Special Issue: 25 Great Homebrew Projects
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Build Your Own Glycol Fermenter
Build a glycol chilling system to keep your fermenter at the optimum temperature.
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The DIY In-Line Oxygenator
Build your own in-line oxygenator to aerate your wort directly from the out side of your counterflow chiller as it flows to the fermenter.
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Nitro Kegerator
With very little time and money (if you are frugal, that is), you can serve up nitro beers at home without having to do any permanent modifications to your kegerator.
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Build a Kegerator
In this project, I’ll outline how to build a basic, two-tap kegerator. It’s not a cheap project, but the benefits are tremendous and well worth the money. Before you can get started
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Carboy Spray Wand
Probably every homebrewer’s least favorite part of the hobby is the sometimes staggering amount of cleaning that is required to produce a sanitary, contaminant-free batch of beer. And one of the most
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Rebuild a Keg
Used Cornelius style kegs are widely available at reasonable prices. A considerable amount of money can be saved if you buy kegs that have not been worked on in any way and
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Portable Draft System
Build a single-keg setup in two different sizes to take your finely crafted draft beer on the road.
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Counterpressure Bottle Filler
Kegging is convenient. it eliminates the bottling process, and cuts out days of carbonating time. When you bring a keg to a friend’s house, however, you’re bringing a lot of beer. The more beer you bring, the more beer the friends drink. You may never get a full glass for yourself. These are the times that call for bottles.
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Build an Electric Heat Stick
I’ve been an apartment brewer since 1987, so space has always been a problem. Then, in 2005, I purchased a 15-gallon (57-L) stainless steel conical fermenter and a 60-qt. (57-L) stainless steel
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Build a Cooler Mash Tun
The heart and soul of any all-grain homebrewing system is the combination mash/lauter tun. “Mashing” is the hot water steeping process that results in sweet fermentable wort, while “lautering” is the
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Build a Recirculating Wort Chiller
Given that there are so many places in the world where fresh, potable water is a scarcity, I think the least we can do as enthusiasts of a water-intensive hobby is minimize
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Build a Randall-Style Hop Filter
When Dogfish Head created their Randall filter system for draft beers, it was to add a hop boost to a beer being poured. Build your own inline draft filter for hops and more.
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Build a Heated Keg Cleaner: Projects
Keep your kegs and carboys clean with this bucket-based spray cleaner.
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Build A Tap Handle: Projects
Build your own tap handles and show off your labels.
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Countertop All-Grain Brewing System
A homemade electric, temperature-controlled brewery – and it all fits on a countertop. A 3-gallon (11-L), 2-vessel solution for small-scale brewing.
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Pumped Up Toolbox: Projects
In which we describe the much-awaited union of a brewing pump and a toolbox — a portable pump project of prodigious proportions.
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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 Hop Drying Oast
Sure, you could dry your homegrown hops on an old screen, but wouldn’t you rather build your own oast?
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Build a French Press Hopback
Add a hoppy aroma to your brews with a homemade hopback.
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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 make two different stir plates, one from old computer parts you may have lying around.
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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.
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Build Your Own Water Filter: Projects
Why spend a dollar or more a gallon for bottled water when you can filter your own?
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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.
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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.
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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 through the parts and procedures to make this useful piece of all-grain equipment.
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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
