That's impressive - CONGRATULATIONS!

Yes I have - my wife likes mild ales, so Ashburne is the go-to for that, and I just brewed a Best Bitter with a couple of pounds of Ashburne in it - gives good body and mouth-feel - I like it!

Looks like it is readily available in the States - cheapest I found was $2.99/lb at Hopcraft Supply. Looks like an interesting malt - since most of my brewing is lower (less than 6%) alcohol and generally on the English Ale styles, it could add interesting malty flavor!

Yes it is - and so easy to use!

Me too - and yes, yeast is wonderful!

Check you are turning the mill rollers the correct way! I think most people use a drill (I do) to turn the rollers, try flipping the drill to rotate the opposite direction!

My thoughts are they are BIG brewing systems - what are you going to do with all that beer? Bottling or kegging are the typical answers, but the typical homebrew Corny Keg only holds 5 gallons (US). I "thought" I wanted a system that would brew 10 gallon batches, but the price of a fermenter...

LOL - the actual instructions were to mix urine 50/50 with water and pour it on the molehills, but we lived in a pretty secluded location - so I was sent out for the direct method!

An easy way to get rid of moles - urinate on the mole hills! We had a bad mole problem in a prior home - my wife read up on it and discovered the "pee on the hills" trick - so any evening we had been out, I was directed to the garden before I was allowed inside. Believe it or not - it worked...

I started in whole-grain much the same way - originally with kits and crushed grains. I found pre-crushed grains to be too fine, so purchased a mill and kits with uncrushed grains - much better! After getting the hang of my all-in-one system, I decided to create my own recipes, mostly...

Also don't forget that priming will lead to additional sediment in the bottom of the keg, not a huge problem but it can affect the first pint or two. I shortened the dip tube on most of my kegs by about 1/2" to avoid the sediment! Not sure on the purging times mentioned, I typically purge for...

The problem I have with More.Beer is they claim "free shipping" until you add something that doesn't qualify for free shipping - such as a 50lb bag of malt!

I use dry yeast and found the cheapest place is Amazon - often in multiple pack deals, but much cheaper than any of the homebrew stores! I do agree the price has risen substantially over the last couple of years!

I've been using the site for a while - the grain tool is also useful, especially when building a recipe from scratch!

That's exactly it! They are commonly referred to as "Bosch" relays, but there are many variations that are the same form factor. You can typically get them at any auto parts store.

I presume your charge controller is connected to a 12v battery, if not, it needs to be. You should be able to get a suitable relay (SPST) from an auto parts store - they are very common. Wire the output from the STC to the relay, and the relay contacts operate as a switch in the positive 12v...

Looks to me like that should work!

I have a 7cu ft chest freeezer that I got for $100 on Amazon Marketplace. Made a collar and installed three taps! It holds three corny kegs easily, plus other brewing supplies (hops, yeast, etc) and lives in my garage - works great and even in a relatively sparcely populated area there are...

About ten years ago I read a post in another forum from a staff member at a brewery regarding Star San - he stated that the Star San sales rep would show it's safety by mixing up a batch at normal strength and then proceed to drink it! It is sold as a "no rinse" sanitizer, so my guess is that...