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I've been collecting things for cheese making such as draining/ripening mats from JoAnn, mini cave containers from Walmart and the Dollar store, egg crate light diffuser panel from Lowes, and some potential soft cheese molds from the Dollar store. My biggest issues have been hard cheese molds...

My Chinese regulator that came with my big banjo burner seems to have given up the ghost today and I am looking for a replacement. Was never really happy with it anyway because adjustments seemed sloppy and a given setting never held for long before it had to be adjusted again. Are there...

I want to get into making more than paneer, and there is a lot of information here, but I'm wondering why there are not many posts here very often. Are all you cheese heads hanging out at another cheese forum that I should check out?

Is anybody going to the Dallas Beerfest this year? They just published the beer list yesterday Big Texas BeerFest Complete Beer List I have never been to a beer fest this big and the beer list is awesome and includes a lot of limiteds and likely some rares. I pretty excicted!:ban:

I got busy last night and built a stainless hop spider and flashing wind screen for my burner. Both based on everything I have read here.

We brewed the free NB Peace 2nd Crack Coffee Stout on the 7th. So after almost 2 weeks I took a gravity sample last night. The beer is very good and both my daughter (stout lover) and her husband (on 4th plate at the Flying Saucer) loved the sample! I'm pretty happy cause this is just my...

I'm very much new to brewing but I knew I needed a new burner for a lot of reasons. So I ordered a Bayou Classic KAB4 after reading a lot about it here. I was worried about if it would be too hot an uncontrollable for anything other than boiling wort. It is not. It's just a fantastic piece of...

I'm trying to get ready to do a 5 gallon batch and I calibrated and marked off the carboys I have had for the last 20+ years or so. They are 5 gallon carboys. Can I ferment a 5 gallon batch in this if I use a blow off tube? Not much headspace there! Travis'n'Texas

I keep running across a lot of posts where people say they got into brewing and that they also cook. I cook all the time, and the more complicated or challenging the recipe the more I seem to enjoy it. So I am curious how prevalent that is among home brewers. (Apologies in advance if this has...

I bought this online and picked it up a couple of hours later from the local Walmart (see attached image). For $25 bucks it's hard to beat for a 48 qt cooler. It appears that Igloo now just produces an upgraded version of their marine line called the Igloo Marine Ultra, which is probably why...

I built a fermentation chiller, so I figured why not stick with chiller projects! I see a keezer build in my future! I bought 50' of 3/8" copper tubing. After watching people on YouTube squeeze out kinks with vice grips, I bought a 3/8" spring bender too. I plan on a coil in an ice bath and...

I got a Mr Beer from my daughter and he husband for Father's Day. Came with two kits. First kit attempt was less than successful. I'm thinking it was because it fermented at 78-80°, because I can't keep my house at 72-74 degrees during a Texas summer. So I built a fermentation cooler based on...

Hi, Love the forum, and have been lurking all over the net for a while. Brewed a long, long time ago, and just getting back into it, so am a noob for sure. A lot has changed based on what I have read. I'm convinced, given that I am in Texas that I need to control fermentation temps...