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After 3 years of growing hops I finally needed a better way of packaging them. I have several pounds this year and wanted to store them to save as much space as possible. I saw another DIY project that I borrowed from. Previously i was able to store approximately 2 oz of hops in a 1 gallon...

Just thought I would share a technique that saved me on the last two brews that got stuck. The main cause was a thin layer of crust at the top of the grain bed that was responsible for the mash not draining properly. The easy remedy was breaking the top crust ( I used the handle end of a...

I just got my hop plants in yesterday; From left to right we have 2 Hallertauer, 2 Williamette, 2 Cascade. The shipping only took a day but some of the plants look a bit wilted. I plan on transplanting from the 1" square pots to 5" pots today (might be root bound I figure). Hopefully they...

I have been trying to come up with a simple DIY flash boiler to cut down on the time it takes to heat up water for brewing in the kitchen. Inspired by another thread I thought what if you made an "immersion heater" and stuck it into a counter top deep fryer. By adjusting the flow pressure of...

I recently made the switch from extract to partial mash. I have converted both the 5 and 10 gallon mash tuns using Fly Guys DIY convsions; Taking a queue from Bobby_M regarding his single infusion double sparge technique Calculating the maximum that the 5 and 10 gallon mashtun can do...

I was reading over a thread recently concerning Big hop flavor with 1/3 the hops and thought that was a stellar idea. When adding pellet hops in the aroma / flavor stage you might get better hop utilization if the pellet were crushed. I noticed recently that the hop pellets that were added...

Hi HBT'ers I have wanted to grow my own hop's this year. The closest supplier on the internet was Crannogales out in British Columbia. I was talking to the neighbor and she knew of a local supplier Richters scroll down to hop section So I decided to place an order for 3 Cascade and 3...

I went to my first All Grain Brew last weekend and could not resist picking up some equipment when I was in Home Hardware today; The 10 Gallon Rubber Cooler went for $66.99 The 65 000 BTU Stove went for $69.99 Cant wait to try them out sometime soon Cheers BeerCanuck

Hi HBT'ers Im trying to purchase a Ranco/Johnson controller to control the temperature of a Ice Cream fridge I aquired; Im looking for a Canadian Distributer to avoid duty / exchange / brokerage fees any advice Cheers BeerCanuck

Hi HBT'ers I decided to put a stir bar together and purchased the necessary materials; I used a 4.5 fan and used only one magnet; Here is the Starburst Stir Bar loaded into a liter flask; And here is a stardard Stir bar loaded into the flask; I decided to get both types of...

Hi HBT'ers I was talking with a restaurant owner recently and he mentioned that he had a freezer in storage that he wasn't using; Needs some work but I was happy to see that a Sanke keg fits along with 3 Cornies. It will probably hold six Cornies if I needed it and the price was right...

I was checking out some podcasts and ran across this; http://meetthegimp.org/getting-the-old-shows/ I have been using the gimp for a while...I liked the first and second episode. For those who have issues with mp4s; VLC got to love open source in win/mac/linux Cheers BeerCanuck

I was reading over some general threads regarding sanitation. One huge time saver that I use to save on cleaning/sanition time is a primary pale liner (26" X 36 " clear extra strong bags) ; The cleaning of the pale is simplified immensely by removing liner after racking.The used beer bag...

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I was checking out a local pet store for aquarium tubing for another project While walking through the dog food tray area I spotted this; not bad for $14 bucks Cheers BeerCanuck

Hi HBTer's Ever notice that the first few beers that you pour might be influenced by the trub at the bottom of the keg? What if the beers came from the top of the keg? Basic premise is shortening the output tube on a standard keg to incorporate the attachment of a flexible hose. The...

Hi HBT'ers I have always wanted to get one of these gadgets as a backup for my primary 5lb C02 tank as well as portability for my 2.5 gallon keg. http://www.northernbrewer.com/kegs-disconnects.html I believe you also need the flare air disconnect as well. The problem is I have searched for a...

Hi all HBT'ers I just emptied another 5lb C02 tank today :( I believe there must be some sort of leak in my system. This the third tank in under 3 months. Just wondering if I could get HBTer to chime in on there Refill statistics; Size of tank in lbs: serving/force carbonation pressure...

Hi HBTer's Im going to brew a double batch of my favourate local beer as an experiment. Usually I just follow the instructions and the beer turns out well in a single 6 gallon batch. Brewing 2 batches a week is a bit time consuming. I looked around to see if I could find a big Brew pale...