Migrating from BrewPi (legacy) to Fermentrack
As you may know, I have been running a BrewPi controller for some time. I built one of the old school Arduino controllers and ran BrewPi on a VM. It…
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State laws regarding handheld ham radio use while driving
Here I am going to build a state by state summary with links to official pages where possible. This is mainly geared towards handheld radio use while driving – I…
Optimum Fiber installation review
First a little history – in the past we had Optimum cable modem service for years. Recently having been tired of the annual increases we dropped OOL and went to…
My Tesla experience, from a car guy..
I am not a super-serious car nut, but definitely a car guy. Have rebuilt a few from the ground up, do most of my own work, and am interested in…
Moving windows scanning profiles to another PC
We recently ran across this and searching did not give us too many good answers. Problem – User was moved to a new computer. In our case, they were migrated…
Force Carbonation Chart
Evert time I have to carb I need to search for this chart – so saving a copy of it here. Not sure where it came from – if it…
Rogue Dead Guy clone revisited
FINALLY got around to brewing this one again and curious to see how it turns out. Changed around a little bit based on what ingredients I had on hand.. Subbed…
Rogue Dead Guy clone
Ever since the first time I tried Dead Guy I have been a fan. Actually, like just about everything Rogue. Ever since I started brewing a DG clone was in…
Brew Area – April 6th update
As promised, sitting here cruising along at 28,000 feet, I am updating a few of these pages. the brewing area/Bar is coming along very nicely. I was originally planning on…
Black Friday Stout
I recently had the chance to brew up the Black Friday Stout that I got for christmas – finally had the time and gear. Got a chance to try out…
mini-update on brew area
OK really quick update for those following along – Decision has been made, it will be a U shaped workspace. Standing with your back to the basement corner – to…
Brew Dog releases DIY Dog
In the homebrewing world we are always trying to clone a great brew. Occasionally a brewer will help out and give some advice, sometimes even publish a recipe of theirs.…
Grand Cherokee Hemi 5.7 misfire and repair
Back in October 2012 we bought a Grand Cherokee. We had a Wrangler, but our family was growing, and the TJ just wasn’t going to cut it much longer. It…
Grain Mill – Modify a corona mill for homebrew use.
As I am using more grain in my brews, I finally grabbed a grinder. Since I am on a budget, for now I am using a modified version of this…
Equipment kits to get you started
A great place to start is with a pre-built kit. Yes, you could buy everything individually, and if you order from a bunch of different places you might save a…