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After buying a bulk bag of 5/8" washers last year and selling off the extras piecemeal, I just found the same vendor now sells them individually for $0.25 a pop: http://www.boltdepot.com/product.aspx?cc=12&cs=64&cm=6 (product #2951)

I'm many years removed from my engineering classes - will the evaporation rate in a full boil be higher or lower at cold ambient temps (assuming equal humidity)? I'm celebrating MLK day by brewing a British Bitter - close enough:D

Dusted off an old copy of Print Shop (can't believe it's still around) to make a label for my Wee Heavy - giving quite a bit away as gifts, otherwise the only labeling I do is a Sharpie on the bottlecap :D Recommendations welcome - I have zero design skills.

Whoa, nelly - first batch of EdWort's haus ale is in the secondary and I couldn't believe the size of the cake in my bucket. Almost 1/2" deep! I felt bad not having a new batch ready to pitch on top of it. I started brewing under the wyeast/white labs school of thought, but I may have to...

Hi all - did my second (and very satisfying) AG brew this week, doing EdWort's famous HausAle. As it'd been almost 4 months since my last brew :( (another AG where I forgot to take an OG reading), I measured the OG pre-boil and was understandably concerned when it came out 1.027, when I was...

I took a much-needed day off work today and the first order of business is to brew, damnit :D EdWort's Haus Ale is mashing comfortably as I type, and i'm just about to crack the first bottle of my last Wee Heavy batch for a little taste test. Yep, it's a fine day :mug:

AG n00b question: After forgetting to take an OG reading on my first AG attempt (d'oh!), I'm getting ready for round 2 with EdWort's Haus Ale. As I'm planning out the steps a question occurred to me: does anyone bother to cool their mash sample for a 'spot on' OG reading, or do ppl just figure...

First AG batch is in the can as of 30 minutes ago. It may come out tasting like ass, but thanks to all the patient experts here who suffer us AG n00bs. The good: The threads in this forum are invaluable, if only to remind us that there's more than one way to skin a cat I hit my target...

..in case anyone has wondered, yes, it is possible (and frankly almost too easy) to break the neck of a growler simply by pressing in a standard 6 1/2 stopper. It sheared off at a 45 degree angle and damn near sliced me wide open. Thankfully I had a backup, which I treated much more kindly...

After a painful but necessary 5 month sabbatical I'm returning to homebrewing this weekend. Did my starter last night, hoping for a nice cool evening for a patio brew session tomorrow. Other than almost forgetting to pitch the yeast in the starter (d'oh!), so far so good :cross: I'm going...

I'm over on business for the week (first time) and ambled into the corner pub next to my hotel hoping for a nice hand-pulled pint. Oh boy they did not disappoint :D I think the CAMRA folks must be doing a good job, it was a whole different kind of ale. Now I have to go back and reassess how I...

Pretty much went with the tried-and-true design of using a 4" collar to lift the lid and provide mounting points for the taps, the gas line, and the temp controller. WYSIWYG, only item to note is the gas entry through the side; there's a flare-to-ball lock adapter hidden in there to...

AG-n00b question for all the closet organic chemists out there: If you're mashing in a cooler and there's very little headspace (say, for a beefy barleywine), does it make any difference in the enzymatic(?) process as to whether you leave the lid on or screwed down tight? Assume for the sake...

Hi all - my first dry (well, wet) run on my homemade HERMS setup made it abundantly clear that the SST braid in my 10-gal MLT just doesn't provide enough flow to feed the March pump. The pump is a the same level as the MLT outlet, and it's only facing about 2' of head elevation (through...

Hi all - I'm building a simple HERMS setup and I want to mount a little DC motor on top of the heater tank, sticking down through the lid into the hot water so I get a pseudo-counterflow action against the copper coils. Can anyone recommend a source/spec on a motor for this kind of...

For those wanting to kick off spring by going AG, Northern Brewer finally has most of the MegaPots back in stock (all but 32 & 60 qt sizes). I just ordered a 40-qt for $109 and had them drill for a weldless valve & thermometer mounting for $15 more. Beats the PolarWare equivalent for almost...

A post a while ago pointed me to http://www.djlarrylive.com (<--now broken) for a simple HERMS setup, so to prove imitation is the sincerest form of flattery I'm building almost the same system. These are just some in-progress shots to get the same thing Larry did: Parts you'll need: >...

Okay, stop giggling and consider this as a serious question: The ubiquitous Rubbermaid coolers have ribbed exterior shells which doesn't make for a very good mating surface (haha) for bulkheads (assume the spigot is already occupied by the lautering bulkhead). I want to mount a thermowell...

I thought I saw a post on here a while ago about combating the humidity in a lagering chest/freezer with some sort of desiccant that came in a tub and turned pink when it was saturated. Does this ring a bell with anyone and do you remember the name of the stuff? Thx!

One of the last items for my 10-gal MLT is to rig up the return line for the recirculated wort (simple HERMS). It'll enter via 1/2" bulkhead at the top of the cooler, but I'm interested in opinions on how to deliver the recirc'd wort to the mash. (Note: I'm not planning to do any fly sparging...