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Carboy Protector and Dolly: Projects

In this installment of “Projects,” we will solve the problem of moving and protecting glass carboys, which are not only expensive, but also prone to breakage if they are wet or handled without caution, or stored against each other on an unstable surface. Full carboys are also heavy and hard to move around a homebrewery without risking injury. Try building these two inexpensive carboy projects and you may be saving yourself some money on buying a new carboy — or at least your back! 

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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

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Build a Hop Spider

Keep hop debris from clogging your kettle with this project — build your own “hop spider.”

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Build a Keggle: Projects

Give an old Sanke keg a new lease on life as a kettle.

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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