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Unfortunately, we didn't win the grand prize, but we did win five hundred bucks. We're a group of seniors in college who had our plans ruined by COVID, so we've thrown ourselves headfirst into homebrewing and are hoping to get into the business of professionally brewing at some point (after finding a way to get some professional experience, of course).
That said, we've decided to see how far it takes us and just enjoy the process while we're young. Currently, we have a propane burner, an 8 gallon pot, a 10 gallon pot, multiple 5 gallon buckets, and bottling accessories. We've been doing BIAB, and it's been working out great!
Our temperature control system is college dorm room engineered, so we use a combination of the swamp cooling method (ice packs in a plastic tote full of water with the fermentation bucket submerged) and a heating jacket if we need to warm them (with an inkbird temp controller).
If YOU had this kind of equipment and an extra $500 to work with, what would you do with it? I know it doesn't go too far in this hobby, but the judges didn't want to cough up any more cash than that. If your idea is over $500, we could also possibly make that work with some of our own money!
Here's a picture of our American-hopped farmhouse! We were so happy when we brewed it and it came out tasting great.
That said, we've decided to see how far it takes us and just enjoy the process while we're young. Currently, we have a propane burner, an 8 gallon pot, a 10 gallon pot, multiple 5 gallon buckets, and bottling accessories. We've been doing BIAB, and it's been working out great!
Our temperature control system is college dorm room engineered, so we use a combination of the swamp cooling method (ice packs in a plastic tote full of water with the fermentation bucket submerged) and a heating jacket if we need to warm them (with an inkbird temp controller).
If YOU had this kind of equipment and an extra $500 to work with, what would you do with it? I know it doesn't go too far in this hobby, but the judges didn't want to cough up any more cash than that. If your idea is over $500, we could also possibly make that work with some of our own money!
Here's a picture of our American-hopped farmhouse! We were so happy when we brewed it and it came out tasting great.