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briang's OFFICIAL BYO (brew your own) thread where Matt is a Pro Brewer .... we knew him back when!

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everyone else has theirs.... i want mine.

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Last Edited by daveotero November 11, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Here it is folks..... add your links.

Good vendors to order from:

www.rebelbrewer.com Almost always the cheapest shipped
www.northernbrewer.com
www.morebeer.com
www.freshops.com
www.austinhomebrew.com
www.midwestsupplies.com [midwestsupplies.com] Accepts paypal
http://homebrewheaven.com


Recipe Database:
Award Winning Recipes, Including Denny Conn and Jamil Z. [beerdujour.com]
Brew 365 Recipes [brew365.com]
Tasty Brew's Recipes [tastybrew.com]

Hop Information:
Hop Union PDF [hopunion.com]
Oregon Hop Commission [oregonhops.org]

Beer Calculators:
ABV and Calorie Calculator [probrewer.com]
Hydrometer Correction Calculator [hbd.org]
IBU Calculator [tastybrew.com]
Bottle Priming Calculator [tastybrew.com]
Mash Calculator [rackers.org]


Equipment How To's:
Create your own Mash Tun [lustreking.com]
Create your own 3-Tier Brew Sculpture Simple Schematic [imajininteriors.com] Pic [homebrewtalk.com]

Great Beer Radio:
The Brewing Network [thebrewingnetwork.com]

All Grain Brewing Info:
Sparge Methods [hbd.org]
Step by Step Video [homebrewtalk.com]
All Grain Home Brewing (1 to 8) [youtube.com]

Keg dimensions for use in determining refrigerator and chest freezer sizes:
http://www.wortomatic.com/article...Dimensions

Terminology & Abbreviations:
Home Brewing Wiki [homebrewtalk.com]

What you'll need to start:
A stainless steel (preferably) stock pot, at least 3 gallon capacity. Aluminum will do.
A basic brewing kit. Northern Brewer item #7601 [northernbrewer.com]
A recipe kit [northernbrewer.com]. I would suggest a porter or a stout for your first brew, as dark brews are very forgiving of beginner mistakes. I would suggest using US-05 dry yeast.
A fermometer, NB item #7411 [northernbrewer.com]
Starsan Sanitizer, NB item #7930 [northernbrewer.com]
I would *highly* suggest some Fermcap-S, unless you like scrubbing nasty gooey dried up wort off your stovetop, NB item #9136 [northernbrewer.com]

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mattman688
05-05-2011 at 10:40 AM.
05-05-2011 at 10:40 AM.
here is my keg setup now... i have to be very resourceful due to lack of funds... i can actually fit 4 1/6bbl kegs in the fridge with the co2 tank but i don't have enough lines/connections for that. i can dispense 3 at a time which i am okay with...all i have to do is move the co2 line from one homebrew keg to the other.

i didn't think about different head pressures between both kegs, oops i have a little beer in the line...owell


now on tap:
stone smoked porter with whisky, vanilla beans and french oak.
stone ipa
homebrew hoppy dark amber
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Mavtech
05-21-2011 at 09:04 PM.
05-21-2011 at 09:04 PM.
Matt, drill a hole and mount the CO2 on the outside. It helps a ton with space and organization.

I just poured a glass of my BW. This is by far the best beer I have ever brewed. Aged 7 months now. Just awesome. It's based on an Old Crustacean recipe. But, I tweaked the hop schedule and grain a bit. If anyone is interested in my recipe, let me know.
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mattman688
08-17-2011 at 10:47 AM.
08-17-2011 at 10:47 AM.
with my adoption coming near, I need to brew a baby beer. I want to brew a beer so that the day we get home from the hospital and bring home the baby, we are going to tap the keg. So far I am thinking about brewing a hoppy red ale.
Brewing a 5 gal batch
thinking this sounds good:
14# 2 row
1# victory
.5# pale chocolate
.5# crystal 150L

bitter with chinook(lightly)
flavor with simcoe and chinook(most of bittering will come in this stage)
knockout will be simcoe and citra
dry hop with simcoe and citra

using stone's yeast....
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XL_Jockey
08-23-2011 at 12:10 PM.
08-23-2011 at 12:10 PM.
I've been lurking but haven't posted in a while.

