Temp Controller for HLT Gas installed

I got the temp controller and the ASCO 1/2" solenoid valve installed in the system today. I'll have to do a burner test run and see how hot it gets. Had to rewire a lot of stuff and I removed the mis-matched old ASCO valve in the bypass line of the HLT and replaced it with a matched one and use that one for the gas valve, since it only has a very small 3/16" orifice for flow.

Rye IPA Label

I just got a label for the Rye IPA made up. Going to put it on tap this weekend.

Double Dog Brew Day!

After finishing two separate all grain brews yesterday, a 10 gallon Horsetooth Pale Ale and a 10 gallon repeat of the Fat Tire, I was beat. Jason Hoodenpyle also was over with his brew frame and made 10 gallons of AG Black Butte Porter. So, I ended up with 15 gallons of brew last night (and I racked the Rye IPA to keg and bottled 5 gallons of the B52). So, I didn't have three blow off tubes, and I just picked the brew with the lowest OG and the one that had the most head space and put an air lock on that one...heheh. Well, guess which one took off the fastest? The pictures below are last night on the left and 12 hours later on the right.






Jason also had some great ideas about printing up some labels for our brews to stick on our kegerators under the taps to tell what we had. I came up with the following ones, which I printed out and stuck on some cool business card refrigerator magnets from Walmart.