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By this time I was running really low on beer, so I modified my old brew kettles to run with my new equipment, and gave it a test run : After I’d brewed a couple of batches to fill up the kegerator again, I plumbed in hot and cold water taps, that end up just above the HLT. The valves at...

Long time with no updates, and quite a few things have happened since. I received my Monster Mill. Prepared a base for it to put it over a bucket. Cutting out the hole for crushed grain: Base ready to accomodate the mill : Unfortunately, I had to stop there, as it appears...

Easter week-end (2014-04-21) No updates last week-end, since I was busy drinking homebrew with some friends. Had just tapped five new kegs on my five-tap keezer… got drunk, danced and sprained my ankle. So this week-end has been pretty slow since I’m still recovering. Not as much...

This week-end, I got some new goodies! The laser-cut acrylic panel from Formulor arrived (again, sorry for the potato quality of some of the pics… I was in a hurry to build this and didn’t take time for better photos): I tried a test fit before assembling everything, and noticed a few...

This week-end, I decided to finish up the hood. I used a router with a straight bit to cut a nice circle, approximately 200mm in diameter. After removing the centrepiece, the hole ended up quite clean. After this, I removed the existing light switch / outlet combo : and...

Thanks! I did find the trench digging to be rather deceptive. Everyone I talked to before hand said it would be a lot of work, but I still thought I could get it done pretty quickly... Removing the paving stones took me about an hour, digging the first half took a couple of hours with my...

I should probably take a minute now to explain what I have planned for the electrical side of things, and the control panel. My biggest hurdle in building an electric brewery from Kal’s instructions, is that the electrical system is pretty much incompatible. It’s possible to adapt the system...

These past few week-ends, I’ve been busy building the hood. I started with five planks that I cut down to the right lengths : Adding some bits to attach the ceiling plank to the outer skirt : Adding some stain (same as the brew stand). This was a bit of a pain since I had to remove the...

While all this was going on, I started to order some components for the build. I ordered three 100L kettles from a German eBay supplier, which used to be very popular on the french-speaking homebrew forums. Unfortunately, they no longer ship outside of Germany because of problems with the French...

And now, the fun bit! Again, I’ll probably edit this post later to add in some pictures I took with the DSLR, but in the mean time, these still tell the story quite well. I started by removing the paving stones in a diagonal line between the house and the garage. The grille you can see in the...

Next, I installed a CEE outlet (3 phase, 230/400V, up to 32A). I wired it up temporarily to a 10A outlet in the basement for the duration of the build, but once the trench is finished, I will have an electrician wire it up to its own 16A GFCI breaker on the main panel. (the sticker was...

Hello everyone! For months I’ve been lurking, and drooling over Kal’s electric brewery instructions. It’s taken me a while to wrap my head around how to adapt it to a European power network (here in Switzerland at least, we usually have fairly low amperage, and compensate with three phases at...

Brewed 5 gallons last week, my fourth all grain batch. Tasted it yesterday and I already know I'll be brewing it again, it's delicious! 4500+5 = 4505