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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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  Make Your Plastic Bucket Fantastic

  Leaky lids or shards from shattered glass? That’s not how we roll. Check out how we pimp a bucket to be a fizzabulous fermanizzle . . . u

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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-st

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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 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

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  Build a Mash/Lauter Vessel: Projects

  Looking to try all-grain brewing, but worrying about the cost of new equipment? Learn how to build an inexpensive

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  Build a Burton Union System: Projects

  Our homebrew interpretation of a Burton Union system can be used for harvesting yeast or reclaiming beer that would have been lost out th