Brew Area – April 6th update
As promised, sitting here cruising along at 28,000 feet, I am updating a few of these pages. the brewing area/Bar is coming along very nicely. I was originally planning on…
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Black Friday Stout
I recently had the chance to brew up the Black Friday Stout that I got for christmas – finally had the time and gear. Got a chance to try out…
mini-update on brew area
OK really quick update for those following along – Decision has been made, it will be a U shaped workspace. Standing with your back to the basement corner – to…
Brew Dog releases DIY Dog
In the homebrewing world we are always trying to clone a great brew. Occasionally a brewer will help out and give some advice, sometimes even publish a recipe of theirs.…
Grand Cherokee Hemi 5.7 misfire and repair
Back in October 2012 we bought a Grand Cherokee. We had a Wrangler, but our family was growing, and the TJ just wasn’t going to cut it much longer. It…
Grain Mill – Modify a corona mill for homebrew use.
As I am using more grain in my brews, I finally grabbed a grinder. Since I am on a budget, for now I am using a modified version of this…
Equipment kits to get you started
A great place to start is with a pre-built kit. Yes, you could buy everything individually, and if you order from a bunch of different places you might save a…
Tap-A-Draft
Like many homebrewers, I am planning on kegging in the future. Don’t get me wrong – I like to be able to just grab a bottle from the fridge when…
Refrigerator based fermentation chamber
After just a couple of batches I started thinking about how to control my temperatures. Had my eyes on a couple of clone recipes that are temperature specific. Luckily a…
Links
A collection of links that I use often. Suppliers, resources, etc.. Adventures in Homebrewing http://www.homebrewing.org Free shipping on select kits! Fermentis yeast data sheets http://www.fermentis.com/ MoreBeer http://www.morebeer.com iSpindel BrewPi integration…
Basement Brewery
Pictures soon… This past weekend we got most of the area cleaned out a much as needed – and hoping to wrap that up this weekend and with a little…
Fermentation control
I am going to do a decent writeup on this combination project; fermentation chamber and BrewPi temperature control. this project is nearly complete and will be written up real soon.…
Getting started with Homebrew
So, where does one get started with homebrewewing beer? It may seem daunting at first, expensive, sounds like it is easy to go wrong, possibly even dangerous – but it…