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Tag Archives: brewing gear
A new tray for the cider press
Fresh from my success wrangling stainless steel for brewing, I thought I’d make up a new press tray for the cider press also from stainless steel. The starting point was one of those stainless industrial catering trays you see on … Continue reading
Time to crack on with the mash tun
My new stainless mash tun is made from an insulated stock pot, the tricky bit being to fit a tap to allow it to be drained. I opted to go for a tap fitted to the bottom of the pot … Continue reading
The postman hates it when I order brewing ingredients
Can’t really blame him, to be honest. It’s very decent of him to carry this little lot all the way from the drive to the front door…
100l stockpot HLT conversion
Starting with the easier one first. The first part of the plan was to fit a 2.4kW heating element: It needs a big hole, obviously and stainless isn’t the easiest of stuff to work with, so I used a Q-Max … Continue reading
Life in the old boiler yet…
I’d given up on the old boiler I used to use for brewing when the thermostat died. When I initially checked, to replace it was going to cost almost as much as a new boiler. Some time after it failed … Continue reading
New brewing pots arrive
As part of my move to a dedicated brewing space I decided to build a new brewing setup with dedicated vessels for different stages of the process. Rather than use the plastic “buckets” that I’ve made do with so far … Continue reading