Recent content by olse0230

Are you freezing apple juice, thawing some and fermenting the high gravity runoff? If so, that's an Ice Cider and not an Applejack. I would be concerned about the rope being adequately sterilized and becoming a source of infection. I make Ice Cider every fall-the best way to let it thaw...

Great build. You definitely gave me some ideas for bar build this summer.

I used the Barkan E340 TV mount. The arms are adjustable and was very easy to mount the panel to it.

I agree about the Stout Tanks. I just got my HLT after 6 months of waiting. I was backordered about three months when I ordered it. I had to make several calls to see where it was, only to find out it was further backrordered. When it did finally make it state side from China, it got shipped...

Looks great

So after 6 months, I finally got my HLT from Stout Tanks. It was backordered twice (the first time was known when I ordered). Then when my tank came it was shipped to somebody else so I had to wait another three weeks. They look and work great so far, except for the HERMS coil. As you can...

Yes please!

My hood was custom designed by a metal working friend based on Kal's design. Since there was only one joist that ran along the ceiling where the hood is installed, he built a frame which is bolted to the joist and then the hood is bolted to the frame in the 4 corners. I opted for the 6" Max...

For my first tile job, things turned out pretty well but probably took at least twice as long as I had figured. I borrowed a wet saw from a friend and bought a manual tile cutter as well which was perfect for cutting all the baseboard pieces. The tile baseboard was topped with metal trim to...

The next step after roughing in the plumbing is the floor. This is a basement room, the foundation was in excellent shape but had a distinct slope on one side of the room. Before I could level the floor, I had to remove a layer of paint from the concrete. That's where the Clark floor sander...

A friend of a co-worker is a plumber and beer drinker who helped with the plumbing. Thankfully the main sewer line for the house runs right under the brewery. We tapped into that for waste water and ran in hot and cold water from the utility room where we were able to easy tap into the water...

It was carpeted room with the floor covered in equipment-I was constantly crawling over stuff to find what I needed.

I finally made the leap to an indoor E-HERMS brewery in my basement after years of brewing in my garage, hauling supplies from the basement upstairs for every brew day, transfer and kegging. Minnesota winters are not conducive for fun brew sessions, even in a garage. We had an unused basement...