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:mug: Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you very much. Will be ordering the stuff I am missing in the morning. I'll grab some photos when I can.

I was just tasked with taking over the keg for my mother-in-laws wedding. My father-in-law left me a full wet bar with single tap and a kegerator. The MIL wants me to go the submerged in ice route, due to the wedding being in a spot on their farm to far away from electricity. They want me to...

Beat me to it!

I am pretty close to you and would have no problem driving the distance to go to a shop that is staffed and ran by somebody with experience in the hb beer scene. While my local has a pretty darn good grain and yeast selection, the owner has more experience in wine making. Keep MA/RI...

I am a diesel mechanic by trade, so the retainer doesn't scare me too much. Since I am not in the house yet (July 1 move in) and I will be busy painting and unpacking and dealing with the abortion of a yard, how do the tops seal? O-ring? Also, would there be any issue with me putting just a...

I had always seen stuff about sanke kegs but honestly never knew what they were and didn't ever really take time to research. My biggest problem now would be getting that much beer ready to be put into a 1/2 keg. Thanks for the reply and teaching me something!

I tried doing a search but was overloaded with conversions to kettle threads so.... We are taking over my in-laws house and my father-in-law is leaving me his 2 kegerators. Both have empty Budweiser 1/2 kegs in them. Has anyone, or does anybody know of someone who has, converted a 1/2 keg...

I second the plastics suggestion. Being a former EMT and seeing some of the pictures of lacerations from breaking glass carboys. Dont be bummed about losing the batch, because the amount of money lost on the batch is likely significantly cheaper than the hospital bill if that broke and sliced...

That is the only thing that I love about driving in the snow, being able to play without destroying hundreds of dollars in rubber. Also snow mobiles....how did I end up living for 30 years and never experience one, let alone a trail ride around First Connecticut Lake in NH? Lots of fun and...

The latest and greatest with my wine. After trying to fix the stuck fermentation after the addition of the raisins the batch still would not respond. I made a starter and, once it was fully up and going, began adding a half cup of my wine an hour, let rest overnight and then went to one cup an...

Update... Did a few taster bottles along the way and they all tasted pretty good, obviously green but pretty good. Just cracked one that has been 4 weeks in the bottle, 3 at room temp, 1 at a closet that is in an unheated closet and stays around 50-55*. No sign of any infection. Just...

Yeah, 80 lb solid blocks to the back of the skull don't sound like much of my idea of a good time.

I had a though last year with bags of concrete. Everybody told me to buy bags of sand to weigh down the drive axle. After some brews while the wife and kids were gone to soccer I remembered getting in trouble, when I was younger, for leaving several bags of concrete outside in the georgia rain...

+1 Having recently moved to New Englnd from the south (second winter here) my driving experience in snow is very limited. Add in my RWD Ram 1500 and you get one stressed out driver. I have a bit of driver training, in terms of a few EVOC classes for the military and fire department, and am...

Was state cert EMT and FFII in NC, as well as Lead Fabricator and alternate tire changer on a NASCAR Nationwide series team (2005-2010). Now just a sad diesel mechanic/welder.

Thank you very much for posting this recipe. I browsed several before deciding to use yours for my first AG brew. I had a lot of fun, and learned a lot about the process and my equipment while researching. My AG batch came in with 71 or 72% efficiency. Fermentation within 12 hours and some very...

I finally got around to doing my first AG brew. I choose Lil Sparky's Nut Brown as my recipe. My equipment was the 10 gallon cooler with the stainless braid, 60 qt alumnium pan (preoxidized) and then the standard equipment I used in my partial mash. Oh, I also made/used a copper wort cooler...

If this brew turns out without the off taste and infection the last 2 batches had then I will be turning the cracked fermenter into my tool/equipment tote. It sucks living on the second floor of a three story apartment home and having to brew in the driveway. This brew is the first at this...

Thank you everybody, I am about 2 hours from starting to clean and sanatize everything. I will post my successes and failures when I am all wrapped up.

Thanks neighbor! So with our temps tomorrow, gonna be cold tonight :( , is a preheat of strike water, as previously suggested, a good idea or should I go for a full preheat?