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I'm cleaning up my basement, and I came across this thing: Anyone know what it is? If not, please make something up.

Anybody ever have house-flies with green bodies congregating where you brew outdoors? I built a patio to brew on last summer and didn't have any problems with flies. This year, they are really thick--like 10 per square foot in places. I'm wondering if they're attracted by spills and...

I'm planning a parti-gyle brew and am going for a wee heavy, export, and light ales. Here's the grain bill: British Pale 36 pounds Carapils 1 pound Crystal 1 pound Roast Barley 1 pound Choc. Malt 1 pound Black Patent 1 pound East...

I broke my 2nd 6.5 gal. glass fermenter in less than a year (after 20 + years with no breakage). So, I want to switch to stainless. I typically do parti-gyle and make three 5-gal batches. I had three 6.5 gal glass carboys I was using as fermenters. I keg in 5-gal kegs. A simple switch...

My wife has this habit that irritates me. When she pours soda from a 2L bottle, she crushes the sides before putting the cap back on. I think that this makes the soda go flat quicker. Am I wrong? My reasoning is that, if the sides are crushed, the CO2 can come out of solution and never...

I was looking for an inexpensive way to add more capacity to the hopper for my grain mill. Here's what I came up with I call it the Elizabethan hopper extender. It's a re-purposed Elizabethan collar. My dog hated that thing.

Since I made my first post today in the DIY part of the forum, I thought I ought to introduce myself. I'm Dave. I've lurked on this forum for a long time, and have found it to be helpful, though I've never found it necessary to add my 2 cents--people are pretty good about helping here. I've...

I need your creativity and experience for my parti-gyle brewery build. Because my brewery evolved and was not intelligently designed it is a bit convoluted. Please bear with me. I finally found the money to invest in a pump, and I need a little help with the design of the plumbing. I'm going...