Brewing

Making A Wort Chiller

September 9, 2015 in Brewing / DIY tagged Beer / DIY

Why spend $50-90 on purchasing a wort chiller when you can build one for about $25. Benefits to using the chiller is that you reduce the chilling time from hours to minutes. Materials needed: Copper tubing 3/8 Outside Diameter (OD) Vinyl tubing 3/8 Inside Diameter (ID) Tube clamp Compression fitting […]

Using Spent Brewing Grains

September 9, 2015 in Brewing / Kitchen Corner / Recipes tagged Beer / Spent grain

After brewing beer you have over 10lbs of grain plus the absorbed water, now what to do with it. A majority of the sugars and some proteins have been pulled out of the grain during the mashing process, so it will have a higher fiber to sugar ratio. Uses: Compost […]