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  1. _JP_

    Georgia Lot: 246 Brn swing top bottles, 5gal elec HLT, 5gal MLT, 4 fermenters, 5 carbouys etc

    246 Brown swing-top Grolsch bottles (rare!) 2 bags of rubber gaskets for bottles 14 crates for bottles 56 12-oz bottles 4 7gal plastic fermentation buckets (nice and wide, reduces foam) 5 glass carboys (3 with plastic crates) Bruheat 220V heater, controller, bucket, lid 7gal boiler or...
  2. _JP_

    Georgia Wife-approved kegerator/bar, 4 Perlick 525s, 13 kegs, 2 25lb CO2, dual regulator

    Up for sale is my custom-built kegerator. Features: Chest freezer, custom insulated collar on top (3 yrs old, purchased new) Holds four five-gallon corny kegs Four Perlick 525 forward-sealing taps Recessed wine rack (with hanging wine glass storage and room for pint glasses) 25lb CO2 with dual...
  3. _JP_

    2013 Chinook harvest

    Here's my 3 year old Chinook. Year after year, she gives me 2 harvests... one in September, the other in May/June. Here are some pics of harvest numero uno for this year taken today... 1 lb 1 oz wet. Oh, and 100% organic! More empty than full kegs nowadays, I think I'll make a "wet hopped"...
  4. _JP_

    Short's Brew Pandemonium - what yeast strain?

    I'm a Georgia boy who picked up a 6'er of this whilst in Michigan a few weeks ago, and was wondering what yeast these guys used. I was going to add the dregs in the bottle to a yeast starter and add this strain to my yeast collection. I searched, and all the recipes I found for clones use...
  5. _JP_

    Anyone else harvesting yet? (May 2012)

    Due to our exceptionally mild winter here in ATL, my 2nd year Centennial [EDIT: Chinook] has taken off and is days away from its first harvest. Cones aren't quite there yet, but very close! I had sticky fingers after plucking it! Anyone else? Texas guys? PS - my other hops (other than Zeus)...
  6. _JP_

    Chinook grew 11", CTZ 12" in 24 hours

    As of 4/3/7pm EDT: 2nd year plants, in 24 hours: Chinook: +11" (61"; yesterday 50") CTZ: +12" (58"; yesterday 46") Magnum: +8" (58") Centennial: +4" (51") Total height: Mt Hood: 10" (weakling!) cascade: 7" (weakling!) Brewer's gold: 21" (had 15+ shoots, but not growing as fast as...
  7. _JP_

    Recent dads (and moms): any last minute advice?

    Our first baby is scheduled to be delivered Friday morning (induced labor - Doctor's decision; wife has a very small frame; was 100lbs 5'0" before all this). 11-11-11 is a cool birthday, and only 5 days before her presumed due date. Stone's got an Epic brew for that day, I'll have to get my...
  8. _JP_

    Some people say i have a drinking problem........

    but I think I'm pretty dam good at it! Yea I started early... Getting windows in today. $7000. Might as well use my kegeragotor
  9. _JP_

    Relating batch sparge theory to decoction mashing

    <....thoughts retracted>
  10. _JP_

    Oh why oh why did I have to find this.... (hops for sale year round)

    http://stores.ebay.com/Great-Lakes-Hops Looks like they're propagating by rooting cuttings; which is OK, as long as they survive shipping. Now to decide which ones I can make room for...... I'm envisioning pots of these overwintering in my kitchen so they'll have a good root structure...
  11. _JP_

    Found my new favorite TV show - "Three Sheets" (AND it's on Hulu for free)

    We're pretty picky about the TV we watch, only following a few shows. This one I stumbled on and really liked. Kinda half "Late Night with Dave Attell" and half documentary about drinks and drinking customs around the world. Lots of beer and breweries. Zane, the host, is pretty funny...
  12. _JP_

    Copper racking cane DIY

    Lately I've been no-chilling and racking my wort hot to the primary, and both the polycarbonate and CPVC racking canes I have just can't stand up to the heat. I wanted a SS cane but they're $16 after tax: http://www.brewmasterswarehouse.com/product/0102243/30-inch-ss-racking-cane and figured I...
  13. _JP_

    Smuttynose Homunculus Clone

    I'm no expert on Belgian beer, but I really liked this one. (I'll admit - the label caught my eye in the store while looking for something new, so home with me it went) 9.9%abv, balanced hop character. I didn't see any clone recipes out there, but did find this...
  14. _JP_

    side-by-side Ferm chamber/kegerator just bit the dust

    UGH! - last night, I noticed the LCD's were out on my temp controllers. Hmm, tripped breaker? Opened fridge door, and light is on. The circuit I had powering the controllers is dead (which also fed the compressor start/stop). No problem, I'll rewire it to use the light's 120V circuit. Not...
  15. _JP_

    RIMS/HERMS people - do I need to stir during dough-in, or can the pump handle it?

    I do building/process automation for a living, and am in the design phase of a fully automatic ("hands off") brewing rig using discarded/old parts from work, and fabricating the rest myself. My question is, during dough-in, I know to stir the mash to eliminate dough balls. Will recirculating...
  16. _JP_

    Phew; work done, now football time

    Just kegged 2 apfelweins, racked a bitter to secondary and dry hopped, and bottled a barleywine (which should be ready for when the first born gets here in Nov.), along with scrubbing and sanitizing 38 Grolsch bottles for the barleywine. About 6 hours total. Had a few "samples" while I was...
  17. _JP_

    Mold? (Pics)

    Apfelwein, still in primary (started 5 months ago...) Pasteur Champagne yeast. Been there for a couple months. I'm planning on racking to keg through a screen and forgetting about it, but does anyone recognize this guy? He's about the size of a quarter.
  18. _JP_

    About to tap my first keg of homebrew...

    I kegged an ale that was supposed to be a Stone AB clone, but way overshot my OG - I think it was around 1.080. 5 gal. 6/26 - racked to keg, primed with 1/3c corn sugar. 78°-80°F ambient. 7/13 - moved to 45°F kegerator (I know I know, not quite 3 weeks, but I was hoping to bottle some from...
  19. _JP_

    What's this bug? (pics)

    The moth looking thing is bigger than a silverfly (and I haven't seen any eggs anywhere), and neither it nor the grasshopper looking thing seem to be eating the leaves. They're both on multiple plants, and I've seen the grasshopper thing for a few weeks now, every time I go out to check on...
  20. _JP_

    Ferm chamber/kegerator control question

    Trying to make a side-by-side fridge into a ferm chamber (fridge) and kegerator (freezer). I have one set of contacts that controls the compressor/fan. The freezer "control" is a dial that mechanically moves a damper between the 2 sides. I bought 2 dual-stage digital temp controllers to...
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