Recent content by brewfiend61

I had some left over nicely figured curly maple boards. I edge joined them with dowel technique, cut to size, routed edges and finished with polymerized tung oil. I used construction adhesive to secure to keezer lid. I drilled the holes and mounted the tower. Sent from my iPhone, if all...

I'm in too. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Hi fuzzewuzze, That's the cool thing about liquid chalk. Once it dries, no smudging. Yet it wipes off easily with a moist paper towel. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Thanks for the gracious comments! I bought the inserts at morebeer but I think they are pretty easy to find on amazon and beverage factory. I've even seen them made out of stainless as well as brass. In retrospect, stainless might have been better. Screwing them into the hole requires some...

I decided to make my own tap handles and share the project. I like the 'chalkboard' style handles but the commercial ones would look a little too crowded on my 3-tap tower. I thought I could create a set that would provide enough room for nice labeling and for little cost and effort. The...

I don't know about anyone else, but I have many corny kegs and at times I may forget what brew is inside it. I have been looking for an simple, reliable, inexpensive, disposable method to tag my corny kegs. I found these on ebay. They come in packs of 1000 for about $16. They are key tags...

Thanks colohox! Yes, 52 is a typo. It was 152. How much lactose would recommend starting with?

Hi everyone, This would be my first real post. I am looking for input regarding flavor adjustments made to a 'finished' beer. The problem is the flavor of a recent all grain brown ale is bland and a bit thin. I was attempting to make a Southern English Brown and I thought I had a decent...

Hi everyone, I thought I'd better put a post here as a way of introduction. My first post was actually on the vendor give away area. I finally decided to make it official by joining whilst simultaneously getting a chance to win a new conical fermenter. Been brewing for quite some time...