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Thom Cannell
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Isle of Man
With just four breweries producing beer for 80,000 residents, Isle of Man in the North Sea is an offshoot in United Kingdom beer culture. It
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Old Laxey Brewing Co.’s Bosun Bitter Clone
While the gravity and ABV might lead you to think this is a watery beer, it is not. Mashing in relatively warm and the addition of crystal m
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Hooded Ram Brewing Co.’s Mosaic clone
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Okell’s Brewery’s Mild clone
The beer should be ready to drink only a few days after fermentation is complete, adding necessary time for bottle conditioning or keg carbo
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Build an Open Fermenter: Projects
Buckets and carboys are the most common homebrew fermenters. For those open to experimentation, however, we present our open fermenter proje
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Build a Cast Tap Handle: Projects
With the help of a casting kit, you can play with clay and turn your sculpture into a custom killer tap handle for your homebrew.
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Build a Transparent In-Line Aerator: Projects
Build an aeration system that you can see right through.
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Building a Weldless Boil Kettle or Mash Tun
Turn a Sanke keg into a boil kettle or mash tun without picking up a welder’s torch. Our solution for converting a kicked keg into a killer
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Build a Multiple-Bottle Filler
A full 5-gallon (19-L) batch of homebrew requires filling 53 12-oz. (355 mL) bottles. What if you could fill more than one bottle at a time?
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Build a Bottle/Carboy/Hose Sanitizing Sprayer: Projects
Our Project guy reworks his favorite project — a bottle sanitizing sprayer. Convert a Corny keg to a cool and useful gadget. that can handl
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Build Two Hopbacks: Projects
Maximize hop aroma with one of our two simple hopbacks.
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Build a Beer Engine: Projects
Move your brew without CO2? Now you can, too, if you build your own beer engine.