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Hi I haven't seen one of these threads yet, but I would like to help everybody on HBT about the little things. We should all share all the little things you wish you did differently. I wish I would of put the inlet for my HLT as high as I could on the kettle. I have a 20 gallon HLT and put the...

I recommend going with the stainless concord. I used a cooler for a few years then it starting to get bubbles in between the liner and the insulation. If your going to spend a a lot of years brewing it will be worth it to get the concord instead of using a cooler for a few years then getting the...

I'm a carpenter and have access to over ordered material all the time. I've been eyeing up the electricians extra stranded wire for another control panel, I bet I could get it all for a couple home brews. Also we are installing some frp and I already have my scrap pieces picked out for around my...

I brew in my detached garage in western new york in all seasons. I'll brew when its single digits outside and never have a problem with the hose freezing during brew day. It has gotten a little slushy but that was only after I forgot to let it run for less than a minute to replace the water in...

If you just looking to move water from hlt to mash or mash to bk than I think a dc solar pump is your best value. You can find them for under $20 on ebay and power them with a wall wort or a $15 ac/dc converter. I use one on my hlt and mt. I have a chugger for my bk and really like it but it was...

Cleaning and fermentation temps are the biggest things. But that's everybody's #1 advise. Research. Knowledge is power and this is one of the best sites out there. If you have any brewing question just go to google and type site:homebrewtalk.com then your question topic. You can learn so...

He was my favorite part of the show. R.I.P. old friend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVkR7MsfSJY

If you can diy electric and gas are about the same price I think. If you have access to 220v it should be a no brainier. I built my 3 vessel set up for around a grand

I used my 200w space heater in a upright freezer in my detached garage last year. Worked great when we had a week in the single digits. It even turned off at times, I figured it would run constantly. I think it was set for 65degs. or so...

Thanks the walls and cathedral ceilings are my favorite part of shed. I would of ran more amps to mine but I bought the cable before I started brewing and wanted to do it cheap as possible. I think after winding up my 50' heavy 30amp extension cord for the third time I cursed my self for being...

Thanks, The pallet walls with cathedral ceiling are my favorite part. I wish I made this sooner, it's so nice how easy brewing is now.

New Brew shed thread got me motivated to take some pictures. Here's my humble brewing abode. It's 10x18 inside and came with my house. Western New York gets pretty cold in the winter and i was tired of my sink having ice crystals in it when I was brewing so I decided to get a heater. well a...

I finished the inside of my shed last winter. It is 10' wide by 18' deep on the inside and came with the house. I insulated it and finished the inside with pallet wood. I was going to poor a concrete floor but I am a carpenter and we had left over material so I put in a plywood floor with vct...

Sounds like you got a plan in place but electric with a would table would be a lot cheaper if you diy. Sounds like your going to have over a grand in your stand when that's more than i have in 3 25 gal pots and my control panel. Also brewing a batch costs half as much when heating with electricity.

You might want to wait a little longer, it takes time to cool and drain the bk.

Why don't you put a keg in one of your existing fridges? You could put tap on the door or run line to tower in bar.

Just get a side sprayer for a kitchen if you don't want to spend a lot of money under $30 from home depot(http://www.homedepot.com/p/Delta-Side-Sprayer-in-Chrome-RP31612-3/205936156), otherwise get a pull down faucet (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0199O2QB8/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20) or...

Genny Cream Ale was popular around wny for a while a couple decades ago. I picked up a 12 pack recently, having never tried it, and I can say it was pretty good.

I like my $10 double insulated mug from wall mart. I bought the 20oz size but they had 30 too. I bought it because it had the features i wanted, all stainless meaning no paint chips after a while. No moving parts on lid, its just a plastic lid with a oval for drink to pass threw. And double...

I just recirculate the boiling wort threw mine for 20 mins at end of boil. No need to sanitize with chemicals.