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My friend kicks ass. A couple years into my brewing journey I picked up a used mill from someone on the forum. Since all it had was an input shaft I used my hand drill to power which worked fairly well. The downside is of course having to hang out with it holding the trigger. I tried ways of...

I've been fretting and futzing with my fermenter now that the cold has come. During the winter my detached garage dips into the 40s F, and sometimes flirts with the 30s F. It is well insulated but if I'm not using it the cost to warm it is considerable, especially for a batch of beer. In the...

Because they got me. I ordered TC - 1/2" NPT fittings for my plate chiller, and then got some 1/2" hose barb - TC fittings and some 1/2" hose. Already you probably know what got me here, but if not then you'll see with this picture. Even with this evidence I didn't really put this together...

Used to use the old hose barbs on every connection, and had a funky, purpose-built copper line trio that went through the bulkhead on my kegerator (so I didn't have to have the regulator manifold in the kegerator itself). I always ended up with gas leaks somewhere and went through a lot of gas...

I noticed that my rollers weren't rolling properly and after disassembling the mill, the four bearing sets were just barely functioning. Fortunately the part numbers were still visible so after some searching I found good looking replacements. I did make one change though. The originals were...

This is what you get when filling your barrel up too much and you got a lot of fruit in the bottom. And this is what you get when that fruit plugs up the three piece airlock. I got a little cleanup to do.

I need to work on some Lean initiatives...

I bought a jacketed conical and some accessories from Brewers Hardware last year, and I thought I would share that the experience has been great. Curtis was very quick to answer my questions prior to the sale through the chat function on the website, and then also through email. After purchase...

I'm looking at making my own hood for steam and CO2 extraction. I was wondering what CFM I should be looking at to efficiently extract all the steam and CO2. Any recommendations on numbers I should be looking at? I assume this will have to be a bit more stout than a Broan bathroom fan.

About a year ago I made a pilsner. I should say, I brewed a pilsner recipe. Something didn't go right though, from what I could tell. I opened it up at some point and sniffed it and it didn't smell right. Additionally it wasn't producing any bubbles, so I figured it was either stalled or...

I bought a sink for my garage that does not have any water supply or sewer hookups. My thought was that I could stub out through the wall for the waste and drain into a bucket, and for supply I would run the hose over to the outside wall with a two ended spigot. One end would route through the...

Just a heads up, when I was trolling through my local (Tukwila) Costco they had these stainless steel sinks for sale. Seems like a pretty fair price.

I am picking up a jacketed fermentor, and I also got a 5 gal coleman water cooler, an aquarium pump and an aquarium heater. Reason being, I ferment in the garage and this time of year I will be warming instead of cooling. My question is, is there any issues with using straight water in the...

I'm in the market for a fermentor right now, and I was looking at the Ss and Spike unitanks. Both have their advantages and their disadvantages, but after doing some more snooping around I came across the Brewers Hardware fermentors. I really like the extra TC ports on the lids (which is why I...

My old draft tower and faucet assembly had piston return springs between the shank and faucet. The new shanks are concave and the old return spring doesn't seat properly. I apparently can run them without return springs but should I? If not, any suggestions for replacements?

I'm thinking of my next beer and was tilting towards a red sour ale with blackberries. I'm curious what color the blackberries will add. My latest beer has blueberries and it has sort of a magenta hue to it, but the grist was 2/3 pale and 1/3 oats and so there was very little color from the...

I have a 15 gallon kettle I use for BIAB, and I was wanting to make some changes to it, and I am not sure how to proceed. Currently the kettle has all wellness fittings: 1.5 in TC port, thermowell and a sightglass. I wanted to weld on a TC port with a threaded section in the kettle so I can use...

I made a pilsner on the 14th, and had what I thought was unexpected pre-boil readings. I was under the impression that conversion is generally very quick. This is my first time taking gravities throughout the course of a mash and it surprised me that the gravity was changing all the way up...

This has been discussed to death I'm sure, but I decided a photoshoot was in order since I've ran about twenty batches through and had not heeded that advice. So without further ado: my balls.

I have a plan for an experimental batch that will revolve around fruit. I want to make a 6 gal batch of beer and split it into thirds, and one of these I want to sour. My original thought was to brew the 6 gal, ferment, kill the yeast, rack onto fruit and condition, then split, and sour 2 gal...