Topic: Equipment
Outdoor Ventilation Fan
If you are put off by the loud noise of a ventilation fan in your basement brewery, install the fan outside the basement and brew in peace.
Build a Peristaltic Pump
Build a peristaltic pump to pull liquids from one place and push them to another; no priming needed.
Fermentation Heater
Fermentation temperature control can mean a world of difference in the quality of beer. One of my early hurdles in homebrewing was keeping my carboy cool enough through the warmer months. Too
Immersion Lid Temperature Controller
I’d seen that some of the popular fermenter manufacturers make relatively costly drop-in immersion chilling setups for their conical fermenters. I knew I had to attempt to do this, so I began researching how I could create an immersion chilling system for my fermenter. I’m by no means a “handy” man, but I was able to put together a very nice custom system that actually works amazingly well, and was much less costly than an off-the-shelf system.
Induction Brewing
One brewer’s lessons learned, tested, reinforced, and incorporated over the past several years of watching and talking to induction brewers (and continuing to brew 30–40 batches per year on his own system), it is now time to revisit induction brewing.
Fermentation Systems For Nanobrewers
A brewery’s fermentation system is the most costly part for a start-up and the devil is in the details. Luckily, nanobrewers have plenty of options and there are ways to cut cost.
Metallurgy for Homebrewers
Every homebrewer is faced with equipment choices, whether they make it themselves or buy it from a shop. That decision usually involves determining the best combination of cost, performance and anticipated maintenance
Steampunk Brewing
Like any good collaboration, Staten Island, New York neighbors Scott Van Campen and Mark Zappasodi’s “Brewing as Art” — a fully functional, gravity-fed brewing apparatus on wheels that happens to look like
Large-Scale Homebrew Systems
Be sure to check out the comparison chart of all the models covered here at the bottom of this article. Homebrew systems have gone BIG. Large three- vessel brewing systems are simply
Pressurizing Your Fermenter: Tips from the Pros
Brewer: Mike Gleason, Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers in Framingham, MA There is a lot of buzz surrounding the use of a spunding valve on fermenters these days throughout the homebrewing community. Some
Under Pressure: Capturing CO2 During Fermentation
There are some who say that a beer whose entire fermenting and aging life is maintained at positive pressure — around 15 psi —tastes much better. Dr. Chris White of White Labs believes that not only pro
Brutus Ten Build
Brutus Ten is a 10-gallon (38-L), single-tier brewery situated on a stainless steel frame. The temperature of the hot liquor tank and mash tun are maintained automatically by two temperature controllers. If you know how to weld and have some basic electrical skills, you can build it yourself with these detailed plans.
