Recent content by AtotheJ

I too enjoy a few pints every night. Sometimes I have a few more, and some days I don't drink any. I can agree that it is my passion as well as my hobby. Has anyone thought about taking Milk Thistle? It's a supplement used for liver protection. I've read about it but I feel like this...

There is place in Humble, Backyard Homebrewer's where I bought all my corny's from. Cool dudes and good prices.

I can second Deep Ellum. I'm from Houston, but when visiting my friends in Dallas we usually pop into Deep Ellum. Their IPA is pretty good, and they are doing some cool stuff from what I see on their Facebook.

Did you use just regular sand paper by hand, or did you use an attachment for a hand drill?

I've done some searching on here for a few days reading about the Hop Spiders and the benefits of whirlpooling. I've done a few brews on my new AG setup, and I've continued to use the Hop Spider with a 10 gallon paint strainer bag attached to it for hops. On the last brew I found that the bag...

I just decided to scrap the paint around the burners all together. The original burner location was way too high and forced flames out the sides. During testing at the original height is when the paint started melting. I moved the burners down another 2 inches, 4 inches total from the bottom...

Ya I paid for it but it doesn't bother me that they didn't clean it up much. There is no way I could have done any better on my own. I have zero experience with a welder and it would have cost me a lot more to go out and get one and materials to try it myself. The place was close to the house...

I actually had the stand made before I had the pumps, I just gathered some information and guessed on how big to make the space to put them in. In the end, when I finally got my pumps it was very difficult to mount them to the steel plate because it was nearly impossible to tap screws to the...

Thanks bud, ya i saw the missed a few spots but no big deal. Plus for the price, I can't complain. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check out that flameproof paint. I'd like to have some sort of coating around the burners and not just bare metal.

After months of lurking and looking at all these rigs, I finally get to post a mine. Just a single tier with 2 BG-14's and two chugger pumps. I plan on doing a HERMS system eventually, but for know I wrapped the mash to insulate it. My friend took the awesome pictures of the stand...

My good buddy is a photojournalist and came by the other day and took some nice pictures of the rig all finished up. Pumps mounted. I had the stand built before I had the pumps so I guess-timated the space for the pumps. With the top part covering the pumps it made it impossible...

After a few extract brews under my belt, I decide to jump head first into the all grain. I've liked the single tier so I decided to go with that. After a few months of looking and researching I found a set of plans to go with. There is a local iron place near by that makes gates, doors and...

Thanks for the heads up man. Looks like I'll be returning that false bottom and exchanging it for one with a rigid tube.

I'm planning on expanding my brewing system from my single converted keg. I have secured a second keg for my HLT, and have been debating buying the 10 gallon Igloo for my Mash, or buying another keg. I have already ordered a 12" stainless false bottom from Williams Brewing: As well as a...