Recent content by chadware

Sure, nacho. I'll be bottling again next weekend. I'll tear it down and do some exploded views.

Thanks, all. Used the capper last night for the first time, and it worked perfectly. I may make a longer lever arm because it takes some force to cap at the end of the stroke. Total cost of the build was the $5 that I gave to the welder to get those perfect TIG welds (my welds typically...

Thought I'd share a couple of DIY projects that I did shortly after bottling my first batch. The idea was to streamline the process a bit without spending any money. I grabbed a shoe rack that my wife was about to toss out, cut off the bent portion of the shoe trees, and viola...I had a bottle...

diy pics

Thanks for the feedback all. Seems that the common sentiment is to ride it out, so I'll give that a try. To be clear, yes... I added a half pound total to the (now 6 gallon) batch, so less than 1.5 oz per gallon. Not enough to make up for the over filling of the fermentor (of course, that was...

First off, apologies if I've made an error in protocol posting this here. I'm hoping to get some advice. I brewed an extract batch of NB chocolate milk stout on Friday night. I added 8 oz of corn sugar to dry it out a bit because I understood that it was a very thick brew. Not sure if that...