Projects
Carboy Sprayer: Projects
Frustrated with all the gunk that collects inside your carboys? Don’t soak it, spray it! Learn how to build your own carboy sprayer.
Build a French Press Hopback
Add a hoppy aroma to your brews with a homemade hopback.
Build Your Own Stir Plate
A stir plate will keep your yeast in suspension while you are raising them in your yeast starter . . . and we’ve got instructions on how to make two different stir plates, one from old computer parts you may have lying around.
From Brew Pot to Brew Kettle: Projects
Use a step drill to convert your plain brew pot into a brew kettle with a built in spigot and thermometer. We’ll take you step-by-step through this driller thriller.
Build Your Own Water Filter: Projects
Why spend a dollar a gallon for bottled water?
Build Your Own Spunding Valve to Carbonate in the Keg
With this homemade spunding valve you can naturally carbonate your homebrew by capturing the carbon dioxide produced late in fermentation just like many pros do on the commercial side.
Build a Flow-Through Thermometer: Projects
Want to know the temperature of the water exiting your counterflow chiller? Get in line — an in-line thermometer that is.
Build a Continuous Sparging System: Projects
With one trip to the hardware store and a short build session, you can have your own homemade sparging system. We’ll go step-by-step through the parts and procedures to make this useful piece of all-grain equipment.
Build a Mash/Lauter Vessel: Projects
Looking to try all-grain brewing, but worrying about the cost of new equipment? Learn how to build an inexpensive mash/lauter vessel.
Build a Burton Union System: Projects
Our homebrew interpretation of a Burton Union system can be used for harvesting yeast or reclaiming beer that would have been lost out the blow-off tube. Save the beer for your glass, not your floor.
Build an Open Fermenter: Projects
Buckets and carboys are the most common homebrew fermenters. For those open to experimentation, however, we present our open fermenter project, in which we prove it’s hip to be square.
Build a Cast Tap Handle: Projects
With the help of a casting kit, you can play with clay and turn your sculpture into a custom killer tap handle for your homebrew.
