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2 Coolers, should make good HLT and MLT. Each has one hole drilled, one for heating element (you can also have the 1500 watt element and the adaptor is already installed in the cooler), and the other one for a bulkhead fitting (no fitting included). Both are in good shape, but I upgraded...

So, like many a relatively inexperienced homebrewer that hates his day job, I've thought of going pro. I've also thought of becoming an astronaut, but that's besides the point. I looked into what it takes to get licensed to open a brewery in the state of Ohio. Without even getting into...

November 7th. Multiple local micro/craft breweries to be represented. All for a good cause. Unless the economy turns around, the Free Clinic's going to get a whole lot busier over the next few years. (How have I lived in Cleveland for 6 years and only now found out about this? I even...

Anyone have any idea what the minimum inhibitory concentration of potassium sorbate is? I'm making some cider, and am using primarily juice with only ascorbic acid, but want some American-Soft-Cider-Juice (or whatever you want to call it) character to it. The only "Cider" I can find has 1/10...

I'll be in the Ann Arbor area for part of the weekend. Any recommendations besides the Arbor Brewing Co. and Grizzly Peak? Any good HBS in the area?

Do I get a secret decoder ring or anything now that I've picked this up? [IMG="https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13634&size=big&cat=all&ppuser=16059"] It didn't come with a lid, or any fitting for the bottom. I'm no Yuri, so this will take a while for me to get up...

I may be coming in to some (relatively) cheap copper tubing. Does anyone have any experience as to what the minimum length of tubing should be used in a jockey box? It seems a lot of people say to use 50', but it seems most of them are using SS coils, and I'm figuring copper conducts heat...

I'm planning on (dreaming about) putting together a HERMS. Appropriate pumps have seemed expensive, now that all of my student loans are now due. I found this, and it seems like it would be great. It's only a hand pump, but it shouldn't be too difficult to motorize. That and it's cheap...

The focus on my camera phone is crap, so I'm not sure if the pictures are helpful. But, I noticed some white fuzzy stuff on my Cascade bine today. Coincidentally, I noticed burrs on it yesterday, so I'm not willing to lose it to some disease or such. I don't think it's mite webbing, because...

Did my first PM batch earlier this week. Used a 2 gallon cooler. Instead of making a manifold, I figured a grain bag would be fine. Wort wasn't pouring off very quickly, so I lifted the grain bag partially out of the cooler. Once wort was flowing, I DROPPED it back into the cooler. I was up...

I went and bought kegging equipment at my not-so-local HBS about a month ago. I swear I paid attention at the time, but it was a month ago. I finally got around to putting everything together today, and I have the CO2 tank with the regulator attached, a gas-in line with connector, a beer-out...

I started my hops in a planter inside. I didn't get my garden area prepped for transplanting until much later than I had planned on, and I had 1-2 foot tall bines when I moved them outside. I know, for a fact, that I did serious root damage while transplanting. I tried to avoid it, but I...

So, acknowledging that breweries may pasteurize their beer, and then add another "generic" strain for bottle conditioning, if a beer says it's "unfiltered", can I assume I'm cultivating the strain used for primary fermentation? It seems that if I'm to take them at their word (hence, "am I...

So here it is, April 2nd, and I still have no word from Midwest Supplies about my rhizomes that I pre-ordered on Feb 27th. It seems everyone else has received theirs, or has at least been notified that they've been shipped. On top of that, I ordered my first batch of kegs and related...

I know zilch about gardening, but I will hopefully get my rhizomes from Midwest soon. I seem to be in the minority, in that I haven't gotten a notice from them yet. I've got an area next to my house that I plan to use for my hops. My MIL says that I need to strip off all of last year's...

I'm planning on following FlyGuy's instructions for starting a frozen yeast bank. My question is whether or not I can do this with yeast I'll be using for Apfelwein. I've read (somewhere) that you can't reuse yeast from making wine or from super high gravity beers, because the yeast have been...

I know a lot of people have started this topic, but most of them seem to have asked what to grow based on their soil/geography. My question is, if I could only grow 2-3 types with the area I have available, what should I grow to allow me to brew a variety of beers? I'm thinking Willamette for...

How exactly does one greet a group of strangers over the internet? Hello everyone. So far I've only brewed one batch, as BB American Amber Ale kit. I'm not sure what I expected it to taste like. All of the starter homebrewing reading I've done suggested that my homebrewed beer should taste...

My wife made her first batch of wine this weekend. According to the book she has, she's letting the must sit for 24 hours before adding the yeast. Is this a good idea? From my limitted beer making experience, it seems like you'd want to get your yeast in ASAP to make sure that it's the...