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Made from cast off metal from work. Base is a brake drum and a harmonic balancer. "Tree" is square tubing I squirreled away from time to time. Pot and burners = 2 turkey cookers from Lowes MLT is per the threads here on HBT enjoy:

OK, here's the skinny - going to a friend's place to brew a lager, since theey have lagering ability. It will be my first lager. I'd love to do an Octoberfest and let that bad boy mellow all summer. But I cannot make up my mind on a recipe. Anyone have a super simple / doable AG...

Since joining HBT from time to time I have read posts that basically boil down to " I have too much beer. I brew more than I drink." Impossible I said, and posted. How can anyone ever look at those amber bottles of sweet hoppy goodness and think of them as "too many" or " too much"? How can...

OK, I was at a HBS in a town I work in , and while hanging out decided to pick up a True Brew Kit. I have not done an extract kit in a while, and figured it would be fun, plus this was thier Belgian Ale, so I figured cool plus 2. I had never done a True Brew kit, only Brewer's Best kits prior...

OK, so I started back in July, did some extract kits, made some mediocre beer, did a few more, got better, and then WHAM I made some dang fine beers. Having a ball. Eased into AG by using the BIAB method - 4 good to great back to back brews. Then The wheels feel off. Every beer since has...

Anyone see anything else about this? I admit, I was not brewing in the 2007 shortage / fire disaster year - but have read about what it did to supplies. This kinda makes me want to order a lot and horde them now ! LOL - But seriously - does this make anyone elsw want to stock up? Craft...

Well, if you have been following THIS THREAD you know I was curious about the Mild Malt my LHBS sells - it's super cheap - and I made an experimental batch with it. Well, it's in the keg, and so far at each point I am pretty thirilled with it. So I got the brew bug yesterday, and this week I am...

This is my local micro. Love these guys. They seem to be doing things right - and they make good beer, too! :) http://www.carynews.com/2011/01/11/25895/aviator-brewing-looks-to-extend.html

Let me first welcome you to the craft. It is an amazing, addictive, joyous hobby that will take you to many highs and lows as you perfect your techniques, and explore the wide world of beer. I admit out front I have not been brewing forever, and that I learn something almost EVERY DAY , either...

OK, so it is snowing, and I am bored out of my mind. I happen to have a nice man-cave ( a 24 x 40 shop with heat and ventilation ) so I figured, hey, let's get a brew on! Now, I was going to do another experiment - two recipes I was going to call Big Brother and Little Brother - essentially the...

Well, here goes nothing...

Got my first kegging setup - kegged 5 gallons and set at 28lbs @ 70 degrees. 5 lb gas tank btw. This was Saturday. Sunday - gauges fine - barely shake keg,it took a little gas then stopped hissing Monday - Same Tuesday - Tank empty. Gas gone. Keg is reading 16 lbs currently. Now, I...

Money is a little tight this holiday, so I made alot of christmas gifts - beer, birdhouses and such. I had an oak blank left over and decidided to make me a mash paddle. Materials: 1x4 oak blank Tools Pencil - draw out what you want on the blank- Jig Saw - cut out rough design Hole...

So I keep seeing this Mild Malt at my LHBS - and it is the cheapest grain they have. Now that I ( finally ) have a keg system, I'm looking for a nice mellow mid ABV house ale. PLUS I love a reason to brew, so I decided to do an experiment. Beer "A" ( "C" in Keg ) 9 lbs 2 row 1 lb carapils 1...

First time using MLT, and hydro ( I had one and broke it a while back while still in the extract mode ) . Anyway - Brewsmith put my est SG at 1.050, and I got 1,040. What are commoncauses of this? 8lbs 2 row 1 lbs cry 40 L 1 lbs caramunich 1 lb munich light mashed 1 hr at 158 (...

So, I am building these kits as Christmas gifts . What do you think? Left to right - AHS StormCastle Brown Brewer's Best Imperial Pale Ale American Brewmaster Irish Red DeathBrewer's SMaSH APA Hazy Daze ( My first recipe! ) AHS Session Blonde The rack is hinged so that you rotate...

I used to drink only BMC , and thought I knew something about beer. Then I got into craft beer, and after a while thought I knew something about beer. Then I started home brewing and thought finally I knew something about beer. I have just had a beer so divine I realize until now, I...

So I made a SMaSH out of Marris Otter and Williamette. I know the hops would be subdued, but at bottling time tonight I cannot taste them AT ALL. I may have made my first Malt Liquor.. ( j/k ) But seriously - I always drink whatever is left in the bottle bucket when I know there is not a...

Seriously, any one else? I have tried to like it, but after 6 I can say I will never, ever drink another one.

I contacted a local Brewery and asked to buy some dmaged kegs for building a rig, since I want to do it on the up and up. I DO NOT WANT TO START A WHOLE CRAIGSLIST / GREY MARKET / DEPOSIT KEG THREAD. Rather, since these things are not just laying abut, I wanted to know What do folks think...