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Well I have finally got around to starting this project. Here are some photos of the beginning. An addition I would like to add will be a glass rinser. Planning on 4 taps under the mirror. Where do I go for a drip tray for this possibly with a rinser attached? Ideas and feedback would be...

Well guys, I have years of beer brews under my belt but want to try a mead. I thought I saw some simple recipes before I ordered some things but can't find them back. Looking this evening, some people get pretty wild with some of this mead making. I suppose kind of the extract to all grain kind...

Well I posted a few times and never really got a total answer so I just winged it. I had no clue how to mount the main pole to the pot. What I ended up doing was using 1" black pipe. I mounted flanges to my half barrel pots with 5/16" bolts. I screwed a cap onto the top of the pole and drilled a...

Well I ended up getting some half whiskey barrels to grow my 3 hop plants in. I need to figure out the trellis now. How are people mounting a pole in the pots? I thought about pouring concrete into a 3" pvc tube with a galvanized pipe in the middle and somehow running 3 wires or rope down to the...

Well I had a few too many home brews the other night and decided to order hop plants from great lakes hops. Well now I need to get them planted when they arrive. I don't want to build a giant trellis and don't have a ton of time. I saw a few pictures of potted hop plants. Are there any write ups...

Hi guys, i've been brewing using a converted keg boil kettle as well as 2 - 10 gallon yellow coolers for my mash tun and HLT. Started getting into things again and I remember how big of a pain it is to use the gravity system. Also, I really need to knock some time out of brew day for various...

Hi guys, I tried to search but didn't come up with a ton. I'm a beer guy, but recently had a few bottles of moscato wines that I enjoyed. They were beringer moscato and bosc moscato d'sati. Liked both of them, they're super sweet wines which is what i'm after. Can anyone recommend a kit for me...

So I did my second all grain brew today, I've added a ball valve, dip tube, and thermometer/ site glass to my keggle which was nice today! But... I cut off my last 1/2- 1 gallon at the end because I was just sucking up trub that I didn't want in my fermenter. Brew day went like this, hit my...

so I installed a dip tube into my keggle finally and aimed it to the outside. I don't use a pump yet and just have 10 gallon coolers for my hlt and mlt. I'm brewing this weekend and I'm curious to try out some form of whirlpooling. I guess my question is do I chill everything down and then stir...

So I've recently started doing all grain. My buddy helped me on my last brew and he added some chalk, and other white substances to my water, checked my ph while mashing and I believe it was 5.2 which he said was perfect. Anyway, I use the ro water from walmart in the big blue jugs because i'm...

Hi guys, I recently went to an all grain set up and it's time to put some more stuff on my keggle. Currently it's just a keg with the top cut off and a few handles tig welded to the sides. After brewing an all grain recipe this weekend I realized it would be nice to have a site glass, my...

hi guys, just finished up making my mash tun and hlt, getting ready to do my first all grain brew. I'm confused about some of it. I do have beersmith and friends who do all grain, but they fly sparge with a pretty complicated system. So from what I gather... I'll mash in with whatever amount...

hi guys, I'm finally pulling the trigger on all grain. Just need to make up my equipment. I have keg I cut apart for a boil kettle and a large burner ready from my full extract brews. I have a gift card to lowe's to use up. Here's a link to the 2 coolers I'd like to use. Just want to make sure...

well I just want to price it out and see what it'll take to go AG. I made a stainless keg into a brew kettle already to do full boil extract brews and I have a large burner. I've brewed with friends and his very nice all grain set up that has a separate keg for sparge water and a pump system...

Well I'm brewing my first lager this weekend and I believe I have everything figured out and my fermentation schedule all figured out. I'll be using saflager s-23 and attempting a boston lager clone. Anyway, the thing i'm hung up on is at what temp I can pitch my yeast. I'm doing an extract brew...

Hi guys, I'm an extract guy who's done about 5 brews now, figured i'd try a lager this time around, my all grain buddies have done a few and have made a lager chamber. I don't really want to build one right now. I built a keezer and it's currently setting empty and unplugged due to not having...

Hey guys, just kind of cleaning up a bit tonight and I found a few things I forgot I bought about a year or so ago. Here's the list. 1 pound - CBW Pilsen Light DME 1 pound - CBW Bavarian Wheat DME 3.3 Pounds - CBW Golden Light LME 1oz willamette hop pellets 1oz centennial hop...

Hi there, I've recently made the change to all grain with a friend and I no longer need my extract set up. It has only been used 4 times and this would be a great way for someone to get into brewing. Comes with pretty much everything you need to brew extract home brew. 1- sq14 bayou classic...

Well my girlfriends sister and brother in law purchased an old farm house that came with fruit trees and grape vines in northwestern Ohio. The grapes have been identified by her family as muscadine grapes. I'm looking to make a batch of wine for everyone and I'm looking for a pretty sweet...

Hi guys, I've been doing the beer brewing thing for awhile now and my girlfriend saw some of the wine stuff in my midwest magazine so I figured why not since I probably have most of the stuff needed already. Looks like I need a bigger primary pale and one of those degassing whip things? My...