Are you totally obsessed with brewing? Are you ready to expand your homebrew operation past the beginner stages? In that case, you’ll want to seriously consider three areas of your procedure: milling, fermenting and bottling.
There are pros and cons to using 5L kegs. Most of these kegs now have a pouring spout and a closable plug. So, if you just want to fill it with your fermented beer and add priming sugar, the application is pretty straight forward and the downsides are minimal.
How to build and use your own temperature controller (PID).
The many benefits of whirlpooling are discussed. Whirlpooling is an easy process to include in your brew day that can greatly impact your beers. If you have a spoon, you can whirlpool!
Bottling can either be a pain or painless. Learning through the pain process, here are a few ideas to share so your brewing day experience will be something to enjoy.
You have weighed the options, done the math, and made the decision that it is cheaper to modify your own brew kettle than to buy one with the ball valve already installed. Now the prospect of taking a drill to your pristine stainless steel kettle is a bit daunting. Hopefully I will be able to shed a bit of light to the process because it is not that difficult, but to be honest still a little scary because you don’t want to mess up a new kettle.
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