Boston DIY Brewers?

[brewmonk]

Also, if anyone needs and welding, I managed to teach myself a few things while building up my rig. Satitary, nope, but halfway decent looking tig welds on stainless. Mild steel stand work as well. Will trade work for cost of materials and a homebrew.

really now? I am trying to make my bicycle powered grainmill a permanent framework, fewer bolts. how about starting up an allgrain batch aboilin', and then zapping some welds on a corona franken-schwinn when it warms up?

p.s. what kind of wleding rig do you have? (he asked jealously)

 

[starsailor]

That box looks little in the pics but its about 24 inches long. The silicone is all 1/2 inch, the other tubing is vinyl reinforced for for the chiller supply. I'm going to give it a trial run this week to get the pid up and thinking. My brewery is in the basement so i have to cook out side hence the all in one box.
I would love to stop by on a brew day just let me know.

Wow, if that's all 1/2" silicone the box is alot bigger than it looks in the pic.

1+ on the portability. While having a built-in brewery would be nice. Having a portable one is alot of fun too. Here's to brewing with friends!

 

[starsailor]

I'm in Boston and just ran across this thread. I've been thinking of starting up a brew share mailing list for local brewers. For example, I have several yeast cultures that I'd be happy to share but could use a few more bottles. It'd also be cool to buy full bags of grain at a discount and split them up. Let me know if anyone would be interested.

Those all sound like good ideas. BTW, I have more bottles than I need if you're interested on trading for something. PM me if you want some.

 

[Mickmike]

I'm all for going in on a bulk grain order with some people let me know...

 

[bkloos]

really now? I am trying to make my bicycle powered grainmill a permanent framework, fewer bolts. how about starting up an allgrain batch aboilin', and then zapping some welds on a corona franken-schwinn when it warms up?

p.s. what kind of wleding rig do you have? (he asked jealously)

HA, sounds like a plan. I'm all about the schwinn-o-mill...

I'm using a Miller Maxstar 150 STL. It was all I could afford used at the time, but seems to do a decent enough job for my needs. Going forward, I would love to get a unit with HF start, as the lift-arc can be a bit of a pain in the arse... Could also use a full size bottle of Argon, and another for back-gassing, and well, maybe a foot switch. Someday....

 

[samtb]

Hey everyone. Did anything come of the group grain buy idea? I'm a homebrewer in Stoneham and would love to get to know some other local brewers.

 

[bkloos]

Not as of yet, at least to my knowledge.
I should be starting to brew in another month or so, once things warm up a bit.

Is anyone interested in organizing a group buy? I would offer, but the plate is quite full with the baby due at the end of April.

Thoughts?