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  1. Espi

    Brew Stand build (Mini Brew Stand)

    I built it so small because am compensating for a huge penis. yah right. I started to build my brew stand last weekend and started with some heat shields. here... Well I got after the stand today.. I have a very small garage and space is limited so it has to fit in its spot...
  2. Espi

    Banjo Burner heat shield build. (lots of pics)

    I am in the process of collecting/building a brew stand. I farted around in the garage tonight and here is what I ended up with. These are the Northern Brewer burners. The diameter of these burners are 11 inches. I stopped by the metal supply store after work and they sheared 22...
  3. Espi

    Burner Mounting Question

    I ordered these burners from Northern Brewer... I have a welder and am starting on my stand after the rest of the parts are collected. I want to get some heat shield/ mounting rings bent up for this project. My fab guy has some free time now to do these before they will arrive. I...
  4. Espi

    Apfelwine.... a year later.

    Should have started a batch, 8 months ago.. Its Friday night, the old lady had girlfriends over to prep for a Christmas party we are having tomorrow. Their wine ran out... They found the Apfelwine and love it. This cant be good.
  5. Espi

    Next step on equipment question. Keggle or MLT

    I recently purchased this brew pot as an upgrade to my aluminum pot that came with my turkey fryer set up a year ago. I have a keg kicking it around waiting to do some thing with... I have been using my new pot as a boil kettle but am thinking of converting the keg to a boil kettle and...
  6. Espi

    Fresh Hops and water retention..

    Quick question... I brewed an off the cuff batch with some friends this weekend. Hit all my temps and my pre boil volume. At the end of the boil we were way low. The only change was that we used fresh hops... I am guessing they soaked up a bunch of water. How do you guys go...
  7. Espi

    Brewery Tours of San Diego?

    I am heading off to San Diego for 4 ish days in the middle of July. Came across this, just wondering if anyone has gone on it. http://www.brewerytoursofsandiego.com/ Its either this or a round at Torrey Pines... the little lady wants the brew tour... I will be stoked on either. We are...
  8. Espi

    Different fermentation experience..

    I brewed up a batch Friday and experienced something different than I ever had in the past. Wanted to run it by you all and see what the story may be. Here is the recipe I used. 12 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) 1.25 Crystal 60 .5 oz magnum @ 60 .5 oz Pearle @ 30 1.0 oz Cascade @ 10 2.0 oz...
  9. Espi

    Carbing a keg and then cold storage.

    I searched and didn't see an answer.. I was wondering if I could carb a keg, have a few then pull it off the Co2 for a week or two while I carb another.. I am having a fairly large party at the end of the month and would like to have one additional keg carbed and ready to go and chilled...
  10. Espi

    Simple Pale Ale Recipe input/suggestions

    I am brewing tomorrow and was thinking of trying to put together my own recipe and wanted some feedback.. Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 5.00 gal Boil Size: 6.0 gal Estimated OG: 1.049 SG Estimated Color: 6.7 SRM Estimated IBU: 27.5 IBU Boil...
  11. Espi

    Mash Tun size question..

    I have a Coleman cooler around the house that I was thinking of converting to my mash tun. I have been looking around here and am thinking I am better off going with something a bit smaller. Its a 54 quart, 13.5 gallon square cooler. I did a search but didn't get the direct answer to my...
  12. Espi

    Wort Chiller DIY

    I had to run to lowes last evening because the kitchen sink was in need of repair... the drain started leaking while cleaning bottles. I have been thinking of building a chiller for a bit now... I was trying to figure out if I should get 25' or 50' of 3/8 copper tubing. The 25 ft...
  13. Espi

    DME, LME manufacturing process questions.

    I did a search and didn't come up with much.. if anyone has a better search to enter I would appreciate any input. I am in the process of gathering the bits and knowledge to go all grain but was wondering what the actual process was to creating DME and LME? I feel I have a good grasp of what...
  14. Espi

    so i managed to offend the whole group...

    yah make one "you two should make out" and a "obama is ****ing this country" comment and you are the bad guy of the brothers wifes work party? go figure. **** the whole lot of em...
  15. Espi

    SG and FG. What does this tell me?

    I brewed a Pale Ale as my first brew getting back into it... When I brewed in the past my father ran the show and it was 15 years ago.. The question I have is, before pitching my yeast my sample ended up at a SG of 1.061...recipe says I should have expected 1.050. I wasn't worried too much...
  16. Espi

    Tempe AZ Noob intro

    Just figured I would take a moment to say hello... names Scott, I live in Tempe, AZ... Just brewed up my first batch in a looong time.. before moving out here from Pennsylvania about 15 years ago my old man and I used to brew a fair amount. So Sundays brew day was interesting, over all...
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