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When you pitch on yeast that is in the fermenter. I transferred 30 gallons of an English Mild into kegs and then immediately dumped 25 gallons of a Black Rye IIPA on top of the yeast. I went out to check on it and noticed a beer/yeast sludge running all over my patio..

I had some people over watching my brew day and I wasn't paying attention to my HLT level. I heard a POP! from the breaker and immediately knew I ran it dry. I need to somehow have an auto shut off when the water gets low so this doesn't happen again, the elements are only about $12 but it's a...

I was getting tired of making labels for every beer I brewed and for the last couple months I've been too busy to come up with ideas so my beer taps went unmarked which confused the locals. I decided to make a change which actually made the freezer look much better and easier for people to...

I decided to give my new GoPro a try. I set it up for shots every 30 seconds and shut it off during times I wasn't doing anything. The result looks like I work my a$$ off..... :mug: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp80cBKPa78&feature=youtu.be

One of my pool repair guys called and had another pool filter for me (trade for beer of course). So for a 12 pack I got this beauty... There is a lot of scrubbing to do but for a free 30 gallon fermenter it's worth the work. I will do all of the cutting and have a friend do the welding (for...

I dropped my oxygen stone in the fermenter and decided to go clean the mash tun while oxygenating. I should know better... halfway through scrubbing it hit me I had my O2 going and I ended up with foam everywhere....

My kegerator freezer died and I needed a 14cu ft to replace it so my collar would fit. I found a 12cu ft for free so I took it and decided to use it as a freezer for hops, meat, pizzas...ect. Instead of throwing out my dead freezer I set next to the good freezer and piped cold air into it with a...

My braid was getting a little worn out after 4 years of use and a friend of mine found some large diameter braid at a scrap yard so we picked up a bunch of it and made a "mondo braid".... This stuff works awesome, even in the boil pot to filter trub. I bought a 90 elbow to connect it but found...

Just a few Tap labels I've made over the past couple months.....

I'm a cyclist so I like to make my lables bike related. I'm building a "fixie" (fixed gear) bike right now so I am playing on that.... What do you think of this?

I started off with a 3 tier system but got tired of climbing a ladder to get the HLT up and down. The other drawback is it could not be moved under my patio cover. I switched to a 2 tier because I like to gravity feed the boil pot so an extra pump is not necessary. The HLT and MT are electric...

I had an old hot stamping machine in my shop that was non-repairable so rather then let it go to waste I recycled it and made it into a brewstand. I still have a lot of welding and grinding to do on it still but at least it is starting to take shape. The large control box will house the...

I've almost got my brewery completely automated, the only thing I was missing was a float switch for the MT to maintain the mash level while sparging. The mash fluctuates less then an inch with this switch and if I shut off the sparge the HLT automatically shuts off also. I checked eBay and...

We needed a way to keep a lot of beer cold and a member of our club aquired a bunch of cold room walls from a failed BOP so we decided to put them to use. The So Cal homebrew fest is coming up so we are building boxes to keep 15 kegs cold. These are built like giant ice chests for kegs and...

A friend dropped off 100lbs on my doorstep. I can't use 100lbs so if anyone wants some I have them vacuum bagged in 1lb bags. I'm only charging freight for these so $8 a pound flat rate should be fair. PM me if you are interested. Hallertauer Tradition 6%AA.

After about a month of work my automated brewery is done. I got everything hooked up last night and powered up my brewery. I set the HLT timer to turn on at 7:00 and the MT for 8:00. After 2 hours they were both at 173 so it will take about 2.5 hours to get 30 gallons of water up to 180. I...

My project is almost finished, I got my pots welded up and now all thats left are a few minor details. I found some stainless tubing that works with the Love controllers probes but they don't make compression fittings that size so I had to fabricate my own. Here are the parts I bought...

I've decided to use electricity to heat the HLT and MT to save money on propane and also I want to wake up in the morning and have everything heated so I don't have to wait. So far I've built the control panel and got it mounted but since Im brewing this weekend I won't have the elements put...

After knocking my tap handles open a few times changing out kegs I decided to make tap handles that wouldn't get in the way. I set up my table saw and cut 3 X 4 blocks, drilled holes smaller then the tap threads and just screwed them right onto the taps. A little clear coat and some new...

We just got back from our annual Visalia trip and we brought our new portable bar. My friend did most of the work and I just helped with some sanding, staining and plumbing. We finished it an hour before we left but it definately impressed the crowd... More pics here...