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So I am in SWOK and trying to get a small brewery (~3bbl) with a tasting room going. Think nano! Initially I want to be serving only onsite and later self distro out when my brand is built sufficiently. Can anyone help with this? I cannot seem to understand the damn ABLE laws! I've called and...

I have moved but the garage and shop are still in boxes. And it's been so damn busy, I swear this is the last time I'm moving! Lol. But that is actually the first project Ill be working. I listen to Basic Brewing Radio and my wife suggested I get this equipment built, write up like an ebook and...

I don't have any pictures atthe moment. I haven't started the build. I have an unexpected move in the next few months so when I get settled in I'm going to start the build and will post pictures at the soonest available time...

Thanks for the suggestions. I have two dogs and im starting to get kefir stacking up in the fridge ready to drink. I've combined 3 batches from the last 3 days into one container. I'll give a little to my pups to see if they like it. Thanks!

TNGabe- Right now I have a 2'X2' cubed oast with 4 racks. I can kiln about 15-20 lbs at a time. I will be build a bigger oast with the build of this equipment. I already make caramalts, base malts, highly kilned malts, kilned malts. I can make every variety malt very close if not exact to the...

I would have thought someone would weigh in on this topic by now. I find great interest in malting and would have thought there are others. At least someone to critique my equipment design...

Now just 8 days culturing the kefir and my grains are working very well. The first batch seemed to not be culturing and I was getting nervous that they were dead. It took a few days and now about 4-5 batches into it, the grains are running along. I didn't have time to transfer last night, but...

I know I'm not in the right section since this is about kombucha. I did not find a section on Kefir so I apologize. But kombucha is the closest on this forum. Does anyone culture Kefir? I recently acquired kefir grains and started them about 60 hrs ago. At this point they seem to have not...

I am in the process of designing a piece of equipment that will be used for malting barley, or grain for that matter. I haven't drawn any blueprints yet but when I do, I will post them. I have searched the internet for any ideas or even if there is equipment that is manufactured for "small...

That's what I was thinking about using. I am planning to use 3 1/2 barrel kegs and one 1/4 keg.

Thanks for the help. I'm wanting to use brewtroller cause it seems to be a pretty professional design. I am building this brewery with the intention to start a nano with it. Do you have any suggestions to this route? Thanks!

I put the green malt in foil pouches and stew @ 60C for 1-2 hours with stirring and spraying every half hour or so. (Be sure to have it sealed up good) Any longer and I start to get lacto working. I had a batch of a crystal malt that I stewed 3 1/2 to 4 hours and when I pulled it out, it had an...

Thank you. The Brutus 10 example is down the path I want to do. Except Brewtroller, all ss, cam and groove QD's. I'm just not finding the plans I have in mind yet. I emailed Brewtroller and asked if they have any. What I want to do is use a separate keggle for the recirc coil. The reason is I...

I really like the Brewtroller system. I've been looking at it and wondering how I will set it up, wire it, and how to plumb everything. I want to use the Brutus 10 plumbing design and the Brewtroller setup. And eventually have the volume measuring and other options from Brewtroller. With the...

In the past I've built a half ass electric brewery with a 10 gallon Gott HLT and MLT. The mash tun kinda works, but leaks out of the valve. I chose a 1/2" valve and had to drill out the cooler which caused problems. And the same goes for the HLT. I haven't used the heating element in the HLT...

So I recently started building a kombucha mother along with cider and red wine vinegar mothers. Well everything was going great with the three until I moved them to the same cabinet. My vinegars didn't have any mother forming or any kind of film on the surface, but smelled of vinegar until this...

Since you have been malting longer than I have, can you share your temps, times and processes for the different kinds of malts you make? I have some information from internet searches and a few different books, but it seems that every resource I have is different from one another. So I'm not...

I have been looking through your thread. This is a great source for me, thank you!! I like your germination set up, like I said my system with a wooden box got infected with mold so I have to come up with a new way. I like the concrete sheets. I am wondering if it is expensive though? And does...

I malted this wheat myself and was concerned about the enzymes established. The first brew I made was a pale wheat with around 20 ibus. OG: 1.052 and it finished @ 1.016. A few points higher but it left enough residual to balance out. I'm assuming with the different bugs I have in and plan to...

Did know that grain had pedio. I did know there was lacto present. So what's this manipulation consist of?