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If you're going to add valves, maybe a sight glass thermometer combo, check this guys shop out. http://www.brewhardware.com/ He's local, Piscataway, and a great guy to deal with. Picked up some yeast yesterday, so i'm ready for a double brew day on Sunday. Belgian Wit, and an Ordinary Bitter are what's planned.

Holy crap! Glad you're ok. Did the primer you were seating go off, or was it one in the disc that might of gotten hung up?

No, here's an explanation why, from a book called How to brew. Dimethyl Sulfides (DMS)/ Cooked Vegetable Flavors Like diacetyl in ales, DMS is common in many light lagers and is considered to be part of the character. DMS is produced in the wort during the boil by the reduction of another compound, S-methyl-methionine (SMM), which is itself produced during malting. When a malt is roasted or toasted, the SMM is reduced beforehand and does not manifest as DMS in the wort, which explains why it is more prevalent in pale lagers. In other styles, DMS is a common off-flavor, and can be caused by poor brewing practices or bacterial infections. DMS is continuously produced in the wort while it is hot and is usually removed by vaporization during the boil. If the wort is cooled slowly these compounds will not be removed from the wort and will dissolve back in. Thus it is important to not completely cover the brewpot during the boil or allow condensate to drip back into the pot from the lid. The wort should also be cooled quickly after the boil, either by immersing in an ice bath or using a wort chiller. When caused by bacterial infection, DMS has a more rancid character, more liked cooked cabbage than corn. It is usually the result of poor sanitation. Repitching the yeast from an infected batch of beer will perpetuate the problem.

All of my gear was purchased a little at a time. My wife couldn't stand the smell when i was brewing extract, so that's when the first turkey burner was bought so I could brew outside. After that I built the three tier stand, converted a twenty dollar cooler for my mash tun and saved some money to buy my ten gallon brew kettle. About a year after I started brewing I got a better job that came with a nice pay increase, and bought a few other things, like a chest freezer and temp controller to use as a fermentation chamber. I now have just about everything I need, and the only new things I buy are ingredients. Most of my stuff is diy also, like a stirplate made from a Radio Shack project box, computer fan, and some old hard drive magnets. Like you said earlier, there's a ton of good info on homebrewtalk.com.

I generally don't use kits anymore. Here's a link for Austin homebrew supply, they have a great assortment of kits. They also have their versions of commercial beers, if you want to make something similar one of your favorites. http://www.austinhomebrew.com/index.php?cPath=178

Haven't brewed in a couple of months. My all grain set up is in my shed with no heat, so sitting out in the cold isn't all that much fun. I usually do most of my brewing in the spring and fall for this reason. Currently in the kegerator I have a double chocolate stout, porter and a American pale ale. Planning on putting all the ingredients together for a double brew day in a week or two. I'm planning on a blond ale, and a Belgian wit. Here's a pic of my three tier brew rig for all grain. This is an older pic, I currently use two turkey fryers for the main boil and one for the hot liquor tank.

13 for 13, pretty basic questions though.

Out, have fun.

Might have to take you up on that, thanks.

Listening now, thanks.

You never have time to shoot all of your guns, when are you going to find time to ride around on a unicorn?

Here's a good site for Lee press info, http://loadmastervideos.com/

Alec, any videos of the 617 in action?

I think I must be the only one who thinks wet tumbling and all the extra work just isn't worth it. Is getting your brass so clean going to give you such better accuracy or reliability? I'll save the time and load more and shoot more.

I agree, I would of thought they would have been in Canada or Mexico by now.

Yes! Another home brewer here.

AB lost it a while ago anyway by selling out to the Belgian company InBev.

Missed you guys too, and unfortunately i'll be missing the next couple of matches too due to my work schedule. I might be able to get to Lower Providence though for the next couple of months.

The Philadelphia police dept. has lost an M16. During a press conference earlier the commissioner even said that "assault weapons" are used in less than 2% of crimes. http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Police-Department-203025221.html

Me too.

I also ordered some of these after seeing this thread, love them.

Yeah, what Ken said. I prefer to roll my own.

During a match last month I realized I had mistakenly purchased a box of Federals with SPP. All of this brass had been dumped in with my other brass from a previous match, so I just spent a good 15 minutes sorting through all my brass to clear out those little bastards. Major PIA, but I saved them and made dummy rounds with them for revolver reload practice, the rest are getting chucked.

I got the .180.

I put the Dawson precision front sight on mine, easy to install and makes a world of difference. Here's the link, http://www.dawsonprecision.com/CategoryProductList.jsp?cat=SIGHTS+FRONT:Smith+and+Wesson+MP+.22+Front+Sights