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From a farm milking house only 5 gal.

Bottled, yesterday all went well. Not sure how this beer will taste? The aroma was quite different than I have smelled from my other brews, I think it was a alcohol smell. I asked my wife and son to smell it and they told me it smelled like beer! After checking my FG I came up with 6.1 ABV I...

Ok so I have this small heat exchanger from a piece of equipment at work that was discarded. Small, as about 6x6x2 and has copper coils and a aluminum fins like radiant baseboard heaters. It has 2 -3/8" tubes for an outlet and inlet. I decided to test it as a cooler and I thought it was...

I agree pressed in stubs would be fine I considered building them that way but not sure why I didn't, sure would have saved time though, that was a lot of metal on the floor!

The rollers were turned down on a lathe at each end. Each roller is a solid piece. The shafts were turned to 1/2", there is a Idler roller that is not driven and a drive roller that has one end about 3" long and has flats milled into it so a drill motor used to drive it will not slip. the grain...

I hear what you are saying but still I can see small particles getting through the grain bed. I have a copper manifold that I made and it took a hell of a long time to cut all of those slots with a hacksaw, so I really want this to work. I was thinking all would settle out in the fermenter...

Completed 1st AGB yesterday, took me almost 5 hrs start to finish, lot of learning. One thing I was not sure of how clear the wort should be after vorlauf. I drained a couple of qts. and started my run but was not happy with the clarity so I dumped it back in and started again, much clearer...

Used my malt mill yesterday for my 1st AGB, the grind was a success. The only problem I had was some grain sticking to the roll and shooting out the side of the mill instead of in the bucket. The grist was about perfect and done moments before brewing.

Just wondering anybody's thoughts here, thinking of substituting 6row brewers malt and Hi-dri. I have a lot on hand to use up!

I can not say anything bad about a macro since it has payed my bills for the last 20yrs, any comments on the Naked Sunday?

It is my intention to post detailed pictures, I have used sealed ball bearings. the rolls were 1 1/2" cold roll steel and I turned down the bearing mating shafts down to 1/2". The stationary roll bearings were press fitted into the frame but the adjustable roller is spring loaded and that...

Funny story, I found out a co-worker was getting into homebrewing. We had a couple of nice conversations on the subject. I could tell that his beer taste was of the diet type and I told him his options were limited in that style. So I proceeded to bring him in a sample brew my Dad and I had...

Finished my mill yesterday, took a long time but hopefully worth it. I also fab'd a SS hopper. When I knurled the rolls I only had a fine roller tool, this gave me a smaller pattern (not as deep) and I think this has an effect on my grind. After researching roll gap clearance I came up with...

My thought was cutting around the keg rim would be a straight line cut, as a abrasive wheel is designed to cut. Rather than trying to cut a curve with a blade that is meant to cut straight. The welding is good practice if you have the equipment and the patience.

I just completed my keggle! Lessons learned: 1st I cut my keg top completely off at the chime (top rim handle) weld using an abrasive wheel (4) this also cuts through the top. After removing the top I tig-welded the rim back on from the inside. I drilled a 1/2" hole and then used a Uni-bit to...