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As promised, a few inline photos. Original bar: New bar and the 2010 WhitBritt homebrew competition

To the questions on cooling the tower: First, the lines between Leviathan (my name for the keezer) and the tower aren't that long as--when the keezer is in place--the tower is position over top of it. I did have to build in some slack to allow the keezer to roll out, and basically when I roll...

Actually, the tap tower ended up being an extremely lucky buy. I was originally going to build an irish coffin with ten taps, and the price for all the parts for that was going to add up to around $250 to $300. Then my buddy found this tower on eBay for $300. Bought brand new from Rapids...

So I redid my home bar some time back, and never bothered to post picture or details about it. My buddy Andrew (ajwillys) has finally convinced me that I should throw a few photos up, so here goes. First, I'll give a brief description of what I did. Here's what was at my house when I moved...

Ten, with an additional three available (using my fermentation fridge) in case of emergencies.

All, I've been trying to get my father interested in home brewing for quite some time now, and finally his interest has been piqued when I pointed out he could try brewing a clone of his favorite beer, San Miguel. However, I've scoured the internet for a clone recipe and come up with...

Jersh, I declined. You're up!

Valicious, I'd love to buy these. I have 3 of the 525S already, and just upgraded from a 3 tap tower to a 10 tap tower. These will get me quite a long towards filling in the empty taps. I'll drop you a PM as well. Thanks! Dave

Hello all, When I brew, I usually prime a keg with CO2, rack to the keg, pressurize it, and throw it in my fridge to cold crash. I just leave it in there for a few weeks to condition it, occasionally re-pressurize it, and this seems to work well. However, a friend of mine (ajwillys on...

For anyone that's interested, freezing the beer didn't have any noticeable negative effects. In fact, the ale took second place in the competition!

Okay, all seems well. I thawed it out, the color looks great, the aroma is great, and the taste (accounting for the fact that it was room temp and flat) was pretty darn impressive if I do say so myself. What lesson have we learned? ALWAYS CHECK TO MAKE SURE YOUR TEMPERATURE PROBE IS IN PLACE!

I'm not sure what your budget is, but before I bought my freezer and Ranco controller, I did everything in a dorm-sized fridge (around 4.3 cubic feet, I think). You can pick them up on Craig's List for pretty cheap--I think I found mine for around $30. I pulled out all the shelves and...

This was my first attempt at a rye IPA. It came out pretty tasty, but it was a little weak. Next time I think I'm going to beef up the specialty grains and make it a touch darker.

This is my jalapeno/habanero beer. It's experimental, and will be kegged in a few days. I'm not thinking it's going to taste so great. I originally was going to name this "Flaming Ass Ale" with a label of a donkey in a superhero costume, soaring through the air with a jet of flame...

My first all grain beer. I was greatly looking forward to trying it, until I completely screwed up in a cold-crash and froze the beer. Now I'm just paranoid that it's going to taste like crap.

This one isn't entirely original art. I stole the goat from some website somewhere. The beer itself is a clove/nutmeg beer. I went too heavy on the clove though. You couldn't tell until the beer fully carbonated, and then the clove flavor came out in force.

No - not bottling. I keg in a sankey, so force carbing is what I normally do. Do you think it's worth kegging, re-pitching, force carbing, and then just letting all the trub come out in the first pint? Or should I just thaw/keg/force it?

Guys (and gals): I went to cold crash a pale ale, and think I may have just ruined my beer. I have a freezer in which I do the cold crashing, and I regulate it's temp using a Ranco controller. Well, being the genius that I am, when I put the beer in the freezer, I accidentally left the...