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I ordered a 3 foot section of stainless steel tubing to make a new dip tube for my mashtun (and HLT) and I was wondering how I should go about getting the 90 degree bend in it. I will need to go from my ball valve through my false bottom. The tubing is from McMaster-Carr and it's part number...

So a buddy of mine got one of those CL deals that you always read about. He got 11 cornie kegs, 1 25lb CO2 tank with regulator, 1 25lb Nitrogen tank with regulator, and some miscellaneous parts for $300. One of the parts we don't know what it is. Does anyone know what this is? My thought...

Hey guys, I'm planning on buying this plate chiller http://www.dudadiesel.com/choose_item.php?id=HX2330 My plan is to get the 3/4" NPT Female fittings on it. Then pick up some male quick disconnect fittings and keep them all the same as what I already have which are these...

So I have this draft tower: http://www.beveragefactory.com/draftbeer/towers/doublefaucet/D4743DT___6844.shtml I haven't done a great job at cleaning the beer lines in the past and I would now like to replace them. I opened the top of the tower to get at the lines and noticed that I cannot...

So I am going to be brewing an Allagash White clone today from the following recipe: Boil 6.6 lbs. 40% wheat/ 60% barley liquid malt extract or: 3.3 lbs. light/pilsner malt extract and 3.3 lbs 100% wheat malt extract (75 minutes) 3/4 oz. Tettnanger (60 minutes) 3/4 oz. Saaz (60...

So I made a Quaker stout: 6 lbs amber LME 2 lbs Dark DME .75 lbs English Crystal malt .5 lbs chocolate malt .25 lbs black patent malt .5 lbs roasted barely 1 lbs rolled oats My original gravity was 1.071 which was on mark but my gravity reading that i took the other day was 1.026 when...

Hey guys I went to a belgian beer fest and tried Wittekerke and really liked it and on top of that my girlfriend really likes it as well. So I want to try and make a clone but I am not having much luck finding a recipe. Does anyone have a clone recipe for this? or have anything that is close...

Hey guys I found this on CL and wanted to make sure this was the Sanyo 4912. It looks like it but I figured I would ask. If it's not it looks like it would work. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/joey54321/fridge1.jpg

So I went to the Belgian beer fest this weekend up in Boston MA. I had a great time but to be honest I didn't go crazy over many of the beers there. I am a little disapointed that I didn't like more, but it was still a great time and worth every penny. My biggest hope was that my girlfreind...

So I brewed a maple syrup dark ale kit last night from extract. My issue is I still have not nailed down my process for transfering from my kettle to my primary while still leaving all the hot/cold break. Last night I was kind of in a rush and a little :drunk: so I just poured from high up and...

Im heading up to Boston this weekend to see my girlfriend but I have to keep filling that pipline so Im brewing a maple syrup dark ale today when I get home from work. It's an extract kit w/ specialty grains and it came with 12oz of pure New York maple syrup. Has anyone every made or tried a...

I have a pumpkin ale that has fermented however I want more pumpkin flavor. It has been in the primary for a week and I wanted to know if it was too late to add more pumpkin and leave it in the primary for another week or so until I rack into my secondary? Would it give it anymore flavor...

Hey guys I have been waiting for this day to come, but I can now say that I have kegged my first beer and my kegerator is up and running! It's just a standard fridge that I got for free but I replaced the shelves on the inside of the door with some nice paneling. Here are some pics...

So I am going onto my 5th extract brew and it is gona be an extract kit that I got from Midwest and here is what it looks like. 6lbs Gold liquid extract 8 oz. Carapils, 8 oz. Caramel 10°L specialty grains 2 oz. of hops(1oz of Cascade and I can't remember the other) 1 cup brown sugar ½...

I didn't see another thread with this in it so I decided to throw one up. Is anyone going to the Belgain beer festival? I will be there :mug: Location: The Cyclorama / Boston Center for the Arts 539 Tremont Street Boston, Massachusetts 02116 There are two sessions on Saturday...

So this past summer I tried to brew an apricot black berry wheat ale from extract. Here is the inventory: -6 lbs. Wheat Malt Syrup -1 oz. Willamette (60 min) -1 oz. Cascade (15 min) -Wyeast #1010 American Wheat Yeast -3.3 pounds of peal/pitted apricots -2.25lbs of black berries I...

Hey guys I have been fermenting in buckets with plastic wrap over the top and a rubber band with good results. However I am starting to want to leave beers in a secondary for an extended period of time so I picked up some 5 gallon carboys. So I was looking online at airlocks and the site...

Hey guys I have been reading up on kegging since I will be kegging my next batch(an ESB). It seems like a good idea to cut about 3/4 of an inch off of the bottom of the tube to avoid sucking up sediment. So my questions are: -Should I really cut 3/4" off my dip tube? -Once I cut the dip...

Hey everyone, I am fairly new to brewing with only 4 extract brews under my belt. But I have been looking around the site and it looks like there is a lot of great information. Im located in CT right now but planning to move up to VT. My current set up is: A Bayou Classic Propain Burner...