Recent content by wl7coe

Because of my limits i went with a different circuit for the heat exchanger, though it is 110v 2o amps so I am just using a 1000 watt element, that is why i am looking at using preheated water from the HLT or using propane to get to the mash temp than the HE element to maintain. I am actually...

I am just this week at the last stages of switching to electric. One item has me a tad worried though. The propane burners I was using would also heat my unheated garage as I was brewing. When it is 20 below or ten 10 above this heat was welcomed on the toes and fingers. (I ventilated while...

First great pictures and design! I like the clean look and simplicity. Job well done! What size heating element is HE2? Are you going to use HE2 to preheat the HERMS or are you bring in water from the HLT? I went with a seperate heat exchanger because I figured it was easier to...

I have three pumps but I still love gravity and so the HLT to mash is gravity as is the mash to the boil pot. Use the one pump for heat exchanger loop and one pump for the counter chiller. Leaves a spare pump. Yep, I think I will be ordering the large panel conversion kit and adding a...

BlackNotch or anyone else with Brewmation electric conversion experience, (tried to PM you but your box is full) Are you still using the Brewmation console? Any issues with it? Any mods you wish you would have done? I am looking into purchasing the large Brewmation electric conversion console...

Garage brewery Pictures

Can always use more glasses!

I purchased a set of Lab certified hydrometers (they are easier to read on the yes for us older folks. They break the specific gravity range out further so there are more ticks inbetween each scale division, makes reading so easy. They run about $19 a piece (ya need two one for each scale)...

Do you have a floor drain? I have found that to be the coolest thing about a good garage brewery, especially if you live in a place that has a winter. The other item is water hose and electrical coming from the ceiling like they do in car garages. I have half the garage turned into a...

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Every few months are so I soak everything in bleach as part of a massive cleaning method. I have alot of brew hardware and items and every now and then I like to do a real good cleaning, not to say inbetween I dont clean well. Just I have so many items they all do not get used frequently...

Brew a good beer and people want it all, you calculate it will take 10 gallons to hand out enough, but you only have 4 gallons. The hard part is telling people you don't have any more! A runner up is bottling.

All grain is a blast, just be careful and clean. I have done all kinds of errors according to the books and the experts and the beer still came out ok. I think the main thing is stay clean, make sure you sanatize everything. And just remember as soon as you are done getting your wort run...

I started with a turkey fryer kit, used it till I could afford a modified keg. I now use the turkey fryer pot to disolve malt extracts in now so they do not get scorched in the main boil pot. So as you upgrade the pots still have their uses. I recently stoped using the keg in favor of...

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