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Hey just chiming in here to give you my experience. I got a 900CFM exhaust hood and I was still fighting serious condensation during boils. I was so tired of it I bought a steam condenser (Steam Slayer) and mounted on my lid. Wish I had known about steam condensers from the start, a few...

Looking for some advice. I am using 1/4 HP aquarium chiller with a 10 gallon cooler to chill my fermenters. I have tried both water and a 1:2 Glycol/Water blend and both times I end up with some sort of microbial growth on the inside of the cooler after a few months. Any tips and what I can...

Our water is from Lake Michigan and is pretty good without any modifications. For non-hoppy beers I don't really mess with it aside from a decent amount of acid to get the pH down. They use chloramine which is easily removed with potassium metabisulfite. Water reports can be found here...

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Looking good. Have you solved the condensation issue? Also, how are you attaching the top to the freezer lid?

I picked up the 9.6 and have sized it for ball locks. You can easily fit five kegs in the lower part. The compressor shelf is pretty wide so I will be adding a collar. (2x10 will allow for 5 gal ball lock) My plan is actually to have 4 kegs and a 20# CO2 tank in the lower part and two (or...

Recent experience: Do not attempt to use the Harbor Freight knockout punches on stainless steel kettles. I very nearly ruined one of mine trying to punch a hole using them. In fairness, it is only rated for 10 gauge mild steel, so I was exceeding the spec. The HF Step bits saved the day and...

I purchased the auberins precut panel for the 3-vessel electric system and it saved me a ton of time. Cutting the panel can be a PITA, although it does let you lay it out however you want. The paint had some flaws in it, but I wanted to paint it anyway. I also got the ezboil which made...

I have this one. It is nice heavy gauge steel. The polishing on some of the welds is a little uneven, but that is a minor cosmetic detail on a sink described as "Utility." If I did it again, I would order the same size but one of the nicer looking once with a lip/apron around the bowl...

Yes they both appear to be full. There is an airgas near me, I wish I had just gone with them from the start. Is there anyway to verify on contents of the tank? Is there any risk that some unscrupulous vendor filled them with something that I don't want to put in my beer?

So I thought I got a pretty good deal on a pair of 20lb CO2 tanks for $100. Now I am not so sure. For starters they both have a label that says they can only be filled by a specific vendor, which is further away then I am willing to travel. Also, one of them does no appear to be a CO2...

So I have been growing a pair of hops for a few years, but forgot to label them so I only know that one is centennial and one is cascade. Now that I am brewing, I want to make a more serious effort at this hop growing malarkey. I ordered 5 full plants from Great Lakes Hops (Cascade...