Useful resources for home brewing
- DIY:
- Wort-O-Matic: The Homebrewing Gadget Website
- wart chiller, nicer one, cost effective, connectors, with two cylenders (more detailed), MyloFiore’s Jamil-O-Chiller (also), double spin, counterflow, and more.
- Make Your Own Mash Tun (details on parts here +lectures).
- Sight Glass: DIY Sight Gauge & Sight Glass DIY.
- aluminum boil kettle and a ball valve/weldless/spigot
- Heating:
- Heating element: a Polar Ware 321BP into 32 Quart pot, over the top, Modular Electric Brewery, mounting, Electric HERMS Conversion, Heating Elements (buy), Low Watt Density water heater element 120V (amazon).
- Stick elements: 2200W/220V Stainless Steel Heating Element (video), 1800W/120V/20A, 1500W/120V/13A.
- How to Make a Heat Stick
- HotRod Heat stick (~$55)
- The Electric Brewery (Electric Brew Heater w/ 11″ Element)
- Immersion heaters w/ Thermostat: 120°C/248°F 220V/3000W, 220V/2500, 220V/1500W,
- Mash Control, El.brewing parts
- DIY Tutorial – Inductor Tank Conical Fermenter
- 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.), Punching holes in stainless.
- Custom Metal Cylinders, cups, lid, hoppers/conical, etc.
- Kegerator in barrel with chilling
- Build Your Own Stirplate, for $15 and Part 2
, from StirStaters [+components], (Making a Yeast Starter)
- Hop bag holder: Hop strainer?, Paint strainer bags?
- Wort Aeration & How To Build A Free Pump (venturi effect), Simple wort aerator, Venturi? Don’t mind if I do
- DIY PBW from oxi clean for hoe brewing
- How to cut a carboy: IE what to do with a broken carboy!
- Guide and Catalog from MoreBeer (pdf).
- Software/Calculation:
- How to All Grain Brew
- In Bag:
- Sugar/Carbonation:
- Do You Need To Use A Secondary Fermentor? or The Myth of Secondary Fermentation: Why Many Modern Brewers (including Palmer) Don’t Recommend It.
- Ferment in the cooler: Cool-Brewing ~$60 (producer, review and amazon)
- Ferment with CoolZone system
- ‘aluminum vs. stainless steel’ (SS) pot (For new pots, this is easily achieved by either boiling the pot full of water for 30 mins to one hour, or by putting it in your oven for 10 mins at 350 F.)
- Stainless Steel vs Copper Wort chiller
- Whirlpool vs Immersion Chiller
- Hardware shopping:
- Pots:
- bargainfittings.com Brewers’ weldness systems
- 5 gallon Mash Tun and Hot Liquor Tank set $129.99
- Polder Strainer/Steamer Basket, Stainless Steel $16.43
- The Brew Hauler Carboy Carrier
- Chillers:
- 3/8″ x 25′ Stainless Steel Wort Chiller $43.99, Stainless Steel Immersion Wort Chiller / Pre-Chiller $39.99 and others.
- Plate wort chiller (from $40), Brazetek heat exchangers (from $89)
- jadedBrewing (interesting ideas and info)
- Fermenters:
- Ace / DenHartog 5 Gallon Square Specialty Rinse Tank $54, 10G $75.99
- look for “BioDiesel storage tanks, 15 gal conical I put together
- Stout Tanks and Kettles – Conical Fermenters: 7.3 Gal. Conical Fermenter w/Thermometer, CONICAL FERMENTERS (7 to 15 gal.)
- custom steel conical, Configure Your Beer Hopper For Perfect Brewing
- V-Vessel (Super Simple 15G Plastic Conical)
- Good deal on Chinese Conical Fermenters
- Ball valve:
- 2-Piece Stainless Ball Valve $13, another (bargainfitting) for $10.99
- Local stores:
- Campbell: http://www.fermentationsolutions.com/
[2507 Winchester Blvd., Campbell, CA 95008. tel: 408-871-1400] (Munton’s Export Pilsner) - Los Altos: http://morebeer.com
[991 North San Antonio Road, Los Altos, CA 94022. tel: (650) 949-2739]
- Campbell: http://www.fermentationsolutions.com/
- web sites:
- all grain bohemian czech pilsner recipe
- How To Homebrew : All-Grain Beer
- Technical Notes on Fermentability