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Just moved back to North Carolina from Colorado and was looking for a new homebrew shop to get my brewing supplies and kegging stuff from. I was happy to find Atlantic brew shop right off of Hillsborough st near NCSU. They have huge building with an awesome selection of grains, pellet hops...

I was talking with SWMBO this weekend about christmas presents and she agreed that I needed a Beer Engine to serve my cask ales because gravity dispensing is just not good enough:mug:. I was wondering if anyone around here had one laying around or knew a good place to get one. I have looked...

I pick up some more Corny's and was cleaning, replacing o-rings, and pressure testing them when I noticed that one of the lids was off a ball lock keg. The lid does not fit quite right so I was wondering if anyone had an extra pin lock lid they were looking to get rid of. Let me know. Thanks...

Hey where have you guys been picking up your tri-clamps. I am looking for 1.5" Tri-clamps with a 1" MPT and 1" FPT to make a quick disconnect for my RIMS tube hot water heating element. Brewers Hardware is currently out of them. Thanks Chromados

I went toy lhbs to pick up some wheat for a kolsch I am brewing tomorrow and they had pale wheat what I had never used before. I got 2.5 pounds of that as well as white wheat and was wondering if anyone has done a kolsch with the pale wheat. What would you use if you had the choice? Chromados

Well I finally convinced myself to pick up a new Pin Cask to have some real ale parties throughout the summer. I have never used a Pin/Firkin so it should be a very fun interesting experience. Cant wait to fill it and tap it in the coming weeks. Chromados

Well 3 weeks ago I brewed a 10 gallon batch of something like a Strong Belgian Brown (which I know is not a real "style"). Well its fermented down and is ready to go into my bourbon barrel. 10 gallons moved from the fermentation chamber to the kitchen. The 3 strains of Brett I will be...

Hello, Just about to order my Brett and bacteria from BMW and was wondering who you prefer, Wyeast or White Lab. I usually use White Labs yeast but I have heard very good things about Wyeast's bacteria and brett. Chromados

Hello, I was going to see if anyone had a firkin keg that they are looking to sell. I am hoping to have a firkin party every month or so this summer and am having trouble finding a source for the kegs. Let me know if you have anything. thanks Chromados

Hey, I am about to order my Love TSS2 and there are 4 to choose from. I am pretty sure I am getting the "Dual stage temperature switch, °F, 115 VAC." from http://www.dwyer-inst.com/Product/Temperature/TemperatureSwitches/DigitalPanelMount/SeriesTSS2/Ordering. Please correct me if i am wrong...

Hello, I am in the process of building my fermentation chamber and am in need of new temperature controller. I was looking at the Johnston/Ranco thermostats as I am not confident at wiring (unless you have anything like Love Temperature controllers for dummies that can walk me through each...

So I got my 8 gallon Bourbon Barrel in the mail the other day that I am planning on putting my sour ale into and aging it for a year and a half. Has anyone ever done anything like this before? I plan on infecting it with 3 strains of Brett and was wondering what I needed to do to prepare the...

I am about to start a new sour project and am looking for a 7 to 8 gallon barrel and figured I would check here first to see if anyone had one they are looking to sell before I buy one from a supplier. Let me know if you have anything. thanks Chromados

I have some random stuff that i have sitting around that is just taking up space so i was wondering if anyone local was interested in any of is (sorry im not interested in shipping). 3 Inch Single draft tower. It came off my Marval Kegerator, I still have the gasket and screws but i harvested...

I am about to put in an order for a brew stand from PinupBrewery and Brewers Equipment. I was thinking about upgrading from the normal burners that come on the stand to propane jet burners but i have heard many mixed reviews about these burners. I would love any ones input who uses these burners...

I just pick up a Selection Original Cabernet Sauvignon wine kit from my local homebrew shop what i plan to start next weekend. I have only brewed beer before this wine attempt and was wondering what you sanitize your equipment with. I use starsan usually and was wondering if i can use this for...

I have not brewed many wheat beers as i do not really care for them but i figured i would change it up tomorrow and brew a Dunkelweizen. This is only my 2nd ever wheat beer and i thought i read somewhere that you should not use Clarifiers such as whirfloc tabs in wheat beers because you want to...

This weekend was super nice here in Colorado so SWMBO and i decided we would make an Irish red for St. Patty's day. It was a simple recipe with 10.5lbs of grains. Here are some pictures from the evening. Irish Ale Yeast Starter SWMBO and My homebrews: Milk Stout and Belgian Wit...

Hey, i have been surfing the web looking into pick these up. I know AHS used to carry them but I cannot find them online, do they exist any longer? Chromados

Well on Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day i am going to attempt to teach my girlfriend to love the brewing process as much as she loves drinking homebrews. I was thinking one of the recipes i would work with her would be Austins Homebrews Rye IPA. I love rye pale ales and IPAs so i figured lets...