The Slow Burn
Merry Christmas, everyone! I just put My Lan to bed and am waiting for the family to get back from the airport, so I thought I'd provide an update. My study
Brewing Hardware
Heat Exchange Snobbery
The recipe for beer is pretty simple. One important step is boiling the wort, the sweet mixture that yeast will ferment into beer. Boiling sanitizes the beer so that yeast can work its
Splish Splash
It's ready for a test drive. The conical fermenter is assembled and in place, ready to make some delicious beer with the convenience of a commercial brewery.
The last part needed
Cabinet 2.0
Trang and My Lan were out of town over the weekend. While I've mostly forgotten what it's like to have the place to myself, I did manage to keep
Under Pressure!
I finally pressure tested my fermentor!
Several brewers have made conical fermenters using plastic tanks. These tanks have the benefit of a valve at the very bottom. This allows the removal of trub