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I have looked at this thread but do not see a dedicated area for building bars. There are plenty of pictures of some sweet bars on Pinterest, but I am interested in what other home-brewers have found works and lessons learned. I am looking to build a bar with six or so seats, a lower bar and a...

I have done this several times, as well as adding four taps through the side wall of a large fridge. This is my technique: 1) Locate the position of the holes you need on the inside of the fridge and mark them with blue painters tape. 2) Using an old soldering iron, make a small hole and push...

Great write-up. I'm getting lots of ideas here and, like you Duncan, I'm an ex-pat. Love the beer engine. Paul

That's one solution. Better than black plastic, but not as slick as the original solution.

I checked with Williams Brewing and they do not have these. The only option is the shank with the black plastic trim ring which I do not want to use as I am trying to match three others like the one in the photo with a metal chrome trim ring. I sent Williams an email but heard no reply yet...

Hi - I would like to find where to buy a right-angle beer shank fitting for mounting on a flat plate rather than a beer tower. All the ones I see available are curved for mounting to a cylindrical tower. I have searched extensively but cannot find these. This is a photo of what I need...

I am a EE and was looking forward to building a panel for my brewery. After a lot of reading - I read Kal’s Electric Brewing ebook cover to cover, watching videos and talking with others, I went with the Brew Commander. I have absolutely no regrets. It works well out of the box with an...

I like this idea. Thanks for sharing.

That's a good paper on wort chilling. Thanks for the link. I did check to see what the specs were on the Exchillerator which was my second choice. While more efficient due to the larger length of larger diameter pipe, the inner wort-carrying pipe is the same diameter as the Norther Brewer...

Mods - please delete this duplicate post. Paul

Hi. I have a Spike 20 gallon kettle with a Northern Brewer Stainless Steel counterflow chiller and Blichmann Riptide pump. I have two problems which both point to a flow restriction in the counterflow chiller. 1) when I whirlpool with the chiller in the loop, the whirlpool strength is a...

Hi. I have a Spike 20 gallon kettle with a Northern Brewer Stainless Steel counterflow chiller and Blichmann Riptide pump. I have two problems which both point to a flow restriction in the counterflow chiller. 1) when I whirlpool with the chiller in the loop, the whirlpool strength is a...

Thanks @adman and @crane So a 1” NPT gland works. Thanks again, Paul

I am building a panel with a 6/4 cable entry and have decided to hard wire the cable into the panel instead of using a plug and socket. Less cost, failure points, size etc. I thought it would be easy to find an appropriate cable gland/strain relief for an electrical box but it’s not. the two...

Following this as I am also building an eBIAB panel. What program are you using to do the wiring diagram? I am using pencil & paper at the moment! Paul

All good points. In considering this and consulting others, I believe the best approach is to leave the 60 Amp GFCI as-installed in the Breaker panel and the 14-60R outlet. All as installed by the electrician. Then I will use the 14-60P plug into my control box and add a 32 Amp Auber MCB...

Good input - thanks. So the NEMA 14-60R receptacle was installed by a licensed electrician when I thought I would need a lot more power for a three vessel brewery. A 50 Amp circuit would probably of been adequate but the 60 Amp service was only $70 more so I went with it in case I needed more...

I had my brewing space wired with a 14-60R outlet and 60 Amp GFCI breaker as I was going to go the 3 vessel route with multiple elements. I have since decided to go the eBIAB route and I am making up a control box for the system. I am looking for a 14-60P plug with cable attached but they...

Great video. I'm definitely buying one of these and already have the order into @Bobby_M at BrewHardware.com. Blichmann have done a great job with the 'Human Factors' on this and have produced a powerful unit with an easy to use, and tweak, interface. The few shortcomings you note in the...

This is a good thread. The availability of motors, gearboxes and actuators has grown considerably over the past 3 years or so. Are there now more economical solutions than those shown above, or has the cost of good quality gear-motors stayed fairly constant? Paul