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I have a fermentation chamber that I build. This is for keeping a constant temperature for fermenting beer, wine, or mead. I have this is my garage and it keeps a nice 68deg even during the hottest part of the year. This is a 4 foot by 4 foot and fully insulated with a digital air condition unit...

I have a three tier brewing set up. The top tier has a modified keg with a thermometer, sight glass, and a ball valve. That feeds into the "mash tun" which is an ice chest that is modified with an internal screen and a ball valve. That feeds into the "boil kettle" this is another modified keg...

I just picked up a 25ft chest freezer from work. I plugged it in and the inside gets cold but the compressor get pretty hot. What should I look at first to get this to run cooler? I plan on using this as a fermentation box so I will not be pushing it to get down to freezing temps. Should I be...

I am currently storing my grain in buckets in my fermentation chamber. Is this safe? I have had a problem with the last 2 bathes but I think it has to do with my buckets. I need to replace the buckets with new ones. Could the grain in my ferm chamber also be a problem? Where do you guys store...

Has anyone used a flow/volume meter on their HLT. I want an easy way to measure the amount of water I put into the mashtun. Right now I have a sight glass on a keggel and have to heat up an extra 4 gallons just to be able to see it on the sight glass. I would prefer to only heat up the amount of...

Here is my version of a 3-teir brewing stand. I did a lot of research around here and got a lot of good info. I then added the things that I wanted on a stand. I set this up to use a cooler MLT and can add a third burner and use a keg for a MLT. What do you guys think? Is there anything that I...

I have been stalking this forum for a while. I want to be more active on here and share what I am doing. I have been brewing for about 8 months mainly doing BIAB. I am now building a 3 tier setup for traditional 3 vessal brewing. I have sucked a lot of information here and hope to share of some...