November 5, 2024
The bottles are the perfect size & shape to serve as reservoirs for my water treatments. Should I de-label them? Leaning that way, currently.
July 17, 2024
The kettle, mashtun/HLT, and brew platform are in their final position, bolted together, and leveled. That feels like progress. Just finished reconnecting all of the conduit and wiring, and working out where all the pipes go, including a bunch of… Continue Reading…
August 15, 2021
Yesterday, I shuffled the brewhouse components into rough position to figure out some of the plumbing I’ll be doing. Externally, that’s cold and hot water feeds. On the cold side I’ll be including a CLT inlet connection, which will let… Continue Reading…
December 11, 2021
By fits and starts, in between all the demolition work, I’ve smoothed Audrey’s operation to a fairly functional state. I’m sure that once we’ve done a couple of brews together there will be some tweaks, but she should be helpful… Continue Reading…
December 11, 2021
So we used to say, back in the day, before starting up a new piece of electronic/electrical gear. If we actually did get smoke, we’d say, ‘Aww, you went and let the smoke out!’ which was an extension of the… Continue Reading…
December 11, 2021
My brewery gadgets typically end up with names, for convenience. The carb-bot became Carl. The peristaltic yeast pump became Perry. This way, in an actual work situation one can say, “Hey, throw Perry on FV4 and see if you can… Continue Reading…
December 11, 2021
Mike here. This post is going to be of limited interest to those who are not fascinated by gadgets and gizmos. I was describing a project I’m working on to my buddy Pat, and he said, “I’d love to look… Continue Reading…