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Thanks very much! The vent hood is just a cheap Broan under-cabinet range hood with a 190 CFM fan that I was given for free. The hood has a 7" outlet but I had to use a reducer coming off it to 6" to get vent pipe to fit and so I could install a baffle easily since it runs outside the house...

Thanks! My dad helped out quite a bit, especially with the framing and planning things out. I've never done anything like this before so having someone to bounce ideas off of and call whenever I got stuck was great.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0061MA4E8/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 That's the stencil I used, although I'll warn you if you're trying to do something similar it was a huge pain. After about half a row the finer details started getting clogged up with paint, so I'd have to stop and peel...

There are a few things I've gotten done/upgraded over the last couple months. I'm pretty happy with where things are at now, the only thing I have left to do really is make a few modifications to my mash tun to allow me to use a copper chiller and a 2nd pump to do a RIMS setup. I'm not sure...

Thanks! Honestly the bar itself wasn't all that bad. The whole bottom cabinet area was cut and put together in a single day, although a lot of planning went into the dimensions to make it work. The top on the other hand was several days of work, but a lot of that was waiting for glue to dry and...

Grouted and sort of cleaned Put some cabinets in as well, hole is cut for attaching my grain mill Sump pump is now in the left side of the cabinet, sink added on the right Finished bar side and back, still needs some hardware for the cabinet doors The heart of the brewery, lots of steel from...

I started this project a little over 3 years ago, but it took a back seat right after tearing everything apart. A couple months ago I finally started putting the shambles of my basement back together, and am very nearly done so I feel better about sharing with you all. Enjoy! Before, IDK what...

This is a good point that I hadn't really thought about, but it looks like with a Grainfather at least I would lose ~3-4lb capacity on my current setup and never have the option to upgrade. I don't really do a ton of high gravity brews and adding extract is always an option. Still, my bigger...

Absolutely, I have no problems with the kettle DIY side, I've already installed sight glasses in both my kettles and if I go the panel route I know I'd be installing a heat element, temperature probe, and valve - and possibly modding my mash tun to be able to either recirculate wort or some kind...

It's just a 1000W bucket heater, I have a glass-top stove and since my normal process involves sparging with extra water to get 7 gallons pre-boil and doing a longer boil, this really helps with being able to get to a boil in the first place and boil down a little faster. I suppose I could use...

Thanks for the reply. It looks like I have some more research to do as far as control panels are concerned. I wasn't aware of the Auber EZ-Boil, but I see there are some fairly inexpensive controllers with minimal features using it that may do everything I really need. Even the cheaper...

Hi all, I could really use some advice on getting my electric brewing setup started. I started a project to convert my basement into a brewing space probably 3 years ago, but due to various issues hadn't really made a lot of progress. I've finally gotten to a point where I'm able to get the...

My other thought is that while a hop bag could account for some of the lack of hop aroma & flavor, it can't be responsible for all of it can it? What else should I be looking at? Water profile? Are these hop varieties just not good together?

The hopstand was done by chilling the beer to 180F quickly at the end of the boil with an immersion chilller, then I added the hops, whirlpooled the whole time, and applied heat as needed to keep it at 180 for the full 30 minutes before kicking the chiller back on. I did use a hop bag, which...

I don't generally secondary my beer, only if there's fruit added. I held the beer at 180F for 30 minutes while whirlpooling for the hop stand, chilled to 70F and dumped directly to primary, fermented in a water bath held at 65F for 2 weeks, then dry hopped for 7 days. The beer was racked to a...

I've always had an issue with getting really great hop aroma & flavor out of my beers, but I'm completely at a loss with my latest batch as to the cause. There is almost no discernible hop flavor or aroma in this batch, just a mild bitterness. I used 13oz of hops total for a standard IPA. The...

Following up on my experience. I called them on 2/23 and was told as well that they were behind, but my order would ship that day or the next. It still hasn't shipped as of today. I also sent them a message through their website on 3/3, but haven't gotten any response. I just filed a charge...

I also remember when this happened, and that Ed came back and shipping times improved for a while. I was hoping that if he was going to need to step away from it again, he would hire someone to manage in his absence but either that hasn't happened or they aren't doing a good job. I did end up...

I haven't tried getting in touch with them yet, but my most recent order was placed on 1/17. I have nothing really special in the order, just a few ounces of fairly standard hops, a vial each of WLP001 and WLP051, and uncrushed grain. After over 5 weeks it's still pending. This is my last...

Wow, I completely forgot about this thread. I've only ended up brewing this once, but I did really enjoy it and am planning on revisiting it again sometime. I fermented with a starter made from dregs of a bottle of Baudelaire IO, which really threw off the flavor from the original beer. Jolly...