Recent content by Burgia

Do not build with aluminum. I found out the hard way this past weekend. I've read several opinions about aluminum brewstands but didn't see a definite answer. I was leery when I built the stand but my access to aluminum made me risk it. I can most definitely tell you now, DON'T DO IT. My...

Thanks, good idea on the bottles. I save my commercial bottles and have several Sam Smith, Fullers, Sierra Nevada and some Belgian trappist bottles, my buddy gives me all his Red Stripe bottles too. Now I will just need to try and seperate them.

Thanks Revvy, my beers are carbed fine and I don't drink them earlier than 3 weeks. The only reason I want to add more it to match the style. Tastybrew's calculator is telling me my hefe should have 4 volumes of co2, that seems high and scares me. I will probably drop this down some. Any...

Thanks, would 9 oz even be safe?

Is 5 oz really max? I used the calculator on TastyBrew and it's telling me to use 9 oz. for my Hefe

Thanks Conroe.

I'm following a recipe that calls for 97 grams (.422 cups) of DME for priming sugar. I usually follow the basic 3/4 corn sugar for 5 gallons, and thought this sounded low. It's Orfy's Hobgoblin recipe (97 grams) so I trust the recipe, just wondering if maybe this is a typo in the recipe.

Yes, tig welding. I have 15 years experiance welding, 8 years welding sheet metal (mig, tig, and carbon arc) and another 7 welding aluminum for signs. Sadly I now sit behind a computer all day so anytime I have an excuse to fab something I get pretty excited. Asked a co-worker here and he...

Never heard of that before, but I've never welded anything that needed to be this clean on the inside. I was actually thinking a lot about the weld burining through the backside and even thought about welding the inside. It wouldn't be smooth inside but it would have been cleaner. This sounds...

If by purging you mean, pre-boil with water than yes. I plan on boiling for an hour or so. If I should do something else, please elaborate. Maybe you're talking about getting the oils etc. out of the metal? I was hoping that a good cleaning and then rolling boil of water would do this...

Decisions, decisions. I'll have to drink/sleep on this. Sounds like the 16ga would be plenty heavy enough. I can make this pretty easy too. Liked the looks of the one DIY SS pot. Thanks for everyones help and suggestions!

Thanks for the link wilserberwer. May just go aluminum.

Yeah, aluminum would be easier but it seems like everything I read or hear points towards SS being much better. I would like to hear what people think on this too.

Didn't think of that. That seems like the way to go. Anyone have a thought on the thickness of the aluminum? 1/4" or 1/2"?

I am going to fab a 15-gallon kettle out of SS. Problem is that I only have 16 gauge SS. I feel that will be thick enough for the sides but want to have something thicker for the bottom. I can tig 2 pieces of SS together but I also have access to some 1/2" or 1/4" aluminum. I was thinking...