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Hi - I'm fermenting a Saison and after a lot of reading I am using the approach where I step the temperature up one degree a day. The fermentation has gone well and is about to finish at the target FG of 1.011. My normal approach would be to wait 4-5 days after the FG is reached and confirmed...

Hi - I have a home bar with six beers and a drip tray. When I built it, it wasn't possible to have the drip tray feed into a drain so I have it drain into a bucket under the taps. After a heavy night of use I empty the bucket which is rarely more that a quart or two. However the silicone tube...

Earlier this year I got an Angram CO beer engine and posted a bunch of questions regarding the connections to a corny keg setup. Yesterday we had a bunch of people over and the hand-pulled English Best Bitter was a hit. Too much of a hit in fact and we kicked the keg! If anyone hasnt...

I have a brand new, unused, check valve from RLBS in England (Model EWL). This is designed to prevent the beer flowing forward through the beer engine when there is no demand (pump not being pulled) and is essential if you are building a handpump/beer engine setup. These are difficult to come...

Hi - I have recently got an Angram Model CO handpump and refurbished it. I now have it pumping water well and I am ready to connect it to a (de-pressurized) corny keg. I will be using a 2psi aspirator valve on the gas post of the keg I am pulling the beer from. I have done a lot of reading...

I am making two back to back 10 gallon batchs of beer in my CF10 conical and would like some advice about re-pitching the yeast. While I have harvested yeast before, I have never re-pitched it. The yeast I am using is Imperial's A09 Pub Yeast which is the Fuller's strain. The first batch...

Two years ago when I was planning my electric brewery, I was set on a ‘traditional’ three vessel system and read the electric brewing forums, watched the YouTube videos and @kal ’s excellent material on The Electric Brewery website. That all changed when I was convinced by several highly...

I am starting a new panel build and I have just spent 30 minutes online looking for handles to protect the control panel switches from accidental operation. The Electric Brewery sell some that are 12" long which is too big for my 12"x12" box. Does anyone have a source for these? I am looking...

I am using a Wilser bag in a 20 gallon Spike kettle and at the end of the mash, I tighten the bag using the draw-string, wrap the cord around the bag and make a loop which is what I use to lift the bag for draining. This has worked well over many batches but it is difficult when tying the hot...

Has anyone looked into using the new $20 Amazon ‘Smart Shelf’ as a keg level indicator? It would need some software mods but essentially it’s just a digital scale designed to notify users when the weight (amount of product) drops below a pre-set level. Just what we need to monitor keg levels...

Hi – I am trying to brew a clone of a beer I used to drink a lot of in England and have tried the recipe several times, but it has missed the mark. I decided to delve more into the water profile and managed to get a profile from the brewery and I have entered the characteristics into Bru’n...

Hi - I am originally from England and have been working on perfecting an English Bitter recipe. I tend to carbonate on the low side, but the beer doesn't quite taste the same as a typical pub ale. Today I kegged ten gallons of the latest batch of bitter from my Spike CF10 fermenter. I use a...

I have built a copper cored trunk line with six beer product lines to chill the beer from the Kegerators to the taps. i have a small submersible pump to circulate the cooling water and the flow is good. I realize that chilling a water reservoir in a kegerator is not the most efficient way of...

After six months or so of reading how homebrewers have tackled building an esthetically pleasing, reasonable costing and functional way of serving their precious homebrew, I have completed a beer tower and trunk line and thought I'd share the pictures here. My main design criteria were: - Six...

Hi - I have read a number of threads on here regarding DIY Trunk lines and before I start building one I'd like to confirm I have all the key points addressed. I have two Komos V2 Kegerators on order which will be placed side by side (with the recommended air gaps). There will be a total of...

I am building a home bar and will have six kegs feeding a homemade 'T' type tower and I have couple of questions. 1) The line length will be around 7-8' maximum. What is the best way to ensure cold non-foaming beer? Just insulate the lines well and keep them away from heat sources. Have a...

I am looking to buy a couple of kegerators to store eight corny kegs. I do not need the towers since the kegerators will be built in (under counter) and I will run the lines to a six tap home-made serving tower. In looking at my options there is either the Commercial quality Kegco HK38BSU-1...

Hi - I am building a bar but need to decide on how the Corny kegs will be coold before I finalize the design. I would like to have space for 6 kegs plus 2 'on deck' for conditioning. I realize this is a lot and could live with space for six kegs if needed. The kegerator would be located under...

I have looked at this thread but do not see a dedicated area for building bars. There are plenty of pictures of some sweet bars on Pinterest, but I am interested in what other home-brewers have found works and lessons learned. I am looking to build a bar with six or so seats, a lower bar and a...

Hi - I would like to find where to buy a right-angle beer shank fitting for mounting on a flat plate rather than a beer tower. All the ones I see available are curved for mounting to a cylindrical tower. I have searched extensively but cannot find these. This is a photo of what I need...