This year I am making a big effort to upgrade and invest in my brewing setup. My key goal is flexibility, both in terms of general operation and scale; I plan on biggie sizing up to 10 gal batches during the spring/summer months to compensate for my thirsty friends. Recently I have brought on several [...]

Isn’t she/he (needs a name…) beautiful! I was having a terrible week…two actually. 60hr+ of work in each. I was exhausted, tired and realized I still had Xmas money, so I invested in steel. Right now the scottish 80/- is inside carbonating for it maiden voyage. Looking forward to a long happy life together.

My dad had an extra PID temperature controller ‘just laying around’ and so we managed to wire up a temperature controller for my old college dorm fridge. It manages to keep it +/-4 which is less than ideal but better than the wet-towel system I had before – not to mention it cost me $11 [...]