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I'm nearly finished with a pretty massive kegerator (I'll post pictures of it soon). A couple weeks ago I mounted the collar and the tap box (which sits above and behind the freezer so they're out of the way when I want to open the lid and put kegs inside) on a 15 cu ft freezer I'd been...

I've spent the last 6 months off and on building a gorgeous keggerator. It has a tap box with 10 taps that rises out of the back of the collar - there are two 4" diameter pvc pipes with a 2" diameter pipe inside and the gap filled with Great Stuff. The pipes come out the back and then go up...

I really like Beersmith, and I've upgraded to version 2, but I'm a little annoyed with how successive infusions are calculated. Once I've got my mash going, I want to step up the temperature or perform a mash-out. In either case, I'm trying to raise the temperature of the mash and I don't care...

I'm in the process of putting together a kegorator. I don't have room in the garage for a chest freezer, so I decided to expand a mini-fridge to accommodate as many kegs as possible. I found a Sanyo mini-fridge on Craig's List for $50. I think it's the 3.6 cu. ft. version, which actually...

Here's the situation: I've been brewing for a year and a half and probably averaged about 1 batch per month, so I'm reasonably experienced. I had one batch earlier this year that was definitely infected. It's still in bottles, but they have a very obvious sour flavor that was not intended (I...

Just wanted to remind everyone to vote in the run-off tomorrow. It doesn't matter whether you're a Republican or a Democrat (or independent for that matter) or even which primary you voted in. In Alabama, all registered voters are permitted to vote in run-off elections. In case you didn't...

I realize that there are about 400 threads here asking which grain mill is the best, and pretty much every single one of those threads has about 50% of the responders saying they loved their Barley Crushers, and then another 30% is roughly divided between people praising either the Monster Mill...

Hello all. My wife came across a venison chili recipe that calls for a beer as part of it. I believe she said the recipe recommended an American Lager. Since it's going to be cooked as part of the chili, the exact type of beer probably doesn't matter too much, but I was wondering if any of...

This is an online comic strip I've been following for a couple years. The author started a series about homebrewing. In case anyone is interested: http://reallifecomics.com/archive/100112.html

Within the past couple weeks I've had 3 different bottles break on me when I went to uncap them. The top centimeter or so of the bottle sheared off along with the cap. In all three cases the remaining beer was completely flat, telling me that the bottles must have had small cracks preventing...

Hey guys, I've brewed one AG batch so far, and it turned out pretty well. I've learned some things since and want to make sure this batch turns out far better! I'm making a Belgian Quad tomorrow. Here's my grain bill: 8oz Cara Vienne Malt 4oz Chocolate Malt 2.5lb Munich Malt 13lb...

Hello, I have a Dry Stout (AHS extract recipe) currently in the primary. When it finishes fermenting I'm planning to experiment with some of it. I have a 3qt glass jug in which I wanted to try a pepper stout and a 1gal jar that I'm hoping to use for a coffee stout. For the pepper...

These aren't mine, but this is the cheapest I was able to find 10 gallon round coolers: 10Gal Coolers $35 + shipping for Rubermaid (Gott) industrial cooler. Anyone see any problems with this or is this a pretty good deal? I haven't been able to find these things for less than about $50...

Hey guys, I recently got my fermerator going in my garage (see my thread over in the DIY forums if you want to see pictures), and it seems to be working well. One question I had was what the ideal temperature setting is. I initially set it to keep the fridge between 65 and 68. However...

My wife took me down to our LHBS for Valentine's Day and told me I could get what I needed to start brewing my own beer. Little did she know what an obsession this would become! We live in north Alabama, and temperatures are in the 90s fairly often, which means our house stays around 77F...

Minutes ago the Free the Hops legislation passed the Alabama state senate! This bill raises the maximum ABV of beers sold in the state from 6% to 13.9%. This bill previously passed the house and now goes to the Governor for signing. There is a chance that it will be vetoed, and tomorrow is...

It appears that I do, in fact, have a stuck fermentation. I brewed a 5 gallon batch of AHS' Cannonball Stout (extract recipe) back on March 28. I measured the OG at 1.115. However, I realized later that my reading was probably inaccurate. I took my sample from the spigot at the bottom of my...

Hello, My third batch has now been in the primary just shy of two weeks. I'm making the AHS Cannon Ball stout (extract recipe), which ended up with an OG of 1.115. I pitched two tubes of WLP007 and also added a capsule of BrewVint yeast nutrient to give the yeast a good running start. I...

Hello, I'm working on my 2nd (and 3rd) brew at the moment. It's AHS' Mild Ale extract kit with their 1% ABV boost additive. The recipe is as follows: 0.5lb 2-Row 0.5lb Crystal 60L 0.25lb Chocolate Malt 5lbs Amber LME 1.5oz Fuggle hops at 60min 0.5oz Fuggle hops at 5min It's been...

Hello, Well, I've only managed to get through one batch so far and my buckets are already scratched (both of them). :mad: I was cleaning them out with an extra bottle brush we had (too big to fit in beer bottles) that appeared to have a nice padded tip. Come to find out, there was a nice...