My basement is almost done, I just have half left to tile. Should be finished this weekend, then I need to drag down my TDD-3, then I'll be building the brewery very similar to theelectricbrewery.com. I hope to be brewing by mid Sept.
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mattman688
08-26-2011 at 11:22 AM.
08-26-2011 at 11:22 AM.
brew day!!
simple single hop IPA...
14# 2 row
.75# c60

2oz nelson sav 60min
2oz nelson sav 15min
1oz nelson sav 0

stone yeast

1oz dry hop nelson sav
5 habanero chiles/5 serano chiles sanitized in a cup of water from the microwave dry hop

cost of this brew: chiles, propane, and water....score!
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Mavtech
01-23-2012 at 06:47 AM.
01-23-2012 at 06:47 AM.
Wow. It's been a while since someone posted in this thread. Here is my latest project. Thanks to a suggestion from briang's friend Bryant, I created a manifold for my mash tun. A bunch of holes are drilled on the under side of the CPVC. I've only tested it with water. The flow seems pretty good. My goal here is to buy a March pump and have the pump suck the wort out of the mash tun and in to the keggle. This project only cost me $6.

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01-23-2012 at 07:59 AM.
01-23-2012 at 07:59 AM.
that looks pretty cool....tell me how it works... what kind of attachment did you use to hook up the pvc? I have a barb sticking into my mash tun....

my newest project is making a stainless steel drip tray from scraps at work... rounding up all my parts then welding together..
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01-23-2012 at 08:09 AM.
01-23-2012 at 08:09 AM.
Quote from mattman688 :
that looks pretty cool....tell me how it works... what kind of attachment did you use to hook up the pvc? I have a barb sticking into my mash tun....

my newest project is making a stainless steel drip tray from scraps at work... rounding up all my parts then welding together..
I took my barb off. The 1/2 inch female to 1/2 inch CPVC adapter is available in the same spot as the tees and elbows. It screws onto the threaded pipe that goes through the cooler where your barb was. I didn't have to change any of that. This acts as a replacement to the SS braid. The whole manifold has a bunch of 3/32 holes on the bottom side to act as the filter. If you are using a pump, the drain is quicker and more even than using a braid.
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01-23-2012 at 08:33 AM.
01-23-2012 at 08:33 AM.
Quote from Mavtech :
I took my barb off. The 1/2 inch female to 1/2 inch CPVC adapter is available in the same spot as the tees and elbows. It screws onto the threaded pipe that goes through the cooler where your barb was. I didn't have to change any of that. This acts as a replacement to the SS braid. The whole manifold has a bunch of 3/32 holes on the bottom side to act as the filter. If you are using a pump, the drain is quicker and more even than using a braid.
awesome... i might try that as well....
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05-23-2013 at 09:21 AM.
05-23-2013 at 09:21 AM.
Bump any new homebrewers out there? any old schoolers brew anything exciting lately? Beer
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JonGoku
05-23-2013 at 09:37 AM.
05-23-2013 at 09:37 AM.
How goes it Matt, still working at Stone? I had too many things and hadn't used them for too long and the wife won the "you ain't using it, it's taking up space in the garage, sell it!" war so I no longer have the means either. Frown I do still enjoy a good brew though.

Cheers! Cheers

-Jon
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05-23-2013 at 10:29 AM.
05-23-2013 at 10:29 AM.
Quote from JonGoku :
How goes it Matt, still working at Stone? I had too many things and hadn't used them for too long and the wife won the "you ain't using it, it's taking up space in the garage, sell it!" war so I no longer have the means either. Frown I do still enjoy a good brew though.

Cheers! Cheers

-Jon
yep... working through A LOT of expansion currently. fun times! too bad you had to sell your gear... I haven't brewed too much lately, last one was a month ago and it was a "samoa girl scout cookie" style brown ale. Imperial brown ale with toasted oatmeal, cinnamin sticks at knockout, and toasted coconut in secondary. The malt bill really brought out caramel flavors so everything meshed perfectly. Tastes just like somoas...
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05-23-2013 at 10:48 AM.
05-23-2013 at 10:48 AM.
Quote from mattman688 :
yep... working through A LOT of expansion currently. fun times! too bad you had to sell your gear... I haven't brewed too much lately, last one was a month ago and it was a "samoa girl scout cookie" style brown ale. Imperial brown ale with toasted oatmeal, cinnamin sticks at knockout, and toasted coconut in secondary. The malt bill really brought out caramel flavors so everything meshed perfectly. Tastes just like somoas...
Sounds delicious yummy
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05-23-2013 at 10:59 AM.
05-23-2013 at 10:59 AM.
Hah, that sounds real good Matt.
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05-23-2013 at 11:05 AM.
05-23-2013 at 11:05 AM.
Stone is having an employee contest and we are all brewing a batch on the new 6bbl pilot system. So in a couple of months i will be brewing 6bbls of it. If it wins the contest, then expect to see it nationwide. Some people are brewing some crazy stuff, i kept it simple and delicious... while keeping it in the high abv so we can barrel age it if we like. 9.2% alcohol. 20 entries though so its a longshot still.
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