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Build It Yourself
Homebrewers are DIYers at heart. If you make your own beer, it makes sense you may want to make your own brewing equipment too. From simple tweaks, and purpose-built gear, to all-out systems, get inspired to BYO (Build Your Own).
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Insulation for Single Vessel Brewing
What’s the best way to hold a consistent mash temperature for brew-in-a-bag brewing? We put the popular Reflectix insulation to the test.
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Rib Cage Wort Chiller
This interleaved dual-coil design separates the coils, so each coil has maximum contact area with the hot wort.
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Glass Rinser – A portable cup rinsing station
Ever served your beer at a brewfest only to find you’re pouring your beer into dirty glassware? Here is a portable DIY glass-rinsing stati
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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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Small-Scale Brewery Steam Condenser
For those that brew indoors, all the steam from your boil kettle can cause problems, especially if you live in a humid climate. Find out how
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Pipe Fermenter
This DIY fermenter made from a pipe is meant to simulate the high hydrostatic pressure of a commercial brewery’s cylindroconical fermenter.
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Tap Cleaning System
Clean multiple beer lines in a fraction of the time. The best technique for cleaning beer lines utilizes a submersible pump to push the clea
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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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Chest Freezer to Kegerator (Keezer Collar Build)
Converting a chest freezer to a kegerator is popular among homebrewers and adding a collar is the best way to make it convenient. Here is ho
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Build a Keg Washer
The only thing worse than cleaning bottles is cleaning kegs. Make this keg washer to simplify the task.
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Hop Oast
The best way to dry freshly picked hops to preserve all of their wonderful flavor-boosting oils, acids, and compounds is with a hop oast. He
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Multi-Purpose Fermentation Chamber
While there are tons of designs for fermentation chambers to be found, this build incorporates smart design, a clean look, and repurposed eq