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While brewing on my brew stand setup a few weeks ago, I realized I needed a better way to fill my pots than just dropping the hose in and turning the valve on at the wall. I have cam-lock quick connects on all my pots, so I came up with the following. There's a B type Cam-Lock fitting, a...

I brewed up a 12 gallon batch of Saison this weekend. It was a bit of a fustercluck of a day and a few things went wrong. Now I'm trying to figure out what exactly happened. First off, my mill was acting up and I ended up getting a crush that was quite a bit finer than normal. with quite a...

After years of checking Craigslist for deals on Corny kegs, I finally scored two tonight for $25 each! Now up to 5 kegs in good working condition and 3 that are in need of some parts and TLC.

After much planning, designing and acquiring of parts, I have finally started the build phase of my brew stand. It will be a single tier stand with three burners and two pumps (direct fired RIMS MLT). I thought I would start a new thread for my build so I can post photos of the progress. I...

Don't you hate it when you go to a brewpub and order a beer only to get a beer that just isn't that good? I went to a place over the weekend and ordered their IPA. I had to send it back it was so bad. The beer either had an infection or their lines needed cleaned badly. The second beer was...

I'm in the process of designing my Brutus-esque brew stand and I'm looking to order a regulator and hose to supply the burners. I'd prefer to mount the regulator onboard the stand so it's not flopping around with the loose end that connects to the tank - seems less likely to get damaged from...

I'm hoping to start building a single tier brew stand in the not too distant future. Right now I'm in the planning stage, designing the stand and various options. I'm going to start fairly simple and add on as time / money allows. The first phase will be the stand with three burners that will...

Does the carb level of a beer in a corny keg affect the flow rate when pouring? I have a keg fridge with two taps. I have a double regulator with one regulator going to each keg. I recently put a third keg in the fridge and teed off one of the regulators for the third keg and I'm using a...

Well, I just found out that I'm heading to Iceland on Monday! We have a new project and there is going to be a kick-off meeting on Tuesday. I'll be flying out Monday, arriving in Iceland Tuesday at 6:30AM, meeting with the client all day and then flying home Tuesday evening! I've done some...

SHMBO and I went out of town this weekend and on the way home stopped at a brewpub about an hour from home for lunch. The waitress came to take our order and I asked what beers they had available. She said they didn't have any of their beers available! WFT? I was in utter shock and probably...

Where I work, we sometimes have customers send materials to us for testing. Last year I had a customer ship material in large (15 gallon) stainless steel drums (aka brew kettle). Today we received in a shipment with the material stored in these: Usually the customers don't want the material...

I've seen several recipes posted here that list a Munich malt with a 20L SRM, but I'll be damned if I can find this malt anywhere. So far as I know, none of the major online HBS carry this. Where are people finding this malt? Specifically, I've seen it in Yooper's Dead Guy clone and in BM's...

I'm not druck so this must be mindless mumbling... Fu<k you Microsoft and your automatic reboot after installing updates! Whoever thought it would be a good idea to just go ahead and reboot your computer without asking you, while you're in the middle of doing **** should be shot in the...

Have you guys seen these tap handles? http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-beer/tap-handles-pid-C100-4.html http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-beer/tap-handles-pid-C150-6.html These look pretty slick. It would be a fairly simple way to label which beers you have on tap. They have...

some time ago, I decided I was going to make the leap to all grain. I purchased a cooler and converted it to a mash tun, I bought a burner and picked up a large brewpot. With the help of my machinist brother-in-law, I even built my own grain mill - basically a Crankenstein clone. Saturday...

Has anyone seen this: http://www.alcoa.com/reynoldskitchens/handi_vac/en/home.asp Looks like it could be a less expensive alternative to the Food Saver. I picked one up at the grocery store today for $8.99 and there's a $5 rebate so it's worth a shot! I'll post an update when I've had...

I'm gearing up for AG and am looking for some input on a burner. I scored a stainless kettle that would probably hold about 17 gallons. I'm just looking to do 5 gallon batches right now but I suppose I could do 10 gallon some day. I am considering the Bayou SQ14 and the SP10 right now. I was...

I brewed a batch of a Fat Tire clone and it tasted great going from primary to secondary and from secondary to keg. After a little over a week in the keg at 12 psi, I dispensed a glass and it tastes weird. It has a very strange off taste. Any ideas what could be causing this? These were soda...

I brewed a 5g batch of BYO's Fat Tire clone recipe on the 15th. http://byo.com/recipe/685.html I transferred it to the secondary last night and tested a sample. Wow, this one's going to be good. Even warm and flat, it tasted great. SWMBO even tasted it and agreed. This is going to be...