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We have all heard the catch phrase of his famed book "Relax. Dont worry and have a homebrew." This is what happens when you have a troublesome brew day and take his advice too literally. If you cant tell that is 5 gallons of beer outside the keg That is the level it filled my (very thankfully...

Threw this together in about 45 minutes very simple to wire and adjust. Got a motor off ebay ~$40 ge 177 rpm Lovejoy connections L070 1/2" for the motor and 3/8" for the Barley Crusher. (Amazon) 20 mfd capacitor (match the motors capacitance) ~$10 (Amazon) Dpst switch and a 4" x 6" project...

Just looking for a new homebrew project. Anybody have a DIY grist case for grain in?

Will using a smaller diameter hose from the output of my march pump to the whirlpool valve increase the pressure? I'm looking to improve my whirl pooling power

I've been working on setting up my motorized grain mill. Decided to go with a low RPM drill from Harbor Freight that I found on eBay It has a ton of torque, and a lock on the trigger for always on I'm powering a Barley crusher with a 7 lb hooper... So part of making automating it is...

Big beer day for me, I got my fermentation chamber complete and inside the house which means the Oktoberfest that was initial supposed to go into it finally made it home. And now my keezer is now back down to temperature, and crash cooling my IPA and my RIS is hitch hiking some large ring temps...

Am looking to have a temperature probe connection on my brutus system so that. Can easily disconnect the probes when not in use. I have seen some people use phono connections to do this but I have no idea how to do this... Any help/insight would be awesome

Was offered a free working chest freezer but all I have is the outer dimensions (43x28x33) LxWxH I think this is about a 9 cu ft does that sound right?

Got a sample of an unnamed hop today looking to turn it into an IPA Breeding line 2000/109/728 Any suggestions?

Pieces before put together Assembled

All grain brewer, have a Brutus-esk set up but have a 10 psi propane regulator that causes my burners to eventually die out... What should I do?

I am thinking about making a caddy for my chiller and hoses similar to Morebeers Counterflow Caddy I need somewhere sturdy to mount my chiller and would like a good place to hang dry my hoses between uses. Has anyone done anything similar to this? would love some ideas.

Have TS-6 probes on my Brutus rig any way to put a panel mount connection for the probes??

I've seen it done but very rarely... Any ideas on this? I am thinking a Lonnie Mac style "dancing" 4 side plug so that the high pressure doesn't blow it out. But I am hoping to hear other ideas. Not interested in electronic starters!

I've always used lids in my brewing practices for no reason other than to cover the pots. I have seen that a lot of people forgo this. How necessary are lids?

I have recently spent hours reading and comparing the various Bruti all around the interwebs. And I decided that I was ready to auto mat my single tier system for the easy of consistency and replication of recipes. So I figured I would document my build as everyone else has so thankfully done...

I want to make a Russian Imperial Stout... in which I want to put a twinkie in the mash. With the end of the world coming I need my beer to push through. Any one ever tried anything like this? (twinkie in the mash that is)

Wanted to attach a drip tray to the side of my keezer with out drilling into the freezer walls and possible damaging the coils. I also wanted to be able to easily remove it so I could clean it. This is what I came up with I gorilla glued 4" l brackets to the freezer I used 4 2" block...

Just put 2 extra taps on my keezer, up to 4 now. So I wanted to make some DIY tap handles to do them justice. This is what I have got so far. The top is a bottom Corner trim piece with a beveled edge on 3 sides, I taped it off and only painted the front making for a nice frame like look with...

12.65 lbs. Pearl Pale Ale Malt 0.38 lbs. American Caramel 120°L 0.40 lbs. American Caramel 90°L 0.41 lbs. American Caramel 60°L 0.5 oz. Columbus (Pellets, 15 %AA) boiled 60 min. 1 oz. Cascade (Pellets, 5.5 %AA) boiled 15 min. 1 oz. Liberty (Pellets, 4 %AA) boiled 15 min. 1 ea...