This Knowledge Base section aims to give you information about the equipment you can use to make your craft brew. There is a huge range of equipment which you can buy, make yourself or even scavenge for free, so have a browse and see what’s available.

Help Us Find Europe’s Best Airports & Railway Stations for Beer!

Are you a beer-loving traveler? Have you ever been pleasantly surprised by a great beer selection while waiting for a flight or train? At EBCU (European Beer Consumers Union), we want to find out which European airports and railway stations…

Pimp my kettle

Over Easter I decided to break out the brewing equipment and brew a pale ale. As usual getting my 25 litres up to boil was long and arduous... Never really making it to a decent rolling boil. I decided I needed to add some power. After a bit…

Building a Coolerbox Mashtun with a Copper Manifold

There are probably dozens of guides out there on the World Wide Web describing various ways to build a mash tun out of a cooler box and copper pipe. This is another one, but with as simple a combination of fittings as possible to build a cost…

Simple Mash Tun for DIY Dummies

I’ve been needing a mash tun for some time now and after a long search through the mountains of junk I eventually found a long lost old ice box and decided to give it a go using what I could find around the house. I'm fairly useless at DIY…

Building an Immersion Wort Chiller

A wort chiller is probably one of the most useful pieces of equipment a home brewer can have, allowing you to quickly cool your wort to reduce the risk of oxidation, achieve a good cold break, and generally speed things up.   The simplest…