I am primarly a Mead guy wich requires no heat. But a few times a year I like to brew 15 gallons of an Arrogant Bastard Clone. I've been doing it at a brew...
... A half barrel (15 gallons) will hold about 35 - 40 lbs of malt maximum. This means a similar size cooler (60 quart) should work. A half barrel can be used...
... times a ... of ... maximum. ... maximum ... Here is a little help that shows the amount of grain for vessel its down the page a bit. It figures grain and...
I was touring New Belgium Brewing last week and was intrigued by the system they had in their brew kettle. The had an inverted cone that the wort was poured...
It's most probabally based on a "Kelly Kettle" , basically the same thing, but of course fired by electricity, steam or gas I would imagine. we sell them here...
It is called a Merlin Boiling System made by Steinecker. The wort is actually constantly recirculated over the cone and actually boils on the cone. It is a...
... issue with oxygenating the wort? That's the first thing I thought of, Blake, ... HSA. Another thing that this design contradicts is my understanding of...
Yep, that looks like it - and they actually called it Merlin. I assumed that it was just a nickname. I need to read up on the aeriation issues, as I don't...
There is no homebrew supply store within 100 miles of my backwoods village. Does anyone which online supplier is closest to Louisiana? Most of the shipping...
... Austin Homebrew Supply, Austin, TX, charges a flat rate of $5.99 for shipping. Their URL is www.austinhomebrew.com. Beer, Beer, and Morebeer, URL...
I have some brew kettles that I will use for a HERMS setup. The kettles are stainless steel and they have no holes for the weledless fittings I have seen at...
... kettles ... I ... heard ... I used a step drill to drill holes in kegs worked great . The bits are more expensive than a hole saw but work a lot fasted and...
The easiest way that I found, and I tried several, is a Unibit step drill. You should be able to pick one up for around $25 - $30. Here's what they look like ...
I would go to Harbor frieght and get a punch and die set, they have them on sale for about $14 You drill a 1/4' hile,put your die on one side, punch on the ...
I would highly recommend using some type of punch. I bough a punch from the electrical section at HD to cut my SS kettle. You have to drill about a 1/4" hole...
The ones from harbor freight are good for the home user but in an industrial manufacturing environment they wouldn't survive a day of continuous use before ...
... how ... You guys could get a lot out of browsing over some home brewing forums like www.aussiehomebrewer.com or http://www.brewboard.com/index.php? ...
I'm looking to upgrade to something bigger and safer than 5-7 gallon glass carobys. I have found Toledo metal spinning; I read that some guys use a valve kit...
I don't mind taking apart my Fermenators each time I brew.... But to be honest, I only take them apart every second or third time I use them. I drop the parts ...
... Another option: http://morebeer.com/browse.html?category_id=1090&keyword=&x=1&y=1 I built two from the Toledo hoppers. It's easy and if I did it again I'd...
Everything sounds good Mike, however, I have read *numerous* posts on people wanting to do welds in a fermenter. You will indeed grow bateria in those welds....
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:48:17 -0500, Frosty The BeerMan ... You are right about the need for somebody who knows how to do sanitary welding. I got mine welded by...
Interesting you are talking about silver solder, as I know somebody who works quite a bit with you guess it......... silver solder ! He sent me a bunch of...
... who works quite a bit ... them is a ... pretty nice beer projects. ... is "P-J" ... computers. He did ... and too small for my system. ... nice, and is...
BeerTools Pro - The software is avalible at www.beertools.com I do NOT work for - or any relation to them ! I would like to hear from anyone that does USE...
As a side note, they are looking at doing a Linux beta if they can get 100 people to sign up. So far they have 18. If you are interested in evaluating this...
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