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Greetings, brewers! It's been almost 8 months since Man Skirt Brewing officially opened its doors to the public. We are a 7bbl, all-electric brewery. The equipment was bought from Stout Tanks and Kettles, and all of the electronic controls and pumps and stuff came from Brewmation. You can...

Thought y'all would like to see this bad boy. 200 amps at 208 volts, three phase. It's a monster. I have no idea how my electrician is going to get it on the wall, but that's why I'm paying him, right? :)

A friend of mine grew and dried these Williamettes in his dehydrator. Unfortunately, I didn't freeze them as quickly as I should have. They still smell fine, and it looks like only the ones on the outside are furry. Are they salvageable? Also, does this mean they weren't dry enough...

I'll be making 16 gallons of an Irish Red recipe I threw together, mostly while at the homebrew shop. Link to recipe The plan is to start around noon EST tomorrow, 8/24. Link will follow!

Wasn't sure what forum this belonged in, so hello General forum! I made a video of my all-grain brewday. I know it's a long video, so I included a table of contents at the start of the video and in the description. So for best enjoyment, click through and watch in glorious HD (recorded at 1080p).

Got me a new toy, thought I'd test it out. Cheers!

I know I haven't been around HBT for a while, but you guys were always my homebrewing family, so I figure it's about time I announce it here: I'm in the process of going pro with Man Skirt Brewing (new website coming soon!). You can keep an eye on our Facebook page, or follow us on Twitter to...

I have this premium regulator battery from MicroMatic. I just replaced my 20# CO2 tank a few weeks ago, and it was dead again this week. It turns out the outboard regulator is leaking through the hole that's just under the knob that changes the pressure. It's where gas comes out when you back...

I'm scaling this recipe up for an 11-gallon parti-gyle. In order to keep the ingredient ratios close to the original recipe, I ended up with 7lbs of flaked rye. That seems like an obscene amount, and I'm mildly concerned about a stuck mash. I'm wondering if I should scale the flaked rye less...

Ohai! I just wired up a Love TS-2 from Dwyer and thought you guys might like to see how I did it. It started with a 4x4x4" outdoor plastic enclosure from Home Depot. I flipped the lid over and marked the position of the Decora outlet and Love controller. Then with my Dremel and a cut-off...

Ohai! I'm in the starting stages of putting together an E-HERMS system. I've found plenty of reading on builds and how-tos, but have a question on procedure I haven't found answered. I've got an electric HLT that's going to contain my heat exchanger coil. I usually keep 10-15 gallons of water...

Since Yooper gives me crap every time I stir my mash with that 1x4, I decided it was time to finally break down and make a mash paddle. I used aspen. Hard to see in the picture, but the end tapers almost to a point so I can get in all the corners of my tun. -Joe

I was out at my local big box store and came across this Brute trash can dolly. $33, 250# capacity. Got it home, and it looks practically made for it. The only thing I'm wondering about is if the point loads from the feet will be too much for the base. It's very heavy fiberglass with deep...

Since there are a lot of questions about CIP in the Brewhemoth Conicals thread, I thought I'd start one with my current solution, and invite others to share theirs. First I had the cap on the chiller drilled to accept a 1/2" NPT long nipple. Then I soldered in the nipple with Harris...

It works. -Joe

-Joe

I got in on a grain buy recently and decided to play with some malt. My wife home roasts coffee beans, so I decided to try our Gene Cafe out on some 2-row (if you want to see the Gene Cafe in action, ). I loaded up the hopper with 1/4lb of 2-row. I should be able to do 1/2lb at a time, but...

Tune in for the shenanigans. Finalgravitypodcast on Justin.tv -Joe

I bought some stainless screws from Home Depot to secure the tap tower to my bar. It turns out they're only "stainless finish", not actual stainless steel screws. I don't remember how they were packaged, but it certainly wasn't obvious that they weren't stainless. I had to buy...

So I recently acquired a large hunk of perforated stainless. I'll be making a false bottom for my MLT, and thought I'd make a hop stopper for leaf hops for my boil kettle. My BK has a bottom drain, so I can't really use a screen - it has to be like a false bottom. So what I was thinking was...