I have a friend who has created a recirculating cooing water setup with ice water and a bilge pump. Water is pumped out and through his plate chiller and goes back into the ice bucket. We last used this setup this last weekend and he got his 5 gallons of wort from boiling down to 55 degrees in...
tubing creep up the wall in an inherent problem with these kinds of pumps. Most commercial pumps that I have seem always have two sides to them to prevent the tubing from leaving the pump.
Something to consider would be to put a small space in the back and again on a cover pan to ensure the...
Planned on brewing on Saturday at a registered Big Brew site, but when I got there I realized that I had forgotten my propane. Had to wait until yesterday to brew my Big Brew beer. It is a Heavy Scotch Brown. Really look forward to tasting it in a month. After only 4 hours after pitching, I...
Just finished the boil of an american style amber. using yeast starter from my american style pale that I am close to perfecting. Don't know what will be brewed next. Probably a Marzen for Octoberfest.
I try to brew every 2-3 weeks, but sometimes it get to be more like 2-3 months. Hate those times, since I have to spend my money of micro-brews vice brewing supplies.