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I've seen a few DIY glycol chillers made from window A/C units, so this isn't anything entirely new. Thought I'd share my build, and how I integrated it with my system with two new 14 gallon SS Brewtech conical fermentors. I finished this project last winter, and it has worked very well for me...

I bottled some of my Brett beer in 750 mL Belgian bottles like these: click for info and used Belgian corks like these: click for info using a Champagne corker. I used wire hoods to secure them in place. So far, the bottles using this method have been really close to flat, and bottles...

We're taking a poll to get an idea of how many here would support the idea of a hot sauce forum here on HBT. Currently, there's one focal thread on the topic, but I feel it could use its own forum to get the full potential. I know many homebrewers are generally "crafty" people, hence the...

I just spent my entire post-work day kegging 30+ gallons of beer. I brewed quite a bit of beer within the last couple months, and had planned on racking/kegging much earlier than tonight. Then my father lost his battle with cancer in September and I of course put that at the forefront of my...

Note: disregard the above stats. I have edited this recipe to reflect my latest award winning recipe. This took 1st place in the 2014 Brew Master's Competition in the "light lagers and hybrid ales" category. This is for an 11 gallon batch at about 94% efficiency. Adjust for your batch size...

This is for an 11 gallon batch, using 85-ish% efficiency. Adjust for your efficiency and batch size if necessary. Grain: 22 lb 2-row .75 lb Munich malt .5 lb Honey malt 1 lb C-20 Mash at 152F for 90 minutes Fly sparge with 172F water for 40 minutes Boil: 90 minute total boil 1.25 oz. Summit...

Of course, perfect is relative to preference. This recipe has done well in competition as well as with BMC drinkers, advanced brewers, and connoisseurs alike. This is for an 11 gallon batch, using 85-90% efficiency. Adjust for your efficiency and batch size if necessary. Grain: 14 lb German...

So I was kegging 10 gal of beer yesterday, when I noticed one of my corny kegs has a damaged lip and won't hold pressure. The lip is beyond my fixing, especially since it's $30 to get a replacement. I was thinking, though, what should I do with this one? Surely there's some part(s) that are...

Thought I'd share some labels I've made in the past. Some were for bottles; some were for the kegerator. Of course, all comments and critiques are welcome. I'm an engineer for an aerospace company that makes avionics such as black boxes, stores management systems, flight management...

So I go downstairs to the brewery area this morning before work, and notice a large puddle around the kegerator. I had just turned it off the other day to clean the lines before I kegged my latest batch -which was the first batch brewed on my new eHERMS- so I thought maybe it was from...

Been brewing for years, but have just recently gotten into wild brewing. In the past few years I've developed a taste for Belgian sours and lambics and thought I'd try producing some at home. I would like to make something like a fruit lambic, although not necessarily exactly to style. My...

This is related to some discussions I've had with friends, strangers, and have seen some related discussions even here on HBT. The meat of the issue is whether or not someone could still call themselves a brewer if they only use the following setup: Beer recipe software, one that writes...

Update 9.12.10: Build starts on page 20. Update: Actual build is as follows: use HERMS setup in converted keg MLT and HLT. 5500W ULD element in HLT, and 4500W ULD element in BK. Will still do decoction mashing with propane burner outside. See wiring diagram below for control panel function...

I built this in 2008, but I had pictures, so I figured I'd post them thinking I might give somebody ideas, hope, or motivation. A friend of mine (a brewer at one of the local brewpubs) thought he could use one after I was telling him about my plans, so we built two. I live way up in the...

Critique, comments, questions, threats, are all welcome. I might be moving into a house that has a full walk-out basement soon (I only have a crawlspace now). This means brewing expansion of course. A tiered brew stand will be one of the first projects. I used Unigraphics NX to model and...

I've brewed a few batches of mead, but I'm relatively new to it. So I wanted to brew a batch a little differently, later to find out that the closest thing to what I had in mind was called a braggot. I wasn't satisfied with the recipes I found all over the internet. Not that they didn't...

I wrote a recipe for a brown ale, and am curious as to what you all think of it. Feel free to punch it into your recipe calculators and find out what the binary brewing world says. I personally rarely use those, but I'm open to what they can provide. I'm looking for a medium colored brown...

Hey guys (and gals)! New to the forum, but not to brewing beer. Brewing batch #60 (since I started keeping track) tomorrow after work. Including my early extract batches, I've probably got around 80ish brews under my belt and looking to do plenty more. I brew just about every style of...