My Adventures in Home Brewing
Posted in Equipment, TopTier Brewstand on Jan 25th, 2012
After using the TopTier for over a year with gravity as my wort transport method of choice, I decided that it was time to change it up. While gravity is pretty awesome, sometimes it can hinder my brew day. There have been times when the siphon was weak due to hop particles getting jammed in [...]
Posted in Equipment, Tips & Techniques on Jun 1st, 2011
The latest upgrade in the brewery is going to be a work in progress over the next few weekends. I decided that it was time to upgrade the Hot Liquor Tun and Brew Kettle to something a little larger. My current HLT was 9 gallons and at times it required re-filling during a brew day. [...]
Posted in Brewing, Equipment, TopTier Brewstand on May 16th, 2011
Filtering your water before you brew can never be a bad thing. So, there were two reasons that I bought this water filter. One and the most important was to remove chlorine. So now I can start the brew day with clean, filtered water. The second was strictly a laziness thing… I was tired of [...]
Posted in Equipment on Jan 18th, 2011
Today I bought a new secondary for the brewery; I purchased a BetterBottle. It’s a plastic fermentation vessel (carboy). The bottle is not just a normal, plastic bottle. It’s strong, scuff resistant, easy to handle, and essentially unbreakable. Also, the plastic is a special PET, so it is non-absorbing, non-porous, and it will not carry [...]