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I bought a bending spring, but not at Lowes. They only had the full set for ~$9. I bought one for 3/8" tubing at a local hardware store for $2.50. I only needed it for the 90º bends. I started coiling it around a coffee can, but after the first couple of loops it was easy to just use the...

A picture, as promised.

I don't know how much experience I have (I'm just getting started with all this), but here goes: In my research on the net, I've seen them made with both sizes of tubing. The downsides of 1/4" tubing appear to be slower flow rate and increased potential for clogging. I have no personal...

A immersion wort chiller is easy to make. I just made one yesterday. It's just copper tubing, vinyl tubing, hose clamps and a faucet adapter.

Ruh roh Reorge! I had the lid on during my first brew. Oh well, I guess I'll find out how bad I screwed it up in a couple of weeks. Until then, I'm not going to worry about it.

Same thing happened to me with my first batch. I figured, I live in North Dakota and the temperature in my garage is 2ºF, so no problem. Well, it took a couple of hours to get my wort down to pitching temperature. It's been sitting in primary for a week now and there are no signs of...

I'll see if I can get some pics of it tomorrow. Here is the parts list, including the prices from Lowes: 50' 3/8" OD copper tubing ($38.17) 20' 3/8" ID vinyl tubing ($5.00) 4 hose clamps ($1.94) 3/8" garden hose connector ($7.43) Garden hose adapter for kitchen sink ($5.17)

I decided to build rather than buy because I thought it would make a cool science project for my sons. The 3/8" OD copper tubing was only available in 20' and 50' coils, so I wound up overbuilding it a bit (I figured that I can always make it smaller if it is too unwieldy.) Once it was done...

Good idea. Thanks.

I have finally graduated from Mr. Beer kits to more advanced brewing. I bought a Brewer's Best Red Ale kit and brewed it yesterday. When I bought the kit, I thought it was an all-extract kit, but when I opened it I found YIKES! a bag of crystal malt. Brewing the grains was no big deal though...

The great thing (at least in my state) is that the beer kits aren't taxed at all! They are considered a food item. :)

Hello all, I received a Mr. Beer kit from my sons for my birthday and have had pretty good results with it so far. The Canadian Draft that came with it turned out very well, I've got a Vienna Lager in bottles and the West Coast Pale Ale in the fermenter. It's a lot of fun and I think I've...