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hopbrad, The valves are no-brand thread in weld-less plastic spigots I got from the LHBS. I paid 5.00 CAD for them. Only problem I have with them is that they are 3/8" faucet. When you have 25 gallons in the thing, it takes a long time for a 3/8" faucet to drain it all. As for leaking, no...

Cody, I have done nothing to seal these tightly, I kind of do it old school leaving the lid loose to allow CO2 to escape, letting the krausen go wild rather than restricting it, while the lid prevents mircobes from falling in. I don't seal them and/or use a blow-off tube or airlock, as long...

Revvy, the Brute are the standard LDPE plastic that the black ones are made of, however, the bigger you get them the heavier they make the plastic. I have a grey 20gal one that feels only slightly less heavy than a regular pail. If you have any doubts, I got mine from a restaurant and janitorial...

The Brute garbage cans work very well, here's my setup for primary fermenters at home. I use two 32gal brutes.

I have thought about casters, but because the legs are slip joint and once the system is up it kinda stays where it is during brewing I was thinking instead of welding nuts into the bottom legs and using bolts as feet, sort of a easy leveling system for the stand. I also thought of the problem...

So while I've been waiting on parts for the HERMS and whirlpool I have started on trying to figure out how I want to mount ancillary parts of the system. Namely, the plate chiller, the hopback/filter (I am using a Blichmann hop rocket) and the first pump (eventually I will have two). Anyway...

So I have three pots that I have been using for brewing, but originally I was working with propane. They are all old Guiness Kegs that I got from a scrapyard. I have since made them keggles, welded on the fittings for the valves and the electric elements, and gave them a buffing with a flap disc...

Here is an updated pic. I got the wooden tabletops put on the stand. Next is dry-fitting the equipment. From there I will paint and stain it so it looks pretty.

Thanks, it's made using 1.5" Square steel tubing and 1.25" square steel tubing for the slip joints, just slid one into the other so that there was 2" of the narrow tube sticking out for the joint and welded it in place. The tubing is 1/8" thick and based on some initial estimations and then some...

So I needed to make a Brewstand for my keggles and wanted it collapsible so that I could make it slightly more portable, since I am living in a buddy's house at the moment. It's gonna be a 2-tier system and its made of 1 1/2" square tubing. Beatiful weather day today so I finally got the...

Hey all, So I have the worst problem a brewer can have, too many full kegs and not enough CO2 connections in my Keezer... So I am trying to figure out a method to pressurize a keg, disconnect it from CO2 and allow it to equilibrate to a desired pressure and # of volumes of CO2. I'm...

So I've been following the recipie for this one and have a quick question. Its coming up on the time for me to carbonate this and drink it (I kegged the batch) and I was wondering if I should leave or remove the oak chips when I keg it? Also, I didn't have access to vanilla beans so I added 1oz...

Hey all, So I am planning on making BeirMuncher's Cream of Three Crops beer (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=66503) for a stag party at the end of June, and I want to make a LOT of it. I use two Guiness keggles for a BK and MLT, which are 13gal (50L). and have successfully...

Hey all, I made the munton's York bitter kit a month ago and it was great! I am trying to emulate it using all grain and was curious if anyone had already tried this. Any help appreciated.

wouldn't a recirculating system result in needing less sparge water?

Howdy from St. John's NL! I just started brewing, but me and a few other guys have been getting together and making a extract batch every sunday in the hopes of never having to buy beer from the store again... should be starting AG in the next month or so...

Either creating up to 11 gallons of a really big beer or diluting that wort to make say 25ish gallons of a regular beer. I can't afford pots any bigger than 15 gallon, however, I have a line on a cheap 30gallon HDPE bucket for a MLT. I was thinking that this would allow me to create very...

Hello All, I am new to the forum, so I apologize if this question has been answered 1000 times, or if I put it in the wrong sub-forum. I am slowly putting together a HERMS based Brewery system using some 15gallon Guinness Kegs I got from a local scrap yard. I am hoping to start setting...