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I was planning on 1.5" rollers 10.5" long out of SS. . .I was going to try smooth rollers initially just because knurling is one extra step in the machining process that if unecessary I would prefer not to do, plus it's quite a bit of effort to get all the little metal shavings out of the knurls...

Would 3/4 HP be overkill? I'm planning on milling grain a 50 lb. bag at a time. Thanks. . .also I saw that the MaltMill was set to run at 400 RPM when motorized (3.3 seconds for 1 lb. of grain); is the 175 better? Any other suggestions? I.e. are smooth rollers more desirable than...

What size motor would you guys recommend for motorizing a grain mill? I plan on a 110V TEFC motor, but I was unsure on HP rating. . .I know more is better, but I didn't want to go overboard. I plan on milling 50 lb. bags of grain at a time. . .the rollers are gonna be 1.5"-2" solid...

We just got a horizontal freezer for free and we built an "L" shaped bar (it's really cool. . .we used corrugated metal for the front, and old bar wood for the sides as well as the top and bottom trim. . .we put beer bottle caps on the counter top and covered them with a clear resin. . .getting...

Thanks alot guys. . .I didn't think that it needed to be super precise, but I wanted to make sure that I wasn't off-base on my thinking. I checked out an online conversion website and it said 1/2 oz. equals 1 tablespoon. . .think I'll go with 1 1/2 tablespoons that way it's not too little and...

I'm ready to brew my second batch of beer and I forgot to buy a scale. . .my buddies gonna be here soon. . .can anybody give me a rough estimate of approximately how many pellets it takes to make 1/2 oz. Thanks a lot in advance. . .oh and did I mention this is embarrasing. . .if I didn't it is!!!

I'm still learning here so bear with me. . .I like Widmer Bros. Hefewiezen (I don't think that I've had any Bavarian Hef's or Dunkel's. . .so which yeast would you suggest with that in mind? I want to start trying a wider range of beers so that I can expose myself to more different flavors. ...

Two of the yeasts that are recommended in the recipe that I'm going to use to make my first hef talk about sulfur production. . .could someone explain what this means to me? Thanks,

My buddy and I are gonna be making our first hef and the recipe calls for either WLP300 or WLP380 yeast, we ordered the WLP380 because of the "refreshing citrus and apricot flavors" and the lower banana flavor compared to the WLP300 but I'm concerned about the phenolic flavor and flocculence (I...

I looked up flocculant and phenolic in the dictionary to see what they mean and the definitions don't seem very relevant to brewing. . .flocculant-->fuzzy, furry, hairy; phenolic-->hard plastic (I work with phenolic at work and they are just hard plastic disc's). I ask because these terms are...

Sorry I haven't been on the forum for a while. . .things have been busy and I haven't been able to make a whole lot of progress on this for now. . .I've actually decided to put the project on hold until we buy a house now so that I can make a separate home brewing building (read garden shed...

Wow. . .what a great response!!! Thanks for all the feedback. . . I hadn't thought of the carboys getting knocked over and that's definitely a good idea to incorporate. . .I'll have to think about what to do with them. As far as pictures goes it will probably take me quite a while to build...

Hi all, this is my first visit to this forum and my first post. . .I used the search function first to see if there were any threads that already existed relating to my question with no matches so I figured I would post. . . My buddy and I are new to home-brewing but we are already solidly...