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I love this thread. Very inspirational and reminds me that there are so many uses in our hobby for custom items. Here is a Carb-cap wrench I made. Super-simple, but I was having trouble unscrewing these things by hand. edit: I have been printing for 4 years, Ender 2 v2, Openscad, Cura.

@chazam I can't picture what your trying to solve, but if appearance and tolerance is not an issue, I have had luck using plastic as a glue. Meaning, I use an old soldering iron to heat up and melt PLA parts to attach to each other. One can use filament off the roll to add extra plastic around...

I ferment in kettle 4 gal batches. At the moment I don't take gravity readings during fermentation. I just wait two weeks(or more if my schedule is busy) and bottle. Now I use the Chapman Univessel, but I started this process using a stainless steel pot. I drilled hole in lid for airlock via...

I am into 3D printing and have been wanting to see if there is something I can print to help me out. Thanks for sharing.

@Dr_Jeff3, I too have had this same idea. One issue would be to counter balance the weight of one fermenter on opposite side of rotating disc with another. The next obvious issue would be how fast would you need to spin the fermenter to make it worth the effort and do so safely. Typical...

I'm in FL too and use a strike water temp at about 158 for mash temp of 152-154. I think it is because my grains must be at like 85-90.

I was so excited about this, I thought it worth sharing. I found Teddy's Root Beer in 1L plastic bottles at Tractor Supply for $1 each. The best picture I can find of the bottle is Been using it along with carbonation cap since I have not upgraded to kegs yet.

I would be interested in a couple corney kegs as well.

Sad story is I watched a news(?) program that demonstrated how we have been mislead to believe the recycle programs are recycling 100% of what we give them. In actuality, only about 2 of the 7 codes are actively recycled and the rest still ends up in land fill as there is no economical way to...

I was looking into those a few months back and noticed that they are single use only. The design is that a (micro)brewery would sell their beer to customers in those pertainers and the customer would just dispose of the pertainer. This eliminated the breweries cost of having to buy large...

@OP To add to what pdcm said, you can always use BIAB calculator and reduce your batch size until you find one that gives < 8 gal pre-boil. My comfort level would be a batch size that had no more than 7 gal preboil; and you really have to baby it to make sure it does not boil over. I have...

Thanks Elric. I am at a crossroads because I like the BIABNCFIAK process but I am limited to 3-4 gallon batches. I would like to be able to do 5.5. So I think my options would be a) another DIY, b) 14gallon Chapman or c) a 10 gallon Anvil.

When I was researching my univessel setup I really liked the Anvil FIAK setup except for one thing. I could not find any reviews on the system. Can you offer your opinion on it? What size do you have and what size batches do you make?

Those are some really nice process hacks. Thank you for sharing. I too have thought about rigging some magnetic system for dry hopping; now I know it is possible. Do you use your Anvil kettle for mash, boil, and then fermentation?

@dochawk I also have an arduino project in the works in case you(or anyone else here) needs info. Mine is all breadboarded out. I just need to design and 3D print the enclosure. I am ~ $10 in parts.

I don't think the binder clips can hold more than 1 or 2 psi. I did a leak check on my system using lung air pressure. If I really put some effort the seal would leak. I surmised it was good enough for fermentation, but not for pressurizing.

I just use a plastic rod from the hardware store. I put markings on the side with a file at gallon and half gallon marks. Simple, easy, cheap, robust...

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Physically it would work but... I have never cold crashing due to refridge space, but always wondered how to deal with vacuum issue. More specifically, I would think it would be a bad idea to have air introduced into fermentation chamber after fermentation due to oxygenation. Sure the filter...

Sure. How: I have two univessels I use. One is a modified 6gal SS pot. I drilled a hole in lid to hold a rubber stopper. That stopper can hold either an airlock or that attached HEPA filter. I also have a Chapman 7gal. That has a much bigger (#10) stopper, but works the same way. Why...