Projects
Build a Continuous Wort Hopper
Want to drop hops in your wort at a steady rate over the course of the boil? Then let us show you how to build your own over-the-top continuous wort hopper. All you need is a length of PVC pipe, a motor and the desire to brew real hop monsters. Plus: Put it to work — a clone recipe for Dogfish Head’s 60-Minute IPA.
Building Plastic Mini-Kegs: Projects
How to build a fantastic plastic mini-keg for bringing your homebrew to parties.
Build a Counterflow Wort Chiller
Chill on the cheap by building your own counterflow wort chiller for about forty bucks. With one trip to the hardware store and about an hour of build time, you can be chilling your wort quickly and efficiently with this "cool" project. Plus: A Rundown of Different Chilling Options
Build a Transparent In-Line Aerator: Projects
Build an aeration system that you can see right through.
Build a Counter-Pressure Bottle Filler: Projects
Want to bottle sediment-free beer from your keg? With an hour of your time and $30 worth of parts, you can make your own counter-pressure bottle filler.
Building a Weldless Boil Kettle or Mash Tun
Turn a Sanke keg into a boil kettle or mash tun without picking up a welder’s torch. Our solution for converting a kicked keg into a killer piece of brewing equipment.
Building 3 Tiers to Beer
Want to build your own quarter or half-barrel brewing system? We’ll take you step-by-step from stainless steel tubes to a sturdy stand for a three-vessel brewing system capable of brewing 5 to 13-gallon (19-49 L) batches of beer.
Build a Multiple-Bottle Filler
A full 5-gallon (19-L) batch of homebrew requires filling 53 12-oz. (355 mL) bottles. What if you could fill more than one bottle at a time?
Build a Bottle/Carboy/Hose Sanitizing Sprayer: Projects
Our Project guy reworks his favorite project — a bottle sanitizing sprayer. Convert a Corny keg to a cool and useful gadget. that can handle a variety of your brewing equipment.
Build Two Hopbacks: Projects
Maximize hop aroma with one of our two simple hopbacks.
Build a Beer Engine: Projects
Move your brew without CO2? Now you can, too, if you build your own beer engine.
Draftline Cleaner: Projects
The last link between you and your brew is your draft lines. Keep ’em clean with this simple, but highly useful, project.
