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I've not used ginger with a cider before, but I've used it in a beer. It was grated on a cheese grater. 3 oz in 5 gal. Clogged up the siphon something fierce. Next time (and there will be a next time) I'm going to slice the ginger into thin "coins" and throw it in that way.

The primary reason for quick chilling is to shock proteins into precipitating. What they're talking about here though is that if it takes a long time to cool the wort then the heat is going to drive off the aroma compounds and they, just as it would for an earlier addition. Both reasons...

Back when I was a yacht broker, I took a listing on an S2 11.0 A (a 36' sailboat). There was a tower in the counter near the icebox/fridge with a ball lock liquid fitting on the hose. I asked the guy about it and he said he'd bring a corney with him whenever he went sailing. I seriously...

As for lifting a carboy, I found a Brew Hauler makes a big difference in my confidence in moving them around. You might see if that makes the chest freezer more feasible.

My friends and I have been using that exact cooler for a few years. Ten gallon batches. Once mashed 40 lbs of grain in it!

I challenge you to find a straight line anywhere in thae basement I've been finishing!

I would think your next concern should be fermentation temperature control. Can you rig up a swamp cooler to put your fermenter in and blow a fan on it? Is it too humid for that technique to even work? Are you doing extract or all grain? If extract, I'd look for a big box of DME as your...

Nice job on that hinged lid! I've been watching your thread and wondering exactly how that was going to work.

I should have grabbed that tape when I got the Reflectix. I was at a Lowe's that's a bit farther away. I couldn't find it at my nearby Home Depot this afternoon. Well, I didn't look too well. Anyway, I got to the point where I no longer needed to be able to crawl inside, so I put up the...

Overview of bar.

Yeah, I'm going to put some pipe insulation on the hot water line, but I figure it's pretty insiginificant. I'm weighing two options for the remainder of the sink "box". Either finish the box, but I'm going to make it a bit more complicated to just protrude around the water lines. If I...

I'm building an A/C refrigerated bar right now. My plan is to have an always-on fan inside that can either circulate the air or even blow directly on the coils if I'm having problems. But I've heard that once the area you're refrigerating dries out it's not a problem. Of course fermentation...

I'm by no means an expert, but I researched this just the other day for putting an GFCI protected outlet inside my refrigerated bar. My GFCI outlet had "line" and "load" posts. My research indicated that everything wired to the load posts would be protected by the GFCI. Also, I used the test...

So now I'm at a crossroads and would like some advice. The plan was always to build some kind of insulation box around the bottom of the sink, but my plan contacted reality. The Reflectix and duct tape had partially fallen down over night. I'm not so concerned as long as the box is there to...

To close off the faucet related plumbing semi-permanently or not?

Oh yeah, and I used my step bit I bought from bargainfittings.com, which I'd previously used to drill out my keggles, to drill another hole in the sink for my water filter faucet! Seriously, the DIY aspect of brewing has given me both the confidence and the tools to approach a project like...

Today I got the sink installed and some more FRP pebble board. Here's a shot of the sink with the regular hot and cold water on the left and the filtered water on the right. And the plumbing underneath, including the filter. Not a drop of water down there on the first try! This...

Hot and cold water and filtered water.

Plumbing and water filter.