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It was tough to come up with a brew day in grad school, so we did double two at onces. We set one 15 gallon batch going through the equipment, while simultaneously doing a six gallon batch in the bruheat. As soon as the sparge of the first big batch completed, the next grain went in with the...

or I could call it a "Cosmo . . . Nyet" to Harris my daughter who likes cosmopolitans . . . :p

yeah, we had to pretend to like it growing up because, well, astronauts . . . It's beyond me why anyone would consider tasting it again on purpose!

Further proof that they're in your ear, blocking their own sound . . . I've always just used qtips to swab out the inside.

Yes. You pervert. :p 🤣 It was the trip to the ER that did it for me . . . The rest of the club was trying to convince their wives they need to buy a begging system, and mine ordered me to buy one . . . (and it cost a lot less than the ER trip!) These days, my idea of "bottling" is putting...

oh, my. in 30 years of using them, I never noticed this or heard it . . . !

we're now drinking this, my first batch in more than a decade . I hit my target--my friend thought it was a heavy , high alcohol beer--but only 22 pounds of grain for 15 gallons. I used a heavy hand with the cara pils (4 lbs ?), and about 4 lbs of milled oats (I meant to use oatmeal, but...

I'd been toying with syrup for the adhesive, as it needs to be something that will simply dissolve in water or bleach water. Today a buddy stopped by, and had the bright idea of honey (which, unlike syrup, I have about). So we built this: Yes, a cotton swab tied to a coat hanger with wire...

that calls for an *animated* little yellow guy rolling back and forth, pounding the floor. And one of the ones I **can* find is one where I cut off an inch of the draw tube and removed the gas lone, to use as a fermenter. (although I no longer remember why, and later learned that you can just...

Oh, these were current when I bought them :p And there is a sealed pound or pound in there, too, of Saaz. Yikes, just checked, it's from '92! I have two children younger than these hops, and another neck and neck (what time of year do they get harvested?)

Piker. I'm unable to locate entire *kegs* at the moment . . . of course, I'm not sure how many I'm supposed to have, either . . . I had 17, plus a 2.5 and a 10, and was given a couple more, but then a couple of academic moves before returning to my house . . .

I just successfully used hops that have been frozen in airtight bags for more than a decade . . .

no, not that I know of for the pulldowns. A plumber buddy swapped my faucet out for one those; he buys them in bulk. Our faucet still kind of worked, but pressure had dropped due to our insanely hard water and lime buildup. It's wonderful. My wife loves it. Naturally, I found a couple of...

unfortunately, Jack left business after the fire :(

I picked up a new siphon starter (pump type) today. On the first use, it got a bit weird near the end, with a lot of air joining the beer. I figured that it just wasn't a very good seal, but upon removing it, found that there were some whole hops that had crept into the bottom. I pulled some...

much lower scale than a pi; it's an 8 bit, with a bit more punch than the Apple ][. About a dozen IO lines built in, 32k rom, 2k ram, and 1k eeprom. Also significantly less expensive, at a couple of bucks a pop for the generics. They can run off a watch battery in many applications. The...

there is a two or three dollar adapter at the hardware store to screw onto the threads for the aerator and give you the hose threads that these needs. However, I once attached one to an ancient faucet, attached the washer, turned it on, and . . . created several pinhole leaks as the old faucet...

an intermediate term project for me is an Arduino with temp sensors and displays, so that I can include calibration cables. I've never found a reasonably prided thermometer that has satisfied me. The last $8 brewing one I use cracked its tip while floating in water and bouncing off the bottom...

years ago, I replaced the drawer at the bottom of my then-refrigerator with plywood, probably 3/4, and was even able to put the drawer (or at least one) back in my frame. This time, with vertically stacked drawers, I may need to keep the assembly, including glass in place . . .

and now the ads below start with "Plaid Print Crop Top & High Waist . . ." I'm getting a kick out of this algorithm . . .