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I will try to frame out the rest of the bar tomorrow. It should look nice. The oak plywood I got was $95 a sheet!

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The bar rail requires a bottom piece of cheap plywood. A a 3/8" (cheap) and 3/4" finished bar rail for the bar top. You can also see the chest freezer opening and the gap on the face behind the hinges.

Picture three above. I Framed out the base before screwing anything together. I put the chest freezer up on a 2x6 frame with so top of the bar will be the standard 42" height. To get the other part of the bar the same width I had to extend a wood block about 8 inches to get it to be the same...

My bar build started yesterday and since I have learned so much from this website I felt like I owed it to people that haven't done a bar build to use my bar build as a guide. There is a lot to think about when building a bar with a built in Chest Freezer. I'm no carpenter either.. In fact I...

Anchorage. You need two both hands free when your brewing beer!

I stole her from Alaska!

That bring me to another questions. Is it better to Fly sparge or batch sparge? It sounds like a fly sparge is more complicated since you have to get a pump involved, but what is the payoff of fly sparging? Does it result in better quality beer?

Stratslinger, I am building a custom bar with chest freezer under it that holds 5 Gallon kegs. So I don't plan on brewing anything over 5 gallon batches. Would a 10 gallon cooler be enough? Is there any advantage to a water cooler over a shorter more side rectangular cooler? It is...

I plan on moving to all grain brewing in the near future and I want to make sure I buy the correct equipment the first time. Currently Birdman brewing is selling has a "10 Gallon Polar Ware-Igloo Cooler MLT" on sale for $109. That seems to be just the cooler and the bulkhead though. you...

mattylerockey, I brought 4 ball lock kegs and a #5 c02 in the store and they all fit inside with the lid shut. I bought the freezer, but later returned it because I decided I am going to build a custom bar with a larger chest freezer (kenmore 8.8, which has the same depth as the Haier...

I currently live in Fairfax Station and grew up in Fairfax, yet I have never heard of the Cock and Bowl. Let me know when you all plan on going and I will make sure to be there. I've been looking for other brewers in the NOVA area! Tim

Three great pictures of my SWAMBO and my son! Also, my wife pouring beer at the Guinness factory and sneaking behind the bar at an irish pub in Ireland and sampling the goods...

I meant... This beer is now my own creation!

This beer is not my own creation!

Add a little less Willamette hops the last five minutes? Or should I add a pinch of Willamette hops 30 minutes into the boil since Fuggle has less Alpha acid? Then add the rest, let's say 90% the last five minutes.

I am currently making the AHS cream ale and I screwed up and need some advice! I was suppose to put 1 oz Willamette hops (4.7 alpha)in at 60 minutes and 1 oz fuggle hops (4.2 alpha)in the last five minutes. However I just put in the fuggle hops at 60 minutes! Should I just add the Willamette...

I was at Costco today and I actually brought four ball locks kegs into the store. I was able to get all four ball locks on the floor! It was tight, but certainly possible. Time for the bar project to start!

I have alway wanted to try one of these!

Alright that is what I will do. Make a starter and let it ferment for a couple days. Put it in the fridge over night. Decant. Make some more wort and pour that on top of the yeast cake in my flask from the previous starter. Sounds great. Thanks Swampass. I'll start it about a 5 or 6 days...