Isn’t she/he (needs a name…) beautiful! I was having a terrible week…two actually. 60hr+ of work in each. I was exhausted, tired and realized I still had Xmas money, so I invested in steel. Right now the scottish 80/- is inside carbonating for it maiden voyage. Looking forward to a long happy life together.

My dad had an extra PID temperature controller ‘just laying around’ and so we managed to wire up a temperature controller for my old college dorm fridge. It manages to keep it +/-4 which is less than ideal but better than the wet-towel system I had before – not to mention it cost me $11 [...]

Yowzah. Picked up this beauty from Northern Brewer last week. Just…awesome. Completely dominates my stove (which can’t even bring 5 gallons to a boil). To compensate, I am also building a 2000W heatstick. Can’t wait to break this baby in.

With my commencement rolling by last week, the family celebrated and donated generously to the beer-making budget. First purchase? A 25′ copper immersion wort chiller, essential for bringing 5+ gallons down to pitching temperatures. I have been lurking homebrew forums for a while and considered scraping together my own until I saw this excellent deal [...]