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Now that my basement brewery is complete and I am brewing larger batches, I have decided that continuing to purchase Wyeast Smack Packs is just plain crazy. Paying $16 for yeast ($8 per pack) for every 10 gallon batch of beer that I brew makes me cringe. I have already brewed 6 ten gallon...

Hey DIY'ers, I know that a lot of you don't venture over to the electric or automated brewing forums, unless you have or are moving towards an electric system. I have been building my basement brewery for quite a while now and am really close to being done. I have a thread over in the electric...

As I finish up my electic brewing system, finally got around to sending a water sample into Ward Labs. I just received the results and they are not looking promising. To give you a little insight, I'm on a well and have a light commercial water softening system installed in my house. I did...

I recently finished building my fermentation chambers and decided to brew my first lager. I brewed a 5 gallon PM German Helles and used Wyeast Bohemian Lager yeast. Wyeast recommended a primary fermentation temperature range of 8 to 12 degrees Celcius. I set the temp. controller to 11 degrees...

Here's a thread to chronicle my newest creations to properly outfit my rustic brewery. The next stage of the process is to build a cabinet to house my grain mill and motorize it. The cabinet will be built of similar materials as my keezer, bar, fermentation chambers, etc. and will incorporate...

You would think that with a cheesy username like Hoppopotomus that I would know a lot about growing/cultivating hops vines, but unfortunately that is not the case. :o I love me some hops....everything that I brew tends to lean towards the hoppier side (IPA's/DIPA's/Indian Browns/Indian...

I have been a member of HBT for a couple of years and have really enjoyed my journey with home brewing thus far. I have learned so much from the HBT members and have had the opportunity to build some really cool brewing related stuff. Unfortunately, my wife is NOT a beer drinker and although...

I'm slowly building the individual components to my brewery. This thread is to chronicle my fermentation chamber builds. Like my other builds, I'm going with a rustic design quality using knotty pine, cedar logs, etc. I'm building a lager fermentation chamber using an old Absocold dorm fridge...

For those of you have have followed some of my other threads, I have been promising a thread to chronicle my e-brewery build. Well, I'm finally starting to make some progress. I am wrapping up the rest of my basement and will be having carpeting installed soon. I spent a few hours cleaning up...

I have been having recent issues with "creeping" pressure issues with my system. Here's my setup: 4 kegs, 4 taps, dual body regulator, 3 way manifold off of one of the regulators, 5 lb. CO2 tank, with everything housed inside of the keezer. Recently I have been having terrible issues with my...

I made a nice partial mash pale ale with the more earthy, piney hop profiles (Simcoe & Fuggles). I have been wanting to experiment with adding cedar spirals to a brew, so now was my chance to make an earthy, danky pale ale to compliment the cedar. I just couldn't decide if I wanted to steep the...

I have an old Absocold mini dorm fridge that is in the vicinity of 20 years old....damn I'm getting old. It was my fridge in the dorms during my first 2 years of undergraduate school. Anyways, it was used for 2 years and 2 years only and then was stored in my parents basement, until they...

I have had three 15.5 gallon kegs sitting in my basement for the past 10 months, so it's about time to start converting these things. A patient of mine found these kegs for me, as his nephew works for a local distribution company and was able to get his hands on a few "retired kegs". Got all 3...

I'm getting ready to start converting my 3 SS Kegs into keggles. I have just started reading various threads about keggle conversions. I plan on ordering the weldless site glass/thermometer combos throug Bobby M and whatever other weldless fittings I can get through him. What I can't get...

Sorry...typo in the title....it should say "Thin T&G Paneling" Hey Guys....some of you may have seen my theads with my Cedar Log and Knotty Pine Keezer and my Rustic Basement Bar Build. So the Keezer is done and the bar room is nearing completion. (You can see Pics from the threads in my...

OK, so I'm brewing another Indian Wheat (wheat IPA or whatever you want to call it), which has become one of my favorites. I started with a Gumballhead clone recipe with all Amarillo hops and have since brewed this style numerous times with multiple different types of hop combinations. I am...

Is anyone familiar with the Love TSX-10240 Temp. Controller. It is a dual input (2 temp. probes) and dual output (to control two environments). It is designed for refrigeration purposes only. I familiar with basic household electrical wiring, but the diagram for this thing has thrown me for a...

OK, OK, OK.....At the request of several people, I am going to start this thread in the DIY section. ;) I already have a thread in the kegging/bottling section, so if you want in depth "play by play" information, pics., and details, you will have to follow the thread in my signature line. I...

I finally got my hands on a 7 cu. ft. GE chest freezer. I bought it from a couple on CL who only had it 3 months and decided that they didn't need it. I picked it up for $125 and they are about $100 more than that new! I am attempting to build an oversided cabinet with casters and dressing...

I know that this is a topic that has been beat to death on HBT, but I'm looking to make a 2 Hearted IPA clone and everyone seems to have subtle variations in their recipes. First off, I'm looking for an extract version (DME) with specialty grain steeping and plan on doing a 5 gallon batch with...