Not long ago I decided to move away from carboys and age my sour and brett beers in pin lock kegs. I’ll go more in depth on the reasons behind that in a future post, but the biggest hurdle to overcome with this move was to allow for adequate pressure relief during secondary fermentation. Buying … [Read more…]
I built my first keezer in 2010. At the time I was living with my wife in a one bedroom apartment. I don’t remember how I spun it, but I managed to convince her a 4-tap keezer would save space. It was built with an 8.8 cu ft black freezer and some oak 1×12 to … [Read more…]
I was recently given an old five gallon barrel that had sat empty for about 5 years. Increasing my barrel collection by 50% seemed prudent, even if had to work for it. The process took me longer than I intended, but mostly because life got in the way, if you’re on top of things this … [Read more…]
I’m ready to fill my barrel for the first time but need a place to put it when it’s full, which means I need a barrel stand. I want to maintain some mobility in case I need to scoot it out of the way to access other things in my basement. I have some Harbor … [Read more…]
A while ago it occurred to me that I could build an inline carbonator much like Blichmann Engineering’s QuickCarb™ and I started to figure out the parts list, which I posted here . Shortly after that post I purchased all the parts and eagerly await the slow boat from China to deliver my new project. … [Read more…]
I know this isn’t a new idea, but my latest brewing build was a keg washer. If you have kegs you need to build one too. My old routine was to wait until I needed kegs, then take what I had out to the driveway and line them all up, then go through a few … [Read more…]
I have built and tested this inline carbonation setup and am very happy with it. Click here for the build and review post . This post was updated on March 2nd, 2017. The main changes revolve around a decision over pump selection. The parts list was also updated with parts found to be cheaper than … [Read more…]
This post is a historical account of my fermentation chamber build from 2011, and includes recent updates. Details of this build are scattered around the web, and now they have been brought together in one place. About a year after I started brewing, I decided it was time to take the next step in making … [Read more…]