DIY Brewing Gear

Here are some great homebrewing equipment projects you can do yourself to save some cash and have fun in the process:

* Make a round cooler mash tun

* Build a copper manifold for your rectangular mash tun (batch sparging)

* Make your own dry airlock for Better Bottles, glass carboys, or buckets

* Make an in-line thermometer for use with a counterflow chiller

* How to measure specific gravity without a hydrometer or refractometer