What's your best DIY brew gadget?

[chainlife]

You sold your boat to make room for damn ping pong?!? Shame on you sir, shame on you!

My custom fermentation chamber. I'm very short on space since I just convinced the wife I would sell one of my boats to make room for a ping pong table in the garage. I desperately needed a chamber but had no more floor space. Built this on the work bench so it can be taken down with lite effort when not in use. View attachment 239503View attachment 239504View attachment 239505View attachment 239506View attachment 239507

Later got the Johnson A419 and plugged the heating pad into it. It's December in Michigan right now and I have two carboys sharing one heating pad and it is still off most times I check it.

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[Artifishal]

I still currently have 5 boats. No joke. Lol. I think I could afford to get rid of one.

 

[chainlife]

I still currently have 5 boats. No joke. Lol. I think I could afford to get rid of one.

Oh damn, well hats off to you! I have my hands full with my toon!

 

[dmarc85]

I built a control box to run three pumps and control two water solenoid (for filling my kettles) The box is unlabeled right now Labels are my next project.

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[w0732400]

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My grain mill.

 

[pigroaster]

I made this to transfer hot wort from mash tun to the next burner, No lifting. Move unit when it is on lowest setting.Simply crank it up to burner height and transfer keggle to burner. One set of casters turn. Aircraft cable used on lift with bearings and copper slides.

 

[thomasjr16]

Here's my sparge arm that I made from some leftover PEX tubing. I place a hose clamp in the middle and slide it in a slotted piece of wood that sits across the mash tun to adjust height above grain bed

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[bobeer]

My immersion chiller or my mash tun. Both were fun, easy, and relatively cheap to make.

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[dmarc85]

Function over form. I hope my dimmer dial doesn't melt

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[1977Brewer]

Depending on the amperage of that drill, I'd say it probably will. Nice rig though!

 

[kpr121]

Here's my sparge arm that I made from some leftover PEX tubing. I place a hose clamp in the middle and slide it in a slotted piece of wood that sits across the mash tun to adjust height above grain bed

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Love the sparge arm! I have some pex laying around I might have to try this! I think I've seen some people build manifolds out of pex too.

 

[dmarc85]

Display cooler ferm chamber:

I added a circuit and receptacle spliced inline with the AC power wires to control a heater and stir plate. This unit is what allows me to make any beer style year-round; invaluable.

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