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Building Hop garden
Here is documentation of hop garden building process. I've build it in May 2022. I planted 4 pcs of hops in the last fall - 2x Žatecký...

Zbyšek Zapadlík
Jun 3, 20221 min read


Introduction - motivation
04.2021 After finishing my powerwall project, i was looking for next big project, that will make my brain and my hands. Few years ago, i...

Zbyšek Zapadlík
May 4, 20222 min read


Building brewhouse-cellar
For homebrewing one need quite a lot of room - just try it in kitchen and you'll see. My goal was to brew mainly lagers, so the next...

Zbyšek Zapadlík
May 4, 20222 min read


Making scale on stainless pots
I tried method described here https://www.cech-pivo.cz/cs/blog/56-cejchovani-hrnce And it worked - but i was not satisfied with the...

Zbyšek Zapadlík
Apr 1, 20221 min read


Copper manifold
Copper manifold is for lautering. It is alternative to traditional false-bottom used in commercial breweries. In homebrew, people also...

Zbyšek Zapadlík
Jul 29, 20211 min read


Making copper spiral tube
For cooling in my DIY microbrewery, i wanted to have two spirals, one for HERMS circulation, one for wort cooling. Copper is the choice...

Zbyšek Zapadlík
Jul 14, 20211 min read


My first brewing
I have chosen recipe ALE 11° Lemondrop from "Pivotéky Tábor". My goal is to brew mainly lagers, but it needs to brew something bit easier...

Zbyšek Zapadlík
Jul 14, 20212 min read


Peristaltic pump for microbrewery
Version 0 for pumping wort / hot water. Printed on 3D printer. With this 12V motor it gets 2,4l/min and with acu-drill it was 3l/min. It...

Zbyšek Zapadlík
Jul 14, 20211 min read


DIY Spotwelder
xx.2019 I needed to have a spot welder, for making packs and building powerwall from 18650 li-ion batteries. It is also useful in other...

Zbyšek Zapadlík
Apr 21, 20212 min read
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