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Day four. Trimming up the bar front/side with simple 1x6 and 1x8 whiteboard and a nail gun. Also using some cove moulding for the inside of the "frames." Miter Saw on a stand makes this much easier! Thanks to the Father-in-Law for almost every single tool.

Day three is where we get to put on the actual bar top. This final layer of 3/4" birch ply will the be actual bar top. Underneath you can see we already put a second layer between the particleboard and this upper top. It didn't have to be the nice plywood, it could have been another layer...

Progress for day two. With some help from the Father-in-Law, we tied the corners together, anchored the bottom 2x4 into the floor with a hammer drill and Tapcons, and also framed in the 2x4's which run horizontally to add strength and support to mount the lower counter top to. We tied...

First day finished...had to have a beer at the future bar!

Sorry for the double posted images. I can't figure out how to get them uploaded and then into the text where I can add captions and then not have them appear twice. I used the image insert function to add into text but can't get them to disappear as an attachment at the end. Any help there...

After a little over three years of living in our home and, having spent about that much time finishing out our unfinished basement in stages, I have finally broken ground on my new basement project...The Bar! Something I have been looking forward to for a long time. It was always "when we get...

Hey folks, after much good advice on my first post regarding my very first brew I am happy to report the beer turned out very well and I'm quite pleased. Now, not to get too far ahead of myself here but I've really been considering adding a tap tower to a home bar in my basement I'll be...

Thanks for all the good info...I appreciate it! If it turns put ill be sure and let everyone know. If not, I will cower in shame and self pitty!

Sounds like two weeks might be a pretty good time to shoot for, then. At the end of that period do you basically just note when the hydrometer reading is stagnant or just when it hits the FG you are looking for (I.e. is it common for the gravity to stagnate at a gravity other than what you...

Thanks for your quick response and for vallantry in spreading the brew knowledge while maimed!

Hello everyone, first time poster here with a newbie question. I know I'm sure this has been asked multiple times but I figure it might be a good way to introduce myself and get some good input. I just brewed my first batch yesterday! Used a Brewer's Best kit from local store. After making...