Recent content by kilohertz

Well I am jumping in with both feet, with this setup, it will be my first brew...however I may try brewing something more simple while I am building this. Been reading for years, growing hops for years...need to get off my butt and just DO IT. Cheers

Thanks guys, Yes, flapped clean and smooth, pretty nice edge now....and yes keg 2 and 3 I half filled with water, although the slag didn't stick in the first one and the smoke residue came off with a little scrub with a scotchbrite pad and BKF. HERMS coil arrived yesterday, most of the...

Finally got my old plasma machine into the new shop, and today was the first time I have really used it, came up with a cool way to cut mostly evenly, I don't know if this is good or not, I will have to look at your projects to see how I did. I used an old nut that just fit on the torch head, it...

As promised another update on my polishing experience. 2 more kegs, both the same as each other but different than my first one. These had a nice satin finish on them and virtually no scratches so they didn't need much pre prep work. The first one I just used the fine Gator pad(blue) over the...

OKay thanks for the help, I knew it would be a difficult guesstimate. I may try to find time to excavate a trench to put the water line in, but it's a long way away and would need to access the existing waterline underground. I think for this year the barrel idea will be what I need to use. I...

Hello Brewers I am going to be jumping in with both feet and am in the process of building my little brewery in the corner of my shop, it will be electric HERMS all grain etc, still learning but I think those are the correct terms. I don't have water plumbed to the shop so I will be storing it...

Hi folks, Just found this thread. I'm just north of Vernon BC. I have a 135 plant hopyard, many varieties, am just gathering parts to build my first electric brew rig...it will be Arduino based, still reading, learning about HERMS RIMS etc... have many kegs and stainless fittings already, many...

Once again, thanks boys for the info and explanations. After further reading this morning I too discovered that the pump is only good for 158*, and did some more reading on counter-flow chillers, which I will either buy or make. The auction wasn't a total bust, I managed to buy some nice...

OKay thanks for the help. I guess it's not as useful as I thought. I think I may be able to use the pump on the stand, the Italian Rotor 30, it's the one attached to the carbonation tank thing. Could I use the cold plates as wort chillers? Maybe put them in a freezer? Are they filled with...

I have been wanting to make my own beer for a few years now, I built a shop this past winter and now finally have the space to build it, and have been gathering all things stainless etc for a while. I want to build an electric setup, PID or Arduino etc, so I have been looking for things to use...

Thanks IslandLizard, It was a lot of work but a good learning experience. So to continue my story, today I discovered that different kegs have different properties, and it seems not one formula will work for each one. First thing I noticed on the next keg I polished, is that it seems a lot...

I am about to build my first brewery setup and found a post about polishing kegs, they look great when they are gleaming, so I started searching for the items mentioned in various posts, mostly stuff coming from Lowes, which we don't have in Canada. I spent most of the weekend shopping around...

Holy shiny kegs batman! What did you do to get that beautiful look on your kegs? I would love to make mine look like that. I'm just starting my little garage brewery and I should probably polish them before starting the cutting, drilling and such. Thanks! PS after another coffee and a little...

I know this is cheating but I need a little more practice on my machine. Decided to dig out 5 of my "mystery" hops and replace them with something else. Amazing how fast you can get a hop plant out with 30HP. :) I have most of the basics already, but want something more exotic. Sorachi Ace...

We don't have gophers but we have voles (relative??) smaller version of a mole and they eat anything with roots. Are you sure they are gophers? Seen them pop up? Lost an apple tree and they are definitely in the hop yard and digging under the roots, but my hops are still doing fine. Good...