Recent content by csamson

Wow that's awesome! I'd love to do that someday. I'm going to try and check out society of barley engineers, quaff and mash heads meetings in July to see what they are all about. I'm right on mission blvd, in between Yarmouth and Windemere on the west side. You can see my brew stand from the...

Did you end up joining a club out here? I've been in PB for about a year now and thinking about joining a club.

Tower is attached. Need some help holding the top whole I attach the hinges. In the home stretch!

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Update on the cedar bar. I haven't got to work on it as much as I would have liked to but had some time this last week to work on it. Put on about 10 coats of finish on the top and sides because I thought I would be keeping it outside. Turns out the girlfriend is on board with ditching the...

PB2 is peanut butter with most of the fat removed. Fat contains oils which hurt head retention. You may be able to get away with using straight peanuts but it will most likely either hurt head retention or not give you enough peanut flavor. To me it doesn't matter what ingredients you use as...

having the same problem. better pay that go daddy bill! :smack:

Ridin dirty ;)

Thanks man I really appreciate that. Learned a lot from your build as well as others. Not sure why the pictures aren't showing up on the first pages. I tried to take them as I remembered along the way. I've definitely put some time into it. Have a few hours left of finishing but that's about it...

Thanks guys! I'm really pumped for this to be finished. It's getting really close now. All I really have left is finishing coats on the top and frame and attaching the top. Put my first coat of finish on the top last night. The grain really pops and I love how the worm holes turned out. It...

This last week I epoxied the worm holes that went through the top of the bar. I went with West System 207 epoxy which cures clear so that I can see into the holes and should add more character. It was pretty expensive but this project is already costing a ton I figured why not go all out. I used...

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I bought some heavy duty 10” hinges from HD to attach to the frame and a ply wood top that will be screwed into the cedar slab. Got the plywood top cut and hinges installed. Also, put in the middle wall but you can’t see it in the pictures. I think I’m going to go with the mini fridge in that...

You could build a base for the freezer to raise it up within a few inches of the bar top? If you need it to roll out you will have to attach wheels/casters to the base anyways. That would get you close. Then if you don't want to mess with a fan or glycol you could run the beer lines through soft...

This weekend I was able to get both pieces planed down to the same height and flat. I took them out to a guy who had a 36” drum sander and it worked out pretty well. I used a hand plane to get the edges flat and matched up. Then I joined the 2 pieces together with oak dowels and wood glue. The...