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Yeah it's called a beverage cooler and 45 was the advertised limit once I looked it up. It's running fine now at 37. Been keeping an eye on if its running too much and getting hot but so far everything is going fine.

Awesome thanks, did not know that. And thinking back I think I was being pretty cautious with it yesterday. Once I get home from work I plan on trying some again. Doing this and with the colder temps I have now I have high hopes.

Yeah I already built a temp controller using this model http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OXPE8U6/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 Was only 16 bucks and free shipping with Prime. It works good I had considered doing as suggested but for now Im saving it for the keezer. Surprisingly I have been...

Thanks, that's what I thought but was just double checking. On a positive note I was able to adjust the fridge from constant 45 F to a steady 36 F using the coarse adjustment screw on thermostat.

Well to answer one of my own questions, I took the cover of the thermostat. Removed it from the housing and found it had a coarse adjustment screw. Actually had what looked like 2 adjustment screws. I turned the one on the same face as the normal dial and temp was going up. So I unplugged it and...

So I made the jump to kegging. Put 2 batches in kegs and bottled a 3rd. I did not have a keezer set up yet. Was still hunting down a deal and between a keezer, or using a mini fridge with a tower. My kegs were stored at basement temps at 67 ish degrees. I put them on gas at 28 psi after...

One other question. So keeping it around 25-30 psi at those temps for a few weeks will be no issue? Is there any effect on long storage 1-3 months at room temp? Just curious should get more kegs down the road before I upgrade to a larger keezer. Also. You mentioned pressure lowering as...

Thanks for the input. Yeah I know going bigger on co2 is a worth while investment. For now I think I will go 5# but if things go as planned I plan on giving my dad this setup to go bigger myself. At my work (Collision shop) we get tanks delivered and exchanged for our welders. We all used to...

I have brewed and bottle for awhile now. Started 20 years ago with my dad and after a hiatus got back into it last year. Bottling has become a pain, and I look forward to jumping to kegging. I have a few options I am pursuing on building a keezer. Here is my dilemma. I have 3 batches ready to...

I guess the hydrometer could be off, have a refractometer and usually use both but seemed to have misplaced it somewhere and could not find it. I have all my fermenters marked myself and while they are not probably scientifically exact they are real close. Was just a little bit left in extract...

Yeah correction, reading was off by .004 and other was .003. Normally I used to take sample out of primary once transferred over. This time I just took sample while in middle of transfer by pinching auto syphone tube off and filling sample container. Not sure if that would effect it or not...

Ok yesterday I was planning on doing 3 separate batches but only got 2 done before some bad weather put an end to me. I had been doing extract only before this and this day did extract with specialty grain (steeping) brews. Slowly building up to all grain. Few questions... 1.) Those of you...

Im wanting to get a keg set up. I am in the process of finishing my basement and have plans on building a keezer. But before that I was thinking would it be practical to get a keg set up to bottle out of? Running low on bottles and want to get more batches done. Dont want to invest much more...

What yeast are you using? Think Brewers Best kits come with Dry Yeast, which should not be used in a starter. Just rehydrate and pitch brew day (BB instructions will say dont rehydrate, packet will say rehydrate. Pitching dry will work, but if you rehydrate it will get things going quicker...

Just thought I would revisit this as I just bottled it up. Original post was wrong on OG, I had not calculated Temp in. OG was 1.048. As stated above I was unsure on the volume I had ended with. Ended up at 4.75 gallons at bottling. So the lower gravity was not due to more wort as suggested or...

Great read. I was in the market for getting a nice probe. Had been looking at the Thermopen as it seems highly recommended. Stuck with the company but went the MTC route as many here have suggested. Got the MTC, the recommended cable/probe along with a regular probe that is the same one on the...

I have been doing full boil 5 gallon extract's, in my 8 gallon pot. I know you can get by with doing 2.5 gallon partial boils and adding the rest in the fermentor. If I wanted to do 2 -5 gallon batches of the same recipe and add different yeast is this possible? Im thinking I can just combine 2...

I have my first batch done fermenting and another I started last weekend. First batch I added nothing too it, second batch I used Irish Moss. In the carboys I can see a clear difference. Mind you 2 different types of beer, but not just color Im talking. The Irish Moss batch already has...

What a coincidence , I had ordered samples from there after posting this topic and just got them today. Was going to test them out. My main concern is how well do the remove? Sam Adams labels just fall off after I soak with oxi initially. Others though do not and can be a pain to remove.

My first batch is still fermenting and everything went fine with that. Was an extract kit, everything hit within the ranges expected. I started my second batch today. Was from my lhbs, Crystal Honey Lager. Fermentables: 3.6 Lbs. Pale LME 3 Lbs. Wildflower Honey (add Last 5 minutes of boil.)...