Recent content by mbertram

So I'm brewing a wit. I've been brewing quite a while, but have never done protein rests. I still use a cooler tun so it's a PITA to adjust the temperature after dough in. 5 gal batch, 5.5 pre-boil 1.25 qt/lb for a ten pound bill = 3.125 gal mash in So do I just divide that by 4 and do...

Speed, not having to prepare ice every batch, and less heavy lifting. But the chillers waste more water and you most likely have to be outside. Each has their trade offs.

Speed, not having to prepare ice every batch, and less heavy lifting. But the chillers waste more water and you most likely have to be outside. Each has their trade offs.

Great post, tones! I started out with an immersion chiller and it worked great - although mine wasn't nearly as nice and leaked like a sieve. One thing I would recommend (maybe not immediately, but eventually) is to move to a counter-flow chiller. It requires little more than a garden hose more...

Great post, tones! I started out with an immersion chiller and it worked great - although mine wasn't nearly as nice and leaked like a sieve. One thing I would recommend (maybe not immediately, but eventually) is to move to a counter-flow chiller. It requires little more than a garden hose more...

There, that should fix it up well. Mostly done, just need a curtain for the top and a few other finishing touches. STC-1000 temp controller is done but not pictured

That is a great idea! I think This is what I am going to end up doing. I even have an old vinyl shower curtain that has a world map on it, so I can even have it be decorative! Thanks Reynolds!

Amen, Conan! I don't have a workshop, I have to commandeer my landlord's and use my livingroom. I have to say my drill, my tape, my razor (solely due to all the pink foam board), and my sawzall (mostly for deconstruction, but sometimes replacing my LL's table saw)

Thanks so much for this thread! I'm up in Buffalo and am gonna try to find a tree to tap in the next week or two! A brass nipple from home depot and I'm ready!

Very nice! I haven't seen a keggerator pay homage to one's home city before and I think you pulled it off well.

Thanks! Yeah, I've got a kitchen, livingroom, and bedroom which you can see every part of from any spot in the house. It's a nice place, but always a trade off between brewing equipment and having a nice apartment!

So after having a hideous pink box in my bedroom (studio apt.) for a couple months, I decided to seek out a dresser to do a more elegant fermentation chamber. I started with this armoire I found around me on craigslist. I thought it was real wood due to the weight, but it turned out to be mostly...

Nice clean build. I am currently building a fermentation chamber using an old armoire. I like the idea of using several thinner pieces of foam board - cutting the 2" stuff has been the bane of my existence for the past week. How thick and how expensive was that FRP? I might consider lining mine...

So I've used this old beat up rectangular cooler that's been kicking around my family for two decades up until a few weeks ago when it got a hole in it. So I went out and bought up a 10 gal cylindrical, gatorade-style cooler. Tested it and it retains heat like a champ, but the only problem is my...

Sorry for not checking more than the first dozen or so pages, but this thread is pretty big. I racked this to the secondary and since haven't seen or measured any activity. Anyone else have this problem?