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.
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dyi temperature controller
Thursday, July 30th, 2009My 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 [...]
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new toy: 10 gallon kettle
Saturday, July 4th, 2009Yowzah. 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.
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new toy: copper immersion wort chiller
Monday, June 29th, 2009With 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 [...]
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dyi stir plate
Saturday, June 6th, 2009I’ve been hearing and reading from a lot of sources that a making a yeast starter is another powerful tool to make great beer. Giving your yeast ample time to multiply and activate before you pitch is essential to meet proper pitching rates for both store-bought packs and cakes recovered from your primary of a [...]
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