Recent content by brwbier

After so many years of making myself small enough to get into the carboy it would be a pleasure to have some other way to clean them.

I could be wrong but I think if you reboil beer you get non alcoholic beer.

Looks very usefull.

Where will the waste water go? Thats the one thing that keeps me from brewing in my garage. Brwbier

I would change #3 & #4 Port 3 Main beer out with tube 1/4" from bottom Port 4 Emergency out tube 3" from top of keg for when people show up without notice Brwbier

There seems to be a lot of first batch questions, so here's mine. I got a kit that makes 1Gal. It say's to ferment for 10 day's at 70 F. My basment is steadt ay 65 F. Should I rack it on the 10th day or ferment it in primary a few day's longer. Thanks Brwbier

35' copper coil, 1 garden hose, 2 hose clamps. Coil the copper around your bottling bucket to form the coil, cut the hose and clamp 1/2 on each end of coil. This will cool 10 gallons in about 15 minutes and at a reasonable cost. Brwbier

Take her out to dinner and be as nice to her as possible. Tell her you know it was an accident. She will feel guilty and reward you with a ....well you know.

How do you cool a sample fast enough to make a hydrometer usefull? By the time its cooled enough that part of the boil is past.