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So, I had the oats separate from the rest of my grain bill, since they didn't need to be crushed, and when it came time to brew I forgot to put them in the mash. I had already finished up an hour long mash and was getting ready to start the boil when I realized I had forgotten them. I wasn't...

Anyone go last night. What was your favorite beer? I had what they called a "Rye Aged Rye Stout" that I thought was amazing. If it hadn't been so busy in the tap room I would have tried to find out more about it, but unfortunately right now I don't know much. I'll still try to find out what I...

Not really a label, but I thought this was probably still the best place to share. So anyway, I just started a new home brew club in my area and I wanted to share the logo I designed. What do you guys think? We might do t-shirts too. Still trying to decide on a color scheme though.

I was working on adding some new grains to my ingredient list in Beer Alchemy and I discovered there are two methods for analysing them. IOB and EBC. And while some numbers like moisture and nitrogen are the same, others like extract % is wildly different. Can anyone shed some light on the...

Picked up this one yesterday, and just installed it. Seems to work well. I still need to get a stir bar before I can actually test it out though. 25-Ohm 3-Watt Rheostat - RadioShack.com

Sounds good. I'll stick with 9 volt power supply for now and swap out the potentiometer.

Thanks for the help on this guys. I liked this one because it had the on/off built in, and they guy at Radio Shack told me it would work. I could kind of tell they weren't staffing the same kind of expertise they use to though... Anyway, would it work better with a larger power supply, or would...

Ok, further testing show that turning the knob does adjust speed, the only problem is it is an extremely fine adjustment, and almost unnoticeable. Imagine if you turn the knob clockwise from left to right, you can feel that there are about 30 small clicks before it stops. Only the last two...

With the positives still attached to the top two, if I touch the negatives to pin 1 (bottom) and pin 3 (right) the fan turns on and off when pushing the button but still does not adjust speed when turning the dial. It only works when the dial is fully on.

I just attached positive from power supply (black with white stripe wire) to top left pin, and the positive from the fan (red wire) to the top right pin. When touching the negative from fan directly to negative of power supply the fan kicks on. Turning the knob does not adjust the fan speed and...

I see you edited your post while I was typing. Yes, touching the top two and turning the dial does adjust the ohm value on the multimeter. If I connect the two positives here, where do the negatives go?

I just tried touching the multimeter to pin 1 (bottom) and 3 (right) and I get a reading but it does not change when I turn the dial.

Here is a pic of the fan. It's attached to the bottom of the cigar box. Here is the back of the volume control push switch I was trying to describe. I figure it might make more sense with a photo.

I'm trying to build a stir plate and can't figure out the wiring. If I touch the + & - wires from my power source (a 9v cell phone charger) to my fan (a 12v computer fan, the fan powers up, but I can't figure out the prongs on the back of the control knob. Here is the control I have. 500K Ohm...

It will burn/char, but it won't catch flame.

Not really. I think it will clean up okay, and any stains will just give it character.

I do brew in a bag so it's nice to have insulation for my pot that is easily removed for when the mash is over and it's time to boil. I have two layers of leather with two layers of reflectix insulation sandwiched in between. I haven't tested it yet but I'm hoping it will work well.

How do you figure that? My software, Beer Alchemy, doesn't adjust FG based on mash temp, and I was under the impression that no other software out there did. I've been looking for a way to estimate yeast attenuation based on mash temps.

I was too late. The bottles are way over carbed now. I noticed a lot of them were leaking CO2 pressure around the caps and when I went to open one it shot out of my hand like a rocket. Flew across the kitchen hit the oven door and shattered the glass. The glass on the oven, not the bottle. The...

Thanks for the tip. I'll try that tonight.