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The wife said I could design our new house and somehow a brewery fit perfectly in a corner under the stairs. Have a lot going on so updates may be spread out, but here we are getting ready for the floor. My helper: Concrete walls on three sides...can you say complete brewery washdown. My...

Future brewery

Future brewery

Future brewery

Grasshopper leg bits are common. I raise wheat and barley. Anything that is about the same size as a kernel of barley is nearly impossible to separate. Many vegetarians (and wimpy carnivores:)) would be horrified to know how many bug parts they eat.

It is a centrifugal pump where the fluid goes into the center of the impeller and is flung to the edge by centrifugal force. It will not pump backwards. If you want fluid to move the other direction just design your system with valves and a bypass so the fluid will reverse in the plumbing but...

http://thebrewingnetwork.com/shows/The-Jamil-Show/Flanders-Red-Ale-The-Jamil-Show-01-29-07

Not really inexpensive, but in my opinion nothing beats a SIG for fit, feel, and quality.

Nice shameless plug...well it worked. I like your web page. I'll give you a try on my next brew (after fall farm work is done).

To fit a bigger fermentor take the door off the frig and build and insulated box bigger then your fermentor.

thanks. will check it out.

Mechanical Engineer who gave it up to take over the family farm.

Wow. Thanks for the great info. My interest is peeked. I will be reading some of the books mentioned earlier.

Humm. Interesting. I may have confused terms. I understand that malting (activating enzymes in grain) is needed to make beer. I guess I am assuming the process of malting grain then drying it for later use is a somewhat new invention. Is my assumption true that in early brewing the malting and...

Sorry for the hijack. Bob, How was brewing done before malting was discovered? Did they just mash for a long time? I raise wheat and barley and have wondered if I could make beer from unmalted grains. Malting and drying as a separate step must be a relatively new invention considering beer...

If you already have a boil kettle you could mash in the other "boil kettle" you just bought. If you mash in a pot then you can direct fire to keep the mash at temp and/or do step mashing.

Here is another good resource: http://www.msuextension.org/store/Products/Montana-Barley-Production-Guide__EB0186.aspx

I mostly raise wheat but have done some barley. Like someone said it is easy to grow. Unless the soil has been heavily used for other crops you shouldn't have to fertalize much. Too much nitrogen will make high protein barley. Malters/brewers want low protein so their beer will clear. Your...

Pay attention to the kegs. There are many different versions of ball locks. Out of six kegs I somehow ended up with 4 different types. It is a real pain to keep the correct parts around to rebuild. I might be wrong but I think there is only one type of pin lock. This reason alone is almost...