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For local pickup in the 21740/25419 zip codes. Immersion Chiller - 25' of 1/2 ID copper - Well used, but still very functional. New vinyl hose installed and only used for 1 batch. Cools 5 gallon batches quickly. Even used on many 10 gallon batches without issues - $15 5L Erlenmeyer Flask -...

BrewsBySmith.com STC-1000 + Pre-assembled Temperature Controller. Excellent condition. Used on my chest freezer as a fermentation controller with zero issues. Unfortunately, I'm giving up brewing. Includes temperature probe, housing and power cable. $60 shipped tyd...

Sadly, I'm giving up brewing and am unloading all of my equipment. This is for local pickup only in the 21740/25419 zip code area. $600 - Nostalgia Kegerator KRS2100 - Custom built into 2 tap tower with ball lock keg fittings and custom copper tube heat sink for beer lines and tower. Built...

Was into homebrewing pretty heavily for a few years brewing at least a batch a month. Had a good working rotation of kegs, fermenters, etc. But since having my son, who just turned 2, I've only brewed one batch. So I have several kegs that are cleaned, lubed and sanitized that have been sitting...

Will be my first attempt at a grapefruit pale ale. Brewed up Kals Electric APA (which is GREAT by the way) 8 days ago. Seemed like a good base for a grapefruit pale ale judging by the last time I brewed it. Has been in primary in my fermentation chamber at 62 degrees since. Most of the reading...

What do you all use for you big starters, larger than 2L? I have a 2L flask and continually find myself needing something bigger for most 10 gallon batches I brew. Trying to avoid buying a 5L flask, but various gallon jugs I've tried have a convex bottom and always throw my stir bar. Any...

I have a new 7cu GE chest freezer and recently finished up wiring my STC-1000 to turn it into a fermentation chamber. Will be a bit nicer than my giant swamp cooler (spare bath tub) I've been using for the past 4 years. I plan to put the temp probe of the STC next to one of the fermenting...

Just recently tried a few different sours and I'm hooked. Am planning a brew in the next few weeks or so and had a few questions on saving some dregs. It seems that to get a little more complex sour pitching the dregs from a few different commercial examples is a good idea. Also seems like the...

Working on getting a chest freezer to use as a fermentation chamber. Throwing around ideas for a heat source and wanted to see what would be best and safest. Been looking at mini ceramic heaters on amazon and ebay that look like they would work well. My setup will be on a GFI protected outlet...

So I finally cleaned up, sanitized and pressurized the last 2 kegs from a recent batch of 5 I bought. One of the kegs has a leaky out post. It's leaky from the poppet and from the bottom of the post where it meets the keg. It's a straight Cornelius keg, with no other markings or names. So I went...

How often does everyone clean their QD's? I've pushed about 7-8 kegs through my two tap kegerator since I got it this summer. I clean lines and faucets after every keg. But how often should I tear apart the gas and liquid QD's to clean and sanitize? My 5# CO2 tank is about empty. Figured while...

Working up an APA recipe that calls for about 1# of crystal 40. Ordering my supplies from Austin Homebrew and my only options are crystal 20 or english crystal malt (60-74 L). Would either of these be an appropriate substitute? What about caramunich? It's rated at 30-48 L.

Planning 11 gallons of a Bell's Two Hearted clone this weekend. Going to have to mash thicker to get the 26#'s of grain in my 10 gallon cooler mash tun. Based on some resources, if I mash at 1.10qts/# the entire mash will take up 9.23 gallons in my tun. If I mash at 1.15qts/# the mash will take...

Working on a Bell's Two Hearted Ale clone and with 26#'s of grain at 1.25qts/# I'm going to overflow my 10 gallon cooler mash tun. What's the lowest reasonable water/grain ratio I can safely go to in order to get all of this to fit in my tun? If I adjust my mash profile in Beersmith to 1.15qts/#...

A month or so ago I converted a Nostalgia KRS2150, that was used and given to me, into a 2-tap system. SWMBO let me put it in the kitchen since the stainless matched our other appliances, SCORE!! But she didn't like the couple of dents that were on the door. They did make it look kind of rough...

Just bragging a bit, but I scored 5 ball locks yesterday for $15 a piece. They are all missing the liquid out dip tube, but other than that are in excellent shape. 4 are Corneilus kegs and one is a Firestone Challenger VI. At $5 a dip tube from Adventures In Homebrewing, I'm still making out...

I've made countless yeast starters from <1L to upwards of 1 gallon. I've always boiled my starters for 10-15 minutes then cooled and pitched my yeast. Have been recently using yeastcalculator.com to fine tune my yeast pitching rates and read a part that suggests only needing to boil starter wort...

Planning on harvesting Bell's yeast from 4 bottles of their Amber for an upcoming two hearted ale clone I have planned. Been doing a lot of reading on harvesting from bottle conditioned beers as this will be my first attempt. A few simple questions before I get started though. Bell's own blog...

AHS had this kit on sale so I figured why not and picked one up. I haven't done a kit in a while, but IIRC AHS's kit instructions are pretty vague. Was wondering at what temp you all would mash this one at, I was thinking 154+. Shooting for a 1.013 FG with a 1.052 OG. Will a higher mash temp...

I just got a carbonation cap that fits on 2 liter PET bottles. It's one of the ones that fits both gas and liquid ball lock QD's. Planning on using it to clean the beer lines in my kegerator. If I mix up a solution of BLC and have some leftover, will it store OK in the 2 liter PET bottle until...