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Malt Mill motorized

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Steve Darnell writes:
Over the weekend my son and I put together a motorized
malt mill. I’d been planning it since Jim Suchy gave me
a washing machine motor just before he left. The parts we
purchased cost less than $25 and it took about four hours
to make, with Ben’s help.
The motor is 1,729 rpms and we adjusted it [...]

Fire!

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Read about Crispy’s fire and a caution.

Bourbon barrel barleywine

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

In April of 2006, AABG members got together to fill our newly acquired bourbon barrel with barleywine. 11 5-gallon batches of the same recipe (see below) were brewed by members in order to fill the barrel. Since then, we have taken some out for sampling at AABG meetings, some members have withdrawn their [...]

The yeast that ate Ann Arbor

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Brewers
The two attached photos are of imperial stout a friend and I brewed, 15 hours and 22 hours after pitching.