www.nthba.org

Thanks Don. I made sure to get some 1/8" scrap to practice on and get the settings right. I've been reading all I can, but the proof is in the pudding. I'm going to miter 45 degrees in the angles, tack opposite corners to try and maintain square before finishing the welds.

I got my hands on some really cheap 1 1/2"x1 1/2" x 1/8" angles and I really want to try my hand at welding so I'm going to give it a shot with a flux core wire feed rig. If I end up with a warped mess, I won't be out that much $ and I will have learned I'm not cut out for welding. :)...

Frankly, stainless steel, paint or special coatings do not help you make better beer. IMHO save your money and spend it on items that help you make better beer (i.e. WIC, Ferm Temp Control, etc.) This is a pic of my single tier/dual pump set up in all of its rusty glory. True and agreed. Nice syste...

Thanks everyone. Wayne and Anthony, I'll definitely be keeping in touch. I saw that Academy conversion and I'm glad to hear it holds up to your brewing Bill. I've looked into that, shelving, wood frame, bolted perforated angle, single and two-tiered, etc. There are a lot of options out there. I like...

I'm not sure on the sticking disconnect. Is it a ball or pin lock? On the leak, you could have a bad poppet or (and I've done this myself) you may have mixed up your poppets during cleaning. Almost every keg manufacturer has their own poppet design and if you use the wrong one they can leak. Check o...

I'm building a single tier brew stand. I concidered bolding together perforated angle iron as seen in various spots on the web, but it looks kind of cheap and costs about as much as welding something sturdier. I've never welded before but I'm considering learning on this project. Alternatively, if I...

You could check Southern Indian restaurants around town. I know Pasand in Richardson carries Kingfisher lager and another Indian beer (not Lion). They may tell you their distributor or you could drink it with a nice Makanhi Chicken.

Are you hooking these up to a gas line? Propane contains about 2.5 times the BTU content of NG per unit burned according to this site: http://www.propane101.com/propanevsnaturalgas.htm I imagine you can get any size BTU burner you'd want, but at that rate, I'd think you'd want to have a direct line....

Thanks, Bill! That helps. I think people were talking about two different ways of adding oak to beer. I personally just soaked them in alcohol. The bourbon I soaked the American oak cubes in has a very distinct vanilla aroma now, and a very mild vanilla contribution to the Bourbon flavor from the va...

Ok, thanks all.

I lost at least 1 gal to blow off the first 2 days with Safale s-04, that is seriously active yeast. Ouch. I'm glad I formulated 5.5 gallons.

I'm going to use 3 oz American oak med. toast cubes in the secondary...hoping for more vanilla. If not, I've got a bean for backup.

Consider me corrected. Specialty beer. I'm going for the flavor because I had a fantastic bourbon barrel stout in Astoria, OR (Ft George brewery) and thought I'd try my hand at it. Since I'm soaking in alcohol to sanitize the wood, I wonder if there is the same concern about the steam/boil liquid is...

I'm venturing into wood-aged beer so I thought I'd plumb the well of experience here. Some people seem to prefer cubes to chips. Is this simply for uniformity and eliminating risk of wood flakes? I plan to soak the chips in bourbon. Most people all the whole slosh to the secondary. I'd prefer to jus...

Congratulations gentlemen. That's pretty cool.

Are you topping off a fermenter or brewing with it? I've done the former once and didn't have problems, but I got nervous and switched to RO drinking water with minerals added to take away the worry. There are those out there who will have a better opinion on the mineral content of Ozarka spring, bu...