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This would be for parties at friends and customers. It should only take about 15 minutes to set up. I have bar height folding legs already. Being in the commercial fixture and furniture manufacturing business it is easy to design and build projects like this. My main concern is balancing the...

I have an idea for a portable bar but I don't want to spend the money on a stainless steel coil or cold plate. I also want to make something that is more attractive than a jockey box. The plan is to make a simple table using folding legs that are bar height. I will build a tower like box in...

I have been going crazy over this and just realized the easiest solution. The key is to get cold water into the plate chiller. So I just filled a plastic trash can with blocks of ice and water. Then pumped the cold water directly through the plate chiller with my $35.00 sump pump from Harbor...

I am planning on pulling off about 10 gallons every year or so to either bottle or rack to a secondary with fruit. I am worried about doing that through the bung as well. What are other people doing with a solara type project.

I am planning on brewing this Winter when I can chill large quantities of wort without needing hundreds of lbs. of ice. I have filled the barrel with a 200 ppm mixture of Potassium metabisulfit as I have seen in many threads on this forum and elsewhere. I am still not sure about doing a...

Cooling wort has always been a challenge in the hot Summers in Kansas City. The water from the faucet is no 85 degrees. Even with a plate chiller I have to use about 100 lbs of ice to cool 15 gallons of wort. I spend the week freezing blocks of ice in plastic tubs and on brew day it takes all...

I made one just like that and I think it was a 3/4 pipe fitting. This is almost exactly the same size as a garden hose fitting, but the threads are different. It is very easy to find at any hardware store. Just a 3/4 pipe male to 1/4" barb. You can even use nylon fittings that are only a few...

I wonder if it would be easier to use a small stainless steel screw with a washer and gasket? Also, if after a year or so, I plan on drawing out some to add to a secondary with fruit would that not also be a problem with breaking the pellicle.

I would worry about drilling a hole in the barrel.....but I also worry about how I will draw samples over the years. I was thinking about using a large syringe with a long needle. Is that a crazy idea?

The casters were extra from store displays we make. They are rated at 250 lbs. each.

I recently acquired a used 60 gallon wine barrel. (it is very fresh and smells fantastic) and in the process of making long term plans on its use. I have done a lot of research and there seem to be as many ideas as there are experienced brewers. We do have the ability to fill the barrel with...

This is mine and it is working great. I just finished my second batch. It is so easy to use. I am now thinking about getting a second one.