Articles
Topic: Equipment
10 Everyday Items You Can Use For Brewing
Inside of every hardware, home improvement and pet store are homebrew tools waiting to come out.
Calibrate Your Hydrometer and Fermenter
How accurate is your hydrometer? And how much wort is in that carboy, anyway? How to use the weight of water to calibrate your hydrometer and brewing vessels.
Calibrating Thermometers
How hot was it? Without calibrating your thermometer, you have no idea. Learn how to use the physical propertes of water to get your thermometers properly adjusted.
Refractometers
Take your brewing light years ahead. In our guide to refractometers, we’ll show you how to measure your wort’s gravity based on how it bends light.
Brewing on Autopilot with PID Controllers
PID controllers are a popular way to add automated control to RIMS or HERMS breweries. Discover the art and science of controlling PID controllers.
Dream Homebreweries
Five homebrew systems that are simply divine: James Nielsen’s super-stainless brew room and pub club. Raymond Steinhart’s all-electric RIMS, the Budde family’s authentic – and awe-inspiring – German garage and Dennis Collins’ homemade HERMIT (no barbed fittings allowed!).
More Gear for Beer
Adding new equipment helps you make better beer, every time. Here’s a quick guide to the gadgets every homebrewer wants.
Homebrewery Deluxe II
Homebrewer and author Randy Mosher of Chicago gives us a close-up look at his innovative self-made, scrap-metal, basement brew system.
TLC for Stainless
A hands-on guide to understanding and working with stainless steel, the rust-resistant metal of choice for any high-level homebrewery.
Homebrewery Deluxe I
Scott Leary of Reno has a backyard brewery that’s guaranteed to make you drool, especially when you see The Fabulous Three-Tiered Brewing Machine.
Bring on the Heat!
An outdoor cooker may be the best investment you’ll ever make. So get the basics on gas burners and get out of the kitchen.
Refurbishing Corny Kegs
Learn how to make an old, tired "Corny" keg look and work like new.
