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I picked up a second pump to allow me to set my mash and kettle on the same tier (fell off a ladder. ouch.). I'm doing some layout diagrams to figure out my new flow. I figured I could also save some water by recirculating cold water from a second cooler. Bonus, I could potentially use it as...

After falling off a ladder with my last brew day tending to my mash, I decided it was time to get a second pump. I have a Little Giant 3-MD mounted to the bottom of my BrewLadder to return liquid to the mash tun, but wanted to move to single tier. So I bought a Chugger. Since I break my...

One of my other hobbies is BBQ. In fact, it's a bit more than a hobby; we roast a chicken in the Big Green Egg about once a week. I've often thought about getting a pitminder to control temps and allow me to do some lower and slower cooking. Meanwhile, I'm thinking I need to step up my...

I've slowly been collecting equipment for kegging, then took a hiatus from brewing for a while. At first, I bought a kegging setup from Keg Cowboy (5lb tank, regulator, hoses 'n' stuff). The secondary gauge was bent so they sent me a replacement (nicer than the first). I never bothered to...

My mother is notorious for bringing crap to Thanksgiving even when we tell her not to. My wife spends days baking from-scratch pies. My mom brings a grocery store (and likely at it's expiration date) pie. I tell her we're avoiding soda due to our toddler and health reasons. My mom brings...

Anyone do any galvanized water trough growing? Last year, a friend and I placted six rhizomes in his back yard (he likens himself a one-acre farmer) on a whim. He changed churches and moved and we lost touch. The plants did very little and I wasn't stressing about it. Last summer, we put...

one of my other intersts is gastronomy. I love food. I read a lot of food blogs. This just came across my radar. http://www.bonappetit.com/blogsandforums/blogs/badaily/2011/08/hopped-up.html I may not get a decent enough yield from my first year Cascades and Willamettes this year...

My brother is a budding graphic artist and has launched a webcomic. It's sort of a zombie-exterminator thing. http://www.slackjawcomic.com I was joking with him that he should develop a brand identity for my homebrewing and incorporate the brand into his comic. Sort of like Duff Beer in the...

The portable kegging kit I just ordered (5# tank, regulator with high pressure gague, and picnic tap) arrived yesterday. The high pressure gague looks damaged to me. The disc with the markings is bent back. The housing seems fine and the lens on the front isn't damaged. Just looked like it...

(Blog repost. Thought y'all might get a kick out of it) With summer nipping at our heels, the desire to brew and BBQ is getting too strong to ignore. Family plans shifted and I found myself alone last weekend. We are putting a new deck on the house in a week and will welcome the new deck with...

I am about to start trying to replicate batches and tweak to improve them. Once I dial in a recipe, I will want to keep records of each subsequent batch (actual values measured, fermentation temps like ambient and liquid temps, gravity curves, etc.). I know there's a tab for a recipe, but that's...

So, I had a pump problem. (see thread here - https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f36/brewmergency-progress-sparge-question-250747/) Now it' raining HARD! I'm about 60 minutes into a 90 minute boil. The rain is coming down like crazy, so I tossed a round cookie sheet over the keggle. Am I looking...

So, I took advantage of my wife and son going to the in-laws this weekend and put together a simple SMaSH. I drove the family three hours to meet the in-laws and drove back. OBVIOUSLY, I got back much later than I expected. But what the heck, I figured I'd brew anyhow. This is my first...

I may have a brewday opportunity coming in a few weeks. I'll be driving home from a family reunion and my wife and son will be going back with her folks. It's a six-hour drive, so I'll be trying to leave mega early to come back for a brew day. This will also be my first brew on my new setup...

Cross-posted from my blog, but I thought you guys could relate: One of the biggest questions asked in the Homebrewtalk.com beer forums is “what’s your advice to a new brewer?” My answer to that is often to decide from the outset what size batches you want to brew, then buy...

I am reworking my old brew setup to incorporate a new CFC and keggle. I am thinking of capturing the hot waste water form the CFC in my cooler mash tun to then be circulated through the system for cleanup. I will be using my outdoor water hookup, so I am planning on getting a RV water supply...

So, I'm a bad, bad homebrewer. I left my Bayou Classic SP10 burner out in the wet weather for a few months. Stupid townhouse with no place for storage for MY stuff! :mad: The frame is a tad rusty and the burner is as well; neither of which bother me too much. I figure they'll be okay like...

I have plans to learn to weld to build a small frame for the brewing setup. In the mean time, I am designing a stand for a corona mill to be pedal powered. The base for the mill will likely be black iron pipe with the corona mill mounted on an upright pipe. I could devise a fancy table top...

I'm 98% sure they aren't, but are ball valves directional or do they need to be installed pointing in a particular orientation related to liquid flow? I got a keggle from Kegglebrewing.com and it's awesome! Terry did a great job on it. I had him put a coupler on the side just under the handle...

My wife has gotten into baking bread with whole grain flour that she ginds in our Blentec blender. (It Blends!) This sucker has 4.2 HP and is amazing. I want to build a barley mill for brewing. I have a few friends who are coming together to form a sort of co0-op, sharing the costs of...