed. Elco has...

I am installing some Swissflow 800 flowmeters and they state they are 3/8” BSP Male (not BSPP and not BSPT) threads. The only fitting I could find is the DMfit Female BSPP Connector Cone Type - 5/16" Push-in x 3/8 BSP(P) which is apparently parallel threads. The DMfit pieces have a gasket in...

The answer to this probably changes with the seasons, because new stuff comes out all the time. I know I could use 1" threaded, 1.5" TC or 2" TC, but I don't know what it is which might cause me to wish I had chosen differently. My application will be welded in fittings in SS 1/2 bbl kegs. I...

Maybe it's just me, but when I stick a label on crooked, it bugs the hell out of me. I suppose if it's the worst thing that happens while brewing, I'm in good shape. Still, I wanted a better way to put labels on. Especially if you are using adhesive labels, once they touch the bottle, they...

Hello all. I've not really been active in this corner of the forum, so may name may be new to a lot of you. I have been homebrewing for almost 30 years now, and my related hobbies include control and automation for the brewing process. I say this not to try to impress anyone, but to give a...

Hello homebrewers! I was pointed towards this forum area to get some ideas, and inspiration, and a little guidance for a brew setup. I have been brewing over 30 years, but have always used the manpower method. I want to at least add PID control to my mash, and then probably some pumps and...

Greetings Homebrewers. I'm seeking a source of information about the design of a small brewery related to the physical characteristics (pumps, plumbing, valves) rather than the automation POV. I am asking here because a great many of you have started build threads from the POV of automation...

It's been asked before. People who are comfortable with Windows see some of these DIY projects as unapproachable because they run on Linux. I've attempted to distill why the tiny Raspberry Pi and Raspbian OS (a Linux variant) is the computer of choice for a lot of these projects...

I just did a Google search: That seems to be pretty important to many homebrewers. Nobody agrees what's "right," and about all the Internet can do is help you pass the time in between trips to stare at the airlock. Wouldn't it be great if someone made something to tell you when your airlock...

As a related question to this poll, how many individual kegerators or keezers do you have? Count a large chamber with two separate temp zones as two.

Asking for a friend. :) How many kegs do you have in your kegerator or keezer? Not how many on tap total, but the number in one keezer/kegerator. I was thinking folks would want to keep a more "intimate" number since a stout and a continental lager might be best at different temps, but you...