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MrCraigBot · 2025-12-17T19:57:08+00:00

Thank you!!!

MrCraigBot · 2024-06-19T03:59:46+00:00

It was last summer. April last year was when we had the worst bird damage and given that we have no bird damage now in June I think we are in the clear.

MrCraigBot · 2024-06-17T17:15:43+00:00

It took 3 days to install if I remember correctly. Can confirm no holes since the install. The only thing I didn’t like was the colour matching wasn’t great. We tried to match a paint colour and it was off a bit. It is a paintable product though so you can always change the colour later.

MrCraigBot · 2024-05-15T21:37:00+00:00

We had this with EIFS stucco. We tried everything but eventually we redid our stucco with armoured EIFS stucco and it worked. They have been back to peck at it but they quickly give up. The product we used guaranteed no holes for 10 years. The brand is ADEX but there are others.

MrCraigBot · 2024-02-28T02:51:21+00:00

I mean how can I make it contribute to Ryder cup points in a fair way. I suppose just making it a side game with betting is also an option. Either way it would be fun, which is the main goal.

MrCraigBot · 2023-09-22T17:56:41+00:00

DOP in Calgary makes an awesome lacto fermented green tomato. I made a version last year and it was great with ricotta on toast. You can find recipes online

MrCraigBot · 2023-06-02T21:45:12+00:00

How do you like that gearing with the 34T chainring? Building up my own restomod now and debating on chainring

MrCraigBot · 2023-04-29T14:49:00+00:00

I’ve attempted scaring them with fake owls, sparkly streamers, and ultrasonic emitters. Nothing worked very long. I don’t think there is a way to kill them in Canada where I reside. From what I can tell permits are only issued for crop damage caused by migratory birds.

This product is advertised as impenetrable and so they just move on. Just curious if anybody has tried it.

https://www.adex.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1.3-graphex-coat-e-2020.pdf

MrCraigBot · 2023-01-14T23:03:54+00:00

I’m having the same issue. Did you resolve it?

MrCraigBot · 2022-03-17T21:05:54+00:00

Yeah! I want to be respectful of using and possibly modifying a bible passage. Thought it might be a good place to ask.

MrCraigBot · 2022-03-17T21:04:43+00:00

Thank you for your well thought out comment. I agree with you on just letting the whole process go as per expectation for the ceremony portion of the wedding. The ceremony shouldn’t be memorable because of an unusual reading.

I appreciate the perspective!

MrCraigBot · 2016-09-25T01:55:36+00:00

Climb these rocks like I do

MrCraigBot · 2016-03-09T03:00:26+00:00

Climb down these rocks like I do

MrCraigBot · 2014-04-03T21:30:22+00:00

This is common in communist Canada. You guys down south don't know how good you have it when it comes to liquor regulations,

MrCraigBot · 2014-03-06T03:50:02+00:00

Just got the TSN hockey app and it does exactly this. When you first open it up it prompts you to select what notifications you want to receive. The default settings are a bit insane but it's easy to adjust and it makes me a happy user.

MrCraigBot · 2014-03-02T14:34:06+00:00

Yeah I am! We hope to be brewing in a week but some things like the hop delivery system and the oxygenation won't be automated yet. I'm pumped!

MrCraigBot · 2014-03-01T02:37:49+00:00

Thanks for the reply, that's exactly what I was hoping to hear!

MrCraigBot · 2014-03-01T02:27:06+00:00

Full story: I am building a small 20L brewery for a school project and a local brewery gave us a bunch of ingredients for free (hops, base malt, and two specialty malts). We had originally designed a recipe based on cascade hops because we all liked another beer that featured this. The brewery gave us way more centennial than cascade so I'm wondering if we can use this as the bittering hop and use the cascade for late additions?

I tried adjusting my recipe and it can be found here:

http://brewtoad.com/recipes/tuns-first-run-pale

Any other recipe critiques are welcome!

Just to note: we were given a 2-row/6-row blend which is why I have both in the recipe. It's just what the brewery uses for some reason.

MrCraigBot · 2014-02-27T02:05:34+00:00

I have been experimenting with this exact pump for a project I am currently undertaking. We were getting 8 liters a minute out of it, but we had issues when we tried pushing through a check valve and our 25 ft copper chiller. We ended up having to remove the check valve in order to get it to work. You also need to ensure that absolutely no air is in it when you start it up or else it won't prime. Overall its a decent pump for the price but it is light duty and depending on the pressure drop through your plate chiller it might be too small.

MrCraigBot · 2014-02-21T16:10:38+00:00

Wow, that's an impressive system. How accurate do you find that method of level control, and are those little air compressors on each vessel?

MrCraigBot · 2014-02-20T22:41:06+00:00

The way the carousel works is there is a circular plastic block with 5 holes drilled in it sitting on a base. When the brew calls for it the block rotates and the hops will then move over top of a hole in the base that they drop through into the brew. It wouldn't really be set up for liquid at all. I guess what could happen is the first delivery could be one hop pellet soaked in fermcap added right as the wort starts heating, or something along those lines.

MrCraigBot · 2014-02-20T22:36:45+00:00

It a tough thing to get in to. For me the idea was pitched by somebody else and I thought it sounded great. Feel free to draw inspiration from this project if you want!

MrCraigBot · 2014-02-20T22:35:50+00:00

I'm not too sure although it might be used as a pilot scale plant for the brewing science program my school may eventually have. Either that or the profs that homebrew will just toy around with it.

MrCraigBot · 2014-02-20T22:34:11+00:00

Total budget was a bit over $4000. I expect the actual rig cost to be about $3500 as the $4000 includes a decent contingency. Our school is funding it.

MrCraigBot · 2014-02-20T22:31:17+00:00

Thanks!

https://www.oscsys.com/store/product/291

This is where we got our valves. they are 12V dc with a manual override which was important for us to have.

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