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Hoegaarden clone label3319 views"Happy 50th"
"Spiced orange wheat beer"wakkatoo
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Two Keggles2964 viewsHere are the two Kegs after the top has been removed. One will be the HLT, THe other a Boil Kettle.Jaymes
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My brew stand with keggle, mash tun and march pump3259 viewswakkatoo
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My brew frame - need to add wheels, paint and bench tops3040 viewswakkatoo
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Bar at the 50th3861 viewsMy fridge never looked so good!wakkatoo
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Bar at the 50th. 3512 viewsWell after everyone had gone to bed except me and the FILwakkatoo
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The "crowd" I made the beer for3269 viewswakkatoo
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Birthday Brewing3301 viewsGetting 2 brews down before we wnt away for christmas - hadn't even finished unpacking!wakkatoo
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Supporting Fermenter in Fridge 24080 viewsAnother picture showing how I have supported a fermenter in a fridge using bricks. bhami
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Supporting Fermenter in Fridge4742 viewsThis is a picture showing how I have supported the fermenter in a fridge using bricks.bhami
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A quick label I made up for ny kilkenny clone I had on tap at MIL's 50th3948 viewswakkatoo
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Filling the wine barrel3728 viewsThis is another shot of the first brew going into the wine barrel for fermentation and brett conditioning. It is going to take 5 brews to get enough beer to fill the barrel.bhami
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March Pump7823 viewsWasn't long before I realized the March Pump wasn't going to last long without some sort of protection against water and hot wort getting ito the cooling slots so I had this cover made upTaz
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6286 viewsAdd the top, weld into place grind and polish inside. Stainless Steel will rust if the surface is not polished smooth so a bit of work is needed to bring the welded areas up to a good finish. The end result was a good sized boiler at a cheap price.Taz
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6214 viewsI cut my existing Sankey boiler in half (gulp) then welded the bottom half to the salvaged keg, then finished the weld off inside grinding and polishing. I needed a torch in the bottom for this.Taz
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7520 viewsTurning a 60 litre Sankey keg into a 85 litre one. The need to brew triple batches to fill 3 corny kegs I found the 60 litre keg was a tad to small which didn't allow for evaporation and head room for hot break, this is how I approached the problem. I cut the middle out of a damaged keg scavenged from an apple orchard.Taz
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March Pump7519 viewsAn ungarded March Pump that needed a cover of some sort.Taz
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My brew assistant7466 viewsThe brew assistant doing what she does best between eating and hunting.Taz
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Mindy8519 viewsFearless rat catcher protector of the grain supply and brew assistantTaz
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HLT upgrade8455 viewsAutomated HLT filling. This was done using a simple two stage controller. The sensors are home made as I couldn't find anything off the shelf. These were made up of 1/2 inch BPT nipples welded top and bottom with plastic end caps used in rural irrigation to electrically isolate the probes from the keg which acts as ground. These caps were boiled in an electric jug for 15 minutes to test for heat and they stood up well. The probes used were stainless steel screws and nuts. Corrosion and electrolysis can be a real problem with this sort of gear.
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HLT upgrade5137 viewsTop water level sensor. Solenoid valve just seen on the riight.Taz
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HLT upgrade5198 viewsWater level sensorTaz
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1st Hersbrucker rhizome5074 viewsHere is a rhizome that has grown from a cutting .buster3931
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Hersbrucker Cuttings4757 viewsHops grown from cuttingsbuster3931
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Waxed Orval Clones3159 viewsI plan to keep about half of my Orval Clones to see how they age over the coming few years. To prevent oxygen getting in through the crown seal I have waxed them. bhami
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Orval Clone next to an Orval3738 viewsThis is a picture of an Orval Clone I have made next to a real Orval. Mine is a little darker and stronger (it boiled down further than I predicted as I fixed my brewery burner). Overall it is a darn good drop and has those farmhouse brett characters of the real thing. It should get better with a bit of age. My head isn't as dense on this photo as the real Orval but is improving the longer it sits in the bottle. YUM.bhami
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Nice ChopJob2827 viewsThe Start of my HLT. 2nd Hand Keg with a chop topJaymes
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Full production!9225 viewsFinally running at full production! 4 kegs with 2 on tap, one co2'ing and another cellaring until september 2008.Wakkatoo
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Rod racks on fridge10562 viewsHad a few rods lying around so screwed a rod holder on to the side of the fridge. Works a treat and is a great spot to store my fermenter spoon as well!Wakkatoo
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Filtered vs unfiltered18606 viewsThis is a good example of what your beer can look like after filtering.Wakkatoo
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