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Yeah the elbow is possibly concerning but I overlapped the joint so there is some overlapping structure on either side of it so... fingers crossed :) The winner was planning to use it eventually so I suppose I'll find out one way or the other :tank:. The one I made last year was most...

Something a little fun and different I made for this years club contest prize paddle. I do fear it may be a bit tricky to clean... but it was fun to carve. Back Front Clavicle :pipe:

Hey wilserbewer, Obviously it depends somewhat on what you have available and how you like to work. You could do it all with tools-with-tails (like a foredom power carver) but I tend to work a bit more on the hand tool side because its somewhat about the process. In this case I did the...

Thanks! Remember its sort of like brewing in that the more mistakes you make the easier it gets. My first attempts looked more like a the work of an angry beaver adjusted later by a pack of rabid squirrels. There are several issues with this one as a user. All the little crevasses would...

This years endeavor. Falls a bit on the fancy side of fancy versus functional. Its one of the prizes for our clubs competition so it will likely end up hanging on a wall anyway :mug: Cherry with walnut oil (which will polymerize and thus not affect the beer if they should choose to use it).

No longer mine, but one I made as a prize for our local club. Now hangs on the wall of the proud winner :mug: The one I still use is.. less impressive looking :rolleyes:

For lower gravity ciders (say ~7% and lower) I've found that champagne yeast tends to dry it out to much for most peoples taste buds (I like it but the boss tends to be grumpy :D). Have had good success with US-04 for dry yeast and make a really fantastic batch with white labs "farmhouse blend"...

Completely anecdotal but just for the record here's what I did and how it worked out. When I built my coffin I put a frame around the corners of the freezer to stand the skin off by about 3/8" (so not a lot but some) and left air gaps of the same size at the back and bottom of the side panels...