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Well... I haven't brewed in a long while and I'm trying to buy a house so it's time to let the brewery go. This is a steam infused recirculating Mash system it is simple and straightforward to run. A great head start getting into all-grain Brewing. I am located in Queen Creek Arizona but I...

I bought a 6 pack of these for yeast culturing and would be willing to part with 4 of them. I am looking for more flasks of different volumes or glass pitrie dishes, vials, or whatever yeast culturing related. I am open to other trades as well. I can box them up and ship if necessary.

I decided to do my 1st 2 batch brew day yesterday. I built my system to be able to do back to back brews with a 2nd BK and a tippie dump and a flash boiler. for sparge and strike water and also for steam injected mash steps. the brewing was going pretty well I had the 1st batch an octoberfest in...

So yesterday afternoon I took keg of wheat beer over to a friends to do some swimin. I ended up staying for some late night debaucherys. The wheat beer was most excellent and everybody got good and plowed. I vaugly remember geting a ride home. This morning i awoke to find four empty...

My brew rigg is nearing completion, and my brother (who's pockets are far deeper than mine) has offered to buy my 1st $300 in grain in exchange for puting together his keezer and filling it up. he allready has all the parts, just not the time. This has got me thinking that I desperately need a...

Well after much thought I have decided to start an official build thread. I started my rig build about two years ago, and have not made much progress untill recently. I have been documenting my recent progress on my help thread and have seen no feedback in the past few weeks so i decided to...

I have about 40 tri clover conections on my rig, that is not quite complete. It is all hard piped with 316L stainless. I already have about 20 PTFE gaskets that i have been using for mock up, but there are many different types of gaskets available PTFE, BUNA, Platinum Silicone, EPDM, Tuf-steel...

I have a broken 80 gallon air compressor i am planing to convert to a BBQ/smoker some time this summer. i was wondering if any one had any good ideas. i plan to split the lid and the cooking area in half so i could use half as a smoker and the other half as a grill or the whole thing as either...

I have a flash boiler similar to green monties that I haven't actually used yet. I like the idea of steam jacketed kettles and have been researching ideas for producing steam efficiently. I found this hydro sonic pump earlier this week and my wheels have not given me a moments rest. It is a...

i am in the prosess of building a single tier settup it is fairly standard HLT MLT BK all keggles. i started work on a flash boiler similar to Green Monties witch renders the HLT useless, and have been thinking i could have 2 BK's and one mash tun and possibly do 20gal batches from one mash...

Brewing on a budget is not all ways an easy task. I thought I would share my sight glass idea with the rest of you budget brewers, let me know what you think. I used an old rigid pipe threader to thread the end of 3/4 od. 5/8 id polycarbonate tubing. I used dish soap to lube the cutter. It was...

I am attempting to build a flash boiler similar to Green Monti's. I twisted up all the copper and am ready to weld or solder the bottom and top end. Green Monti tig welded his on the bottom. I was wondering if i could get away with solder. I scored half a tube of Sil Fos 5 from an HVAC guy...

I am going for a lighter amber with some distinct flavors but still easily drunk by the masses. i am still a pretty green Brewer so any input would be appreciated:mug: 10 gal batch 12 lbs light malt extract 2 lbs corn sugar 3 lbs crystal 40 1 lb biscuit malt 1 lb special b 1 lb...

This is not a glory thread. keg jigs are like ugly girls in high school, everybody has one and nobody wants to tell/show.but they get the job done don't they.:) So swallow your pride dig through your old photos and show it to us all. remember its for the greater good. someone will learn from...

I for one, am an American god fearing man. I have paid my Taxes Ten Fold. This country was founded on just a few principles. #1 freedom of religion, and a close second = HomeBrew, Thomas Jefferson said (At my table drink as you please, enjoy yourself and converse with ease) He wanted people to...

i am bulding a single tier rig. I have built the HLT and the BK, bolth with 3 ports each. valve (MNPT 1/2"), sight glass (MNPT 1/2") and a thermometer (FNPT 1/2"). I polished the hell out of them. they look awesome and i am so excited about them but i cant help but be bothered by the fact that...

I am planing a "trip" in south east az and do a peyote walk to clear my head and prepare for the year to come. I have no experiance with this type of "meditation"and would like it to be a good experiance. the plan is to stop smoking 3weeks prior, juice fast for 5 days to clense myself and go...

i have been using saff ale -04 powdered yeast for a long time on.i decided to do an experiment with the last batch i brewed 10 gallons on sunday 5 gal got saffale 04 and 5 got white labs London ale liquid yeast bolth fermenters got the same treatment. i just dump in the yeast and shook the...

I am building my rig for all grain and have been thinking of adding some electric water heater elements to my boil pot and hlt, i would like to use a pid controller as a thermostat but would not mind an on/off switch depending on the cost and difficulty. i am mainly looking to cut down on...

this is the plan and recipe it is adapted from the Complete Joy of Home Brewing 3rd edition recipe. 20 lbs orange blossom honey 8 lbs prickley pear fruit (ripe as it gets and frozen) 2 tsp powdered yeast extract 2 Tbsp pectin enzyme 1 0z prise de mousse yeast 1 0z sherry yeast The Plan...