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Another stab at building a cheap Window-AC based Chiller. I snagged the Frigidaire Analog unit from the clearance section at Sears for 25.00 out the door... Add a 35 dollar cooler, a trusty STC-1000, and a aquarium wave generator and here it is. First, build the cart, to keep the whole unit...

Hi, I am going to be building a Home brewery in a few months and wanted to get ideas or advise from you all. I have a single car garage that the Wifey is letting me do whatever I want with. I will have a plumbed in the space with but unfortunately the builder was not able to put in a...

Hi guys I saw a few threads when I searched, but I was hoping to get a little better answer for this. I just finished building my cfc. It's built with 3/8 copper interior tubing and all the fittings are copper as well. I did a TSP soak, vinegar soak, and then rinsed the hell out of it. Water...

I'm am starting on my build for my next project a glycol chiller controlled by craftbeerpi! Just finished my brew controller build this one should be easier. I'll be using a portable everstar a.c. Unit @ 11000 btu (a little bigger than I wanted I was hoping to stay under 10 amps this is 12 amps...

I had a ton of growlers floating around and no where to put them. So I built a simulated wort chiller on the wall of my bar in my house. It's really a Growler Display Rack. First I bought a bunch of 3/4" black pipe fittings from Lowe's, Running's and Home Depot. I put them together to make...

I am working on a plan for a double coil immersion chiller to replace the janky, poorly made IC I currently have (25' x 3/8" Single). I was going to do two 3/8" x 25' coils, attached using T-fittings that are sweated together, so that there is cold water flowing from the input through each of...

Hello all. I bought a house about a year ago and there was a little odd space off the living room that was dimly lit and otherwise useless for anything I would need so I threw the kegerator there, stacked some milk crates around for shelves, and hung some crap on the walls while I got to other...

OK so i plan on building a kegerator from the ground up for cheaps just to get to the point I'll be getting a 1.7 cubic foot mini fridge for $20 that works perfect and is barely used and im going to gut it. I wanna keep it relatively light because I want to be able to move it easily and not...

Hello, I am going to be starting to build my Keezer in a few weeks and have done a ton of research. I have decided to add 1/4in wood paneling to the side of my Keezer with a gap around the freezer of 1.5 to 2.5 in. I was going to install a small fan in one of the sides to push air through around...

At last I have all of the pieces for my Fermenter. The goal is to ferment in SS vs Plastic buckets, ferment under pressure, pressure transfer to keg. I am not really driving for Low O2 yet but it is on my mind for the future. I hope to brew this weekend and split the wort to this fermenter and a...

Ordered some burner heads for my brew stand build, but when they arrived today, it looks like there was some misalignment when they were drilling out the holes. There's one place where the drilling went clear through, and several other divots where it was partially drilled. My question is one...

I'm converting a smaller, but full-size fridge to a fermentation chamber and hit my first major obstacle that I haven't found on any formus. Beside the compressor, there is what looks like a black rubber stopper that all the wiring goes into on its way to the thermostat (pictures below). I want...

I wouldn't call myself a noob... though others might, and I probably couldn't argue. I think being out of brewing for the last 8 years I am a bit behind on a lot of the new ideas out there. I know the keezer builds and system builds are far more advanced then they were a decade ago. I am...

First post here, have been a lurker for a long time, been extract brewing for a few years. Now working on building a mash tun out of a Coleman xtreme 70qt cooler. Planning to use cooler kit from Bargain Fittings. I am not a DIY kinda guy and live in a small town with not a lot of resources...

Howdy. As I still have the homebrew obsession, I'm allowing it to lead me into many a DIY projects. Other than the labels (still working on the woodcut for that), I decided to try my hands at carboy covers. I'm probably one of the only chicks on here, but I don't care - a lot of you have...

Hi all, I am in the process of aquiring/designing my brewery. I have pretty much purchased the main components (ie, kegs as bk, mlt, hlt, and one pump), but before I start buying a lot more stuff, I want to make sure I know what I am getting in to, and that it will work. This will be a RIMS...

Not including the cost of the cooler. I'd like to know what fittings I need for the valve, if I can pick them up at any hardware store and what size pvc pipe is typically used? Also what type/size lines are used to go from the mash tun to the kettle? Anything else that may help me get...

Quick question, I have Pony Keg I am thinking about converting to a conical fermenter. I found an SS cone to weld on. The only thing is that I don't know if it has enough slope to be useful. It is 13" major dia, 2" minor dia, and 5" tall. Any thoughts? Thanks

So after getting a bunch of sanke/sankey/sanky-modified soda kegs, I set out cleaning diligently. Reassembling them, I chose to use the spiral rings that were on the kegs. For the o-ring on the spear to compress completely, either a industry standard spiral retaining ring needs to be...