Homebrewing

Labelling homebrew on the bottle cap instead of the bottle, with round Herma 4386 stickers printed from Herma’s free Label Designer. Readable in the crate and nothing to scrub off afterwards.

A small change that lets the Blast bottle rinser click onto a standard hose quick-connector instead of being screwed onto the tap. In Dutch.

All the beer recipes I have brewed so far, as spreadsheets, with the ones worth brewing again in bold.

A rack under the basement stairs that holds 23 cases of beer, built from cheap pine and sized for Duvel crates. The cases sit half on their side so every bottle can be reached without lifting a crate.

Turning a pillar drill into a sturdy bottle capper, with a lathe-turned capping head and a bottle support that sets the height.

A small automated brewery for 28 litre batches, built around a Weck kettle and a BrewTroller controller as a cheaper alternative to a Braumeister. A photo series of the build.

A two-roller malt mill built as a metalworking exercise, with an adjustable gap so the grain is crushed fine while the husks stay mostly whole for lautering.

A stir plate for growing yeast, built around an 80 mm computer fan with PWM speed control, plus thermostat-controlled heating, in a two-level case.