What for a First DIY project

[Draken]

What's the most important piece of DIY after a wort chiller?

 

[SuburbanBrewer]

Keezer/ Kegerator

 

[rhamilton]

With my crappy A/C in the house, my 2nd DIY was a fermentation chamber

 

[amazinglarry]

I agree, temperature controlled fridge for fermentation. That or a mash tun, if you don't have the means to make/use a kegerator.

 

[kh54s10]

Temperature control. It could be as simple as a swamp cooler to a walk in room.

Next, stirplate.

Temperature control and proper yeast pitching are the best ways of making good beer brewing into better beer brewing.

 

[bkorver]

I agree with most on here. Temperature control is the thing that will make the most imediate improvement on your beer, so top priority. Next would be the ability to make a starter (stir plate) and third would be the ability to do a full boil. Once you get those three things under your control you will almost have to try to make a crappy batch of beer...

 

[maffewl]

Temperature controller... you will need these for fermentation chambers, keezers... etc.

See my signature.

 

[BamaRooster]

yep +1 on temperature controller. Search the forum for stc-1000 wiring

 

[Naptown]

kegerator. I used to brew and just got tired of the bottling. I just moved into the world of cornelius kegs and couldn't be happier about the decision. Sooner the better...

 

[Pixalated]

A heatstick. It allowed me to do a full boil BIAB in the kitchen.

 

[Schumed]

I went with the kegerator because I couldn't stand bottling. Craigslist is your friend for that one. Free fridge, free junk kegerator (that I was able to pull the parts off of), good price cornies.

then I went cooler mash tun to go all grain

I'm pretty lucky to have a spot in my house that has very consistent temps 24-7. I do have it on my list to do though but busy building a brutus 10 style rig

 

[martinfan30]

I saw an article in BYO magazine about a "Hop Spider". Looks cool, easy and cheap and functional.

http://brewing.steveandemily.net/2011/02/15/hop-sock-hop-spider-build/

 

[Schumed]

I saw an article in BYO magazine about a "Hop Spider". Looks cool, easy and cheap and functional.

http://brewing.steveandemily.net/2011/02/15/hop-sock-hop-spider-build/

+1

Just did this one over the weekend..cheap, quick, and functional

 

[drathbone]

I went with a keezer. Far less cumbersome then having hundreds of bottles laying around, let alone time saved.

My personal next is probably going to be a ferm chamber.