Hops Trains and Backpacks

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  • Ikea as turntable furniture

    Ikea as turntable furniture

    Last month we did some rearranging and I ended up with Paola’s Ikea Eket bookcase in the living room as my new record storage and turntable solution. It’s been great for background music while we work from home, even if I have to get up and flip the record every 20 minutes. The Eket bookcase…

  • DIY: Kegerator and Fermentation Chamber (Part II: Construction and Assembly)

    DIY: Kegerator and Fermentation Chamber (Part II: Construction and Assembly)

    This post continues where I left off in Part I: Concept and Equipment. Read on for the steps to constructing and assembling the kegerator and fermentation chamber from parts and equipment discussed earlier. If you’re in a pinch, you could also just skip right to the chase by reading on and grabbing the tools as…

  • DIY: Kegerator and Fermentation Chamber (Part I: Concept and Equipment)

    DIY: Kegerator and Fermentation Chamber (Part I: Concept and Equipment)

    New York apartments are small, too small for mountains of bottles, that was my rationale for jumping into kegging my homebrew beer. Though to be totally honest, my motivation was a desire to professionalize my homebrew setup with temperature control and quicker grain-to-glass times. Combining keg, tap, and temperature controller in one mini fridge allows…