You can't make good beer without the proper equipment. Learn what you need (and even how to build some of your own gadgets) in this section featuring photos of other homebrewers' projects and set-ups, equipment-related stories and a full index of past equipment articles appearing in Brew Your Own.
 

• Carboy Sprayer: Projects (Jan/Feb 2008)
• Cylindroconical Fermenters: Advanced Brewing (November 2007)
• French Press-style Hopback: Projects (November 2007)
• Metallurgy for Homebrewers (November 2007)
• Yearly Brewery Checkup (May/Jun 2007)
• Build Your Own Water Filter: Projects (Jan/Feb 2007)
• Build Your Own Spunding Valve to Carbonate in the Keg (Jan/Feb 2007)
• What are the keys to an efficient wort chiller? (October 2006)
• Can you explain welding terms related to stainless steel brewing equipment? (September 2006)
• Man of Stainless Steel: Mr. Wizard (September 2006)
• Calibrate Your Hydrometer and Fermenter: Techniques (Mar/Apr 2006)
• Building Plastic Mini-Kegs: Projects (Jan/Feb 2006)
• Calibrating Thermometers: Techniques (Jan/Feb 2006)
• Build a Counterflow Wort Chiller (Jan/Feb 2006)
• I want to hit my strike temperature consistently and I am considering adding a RIMS unit to my mash tun. What do you think? (Mar/Apr 2005)
• Draftline Cleaner: Projects (December 2004)
• What is the best way to convert a keg to a brewing kettle with a spigot? (October 2004)
• I am looking to expand my homebrewery and was wondering if there are any issues with using CPVC pipes instead of copper to move my wort around? (Jan/Feb 2004)
• Refractometers (November 2003)
• Motorize Your Grain Mill: Projects (October 2003)
• Can you use brewpots made from other materials than stainless-steel? (October 2002)
• The Massive Mash Tun (November 2002)
• Indoor Brewery (November 2002)
• How many times can you reuse silicone hosing before you have to replace it? (September 2002)
• Build a Draft Beer Fridge: Projects (September 2002)
• Bottle Sanitizer: Projects (May/Jun 2002)
• More Gear for Beer (November 2001)
• Build a Stainless-Steel Hopback (October 2001)
• Homebrew Lab Equipment (December 2000)
• Projects (November 2000)
• Convert Keg to Kettle: Projects (September 2000)
• Five Easy Homebrew Projects (September 2000)
• Killer RIMS (September 1998)
• Garage Vision (September 1998)
• Cool Equipment (September 1998)
• Hows and Whys of the Wort Chiller (January 1998)
• Tune Up Your Equipment (January 1998)
• Clean-In-Place System for Kegs (September 1997)
• Build a Beer Engine (May 1997)
• Pump It Up! (April 1997)
• Build Your Own Custom Tap Handles (March 1997)
• Keep Your Brewhouse in Peak Form (December 1996)
• Build an Electric Mash Stirrer (November 1996)
• Build a Three-Tier Stand (August 1996)
• Build a Cooler Mash/Lauter Tun (August 1996)
• Build a Draft Box and Keg Jacket (August 1996)
• Keg Cleaning Made Easy (February 1996)
• Two Easy-to-Build Wort Chillers (September 1995)
• Build Your Own Mash/Lauter Tun (August 1995)

• Build and in-line aerator: Projects (Jul/Aug 2009)
• Build A Budget Big Fermenter: Projects (May/Jun 2009)
• Build Your Own Glycol Fermenter (May/Jun 2009)
• Hop Trellis: Projects (Mar/Apr 2009)
• Ferment in a Cornelius Keg: Projects (Jan/Feb 2009)
• Nitrogen Draft Tap: Projects (December 2008)
• Build the Hopinator (December 2008)
• Build a Copper Manifold: Projects (Jul/Aug 2008)
• Building a RIMS System: Advanced Brewing (November 2008)
• Rolling Kegerator (November 2008)
• Club Kegerator (November 2008)
• Brutus 10 and Me (November 2008)
• Home Kegerator (November 2008)
• Build a Keggle: Projects (October 2008)
• Projects (September 2008)
• Oast: Projects (May/Jun 2008)
• Spice Infuser: Projects (Mar/Apr 2008)
• Build a Recirculating Wort Chiller: Projects (December 2007)
• Build Brutus Ten (November 2007)
• Build a Mash Paddle: Projects (October 2007)
• Three Mini Projects: Projects (September 2007)
• Build Your Own Stir Plate (Jul/Aug 2007)
• Make Your Plastic Fantastic: Projects (May/Jun 2007)
• From Brew Pot to Brew Kettle; Projects (Mar/Apr 2007)
• Build a Flow-Through Thermometer: Projects (December 2006)
• 10 Everyday Items You Can Use For Brewing (December 2006)
• Systems of the Stars (November 2006)
• Build a Continuous Sparging System (November 2006)
• ABCs of Recirculated Brewing Systems (November 2006)
• Build a Mash/Lauter Vessel: Projects (October 2006)
• A Barrel of Fun (October 2006)
• Build a Burton Union System: Projects (September 2006)
• Build an Open Fermenter: Projects (Jul/Aug 2006)
• Build a Combination Wort Chiller-Draft Jockey Box (May/Jun 2006)
• Build a Cast Tap Handle: Projects (Mar/Apr 2006)
• Build a Continuous Wort Hopper (Mar/Apr 2006)
• Build a Transparent In-Line Aerator: Projects (December 2005)
• Build a Counter-Pressure Bottle Filler: Projects (November 2005)
• Building a Weldless Boil Kettle or Mash Tun (November 2005)
• Building 3 Tiers to Beer (November 2005)
• Build a Multiple Bottle Filler: Projects (October 2005)
• Build a Bottle/Carboy/Hose Sanitizing Sprayer: Projects (September 2005)
• Build Two Hopbacks: Projects (May/Jun 2005)
• Build a Beer Engine: Projects (Jan/Feb 2005)
• 4 Great Projects! (November 2004)
• Mash/Lauter Tun: Projects (October 2004)
• Build a Hop Transducer: Projects (September 2004)
• Lager Climate Control: Projects (May/Jun 2004)
• Build a Keg Lid Carbonator: Projects (Mar/Apr 2004)
• Make Your Own Tap Handles: Projects (Jan/Feb 2004)
• Build a Carboy Dryer: Projects (November 2003)
• 4 Dream Homebrew Systems (November 2003)
• Pump it Up! (November 2003)
• Brewing on Autopilot with PID Controllers (November 2003)
• Build a Bottlewasher: Projects (September 2003)
• Build 2 Easy Keg Gadgets: Projects (Jul/Aug 2003)
• Put a Spigot in a Glass Carboy: Projects (May/Jun 2003)
• Build a Hose Cleaner: Projects (Mar/Apr 2003)
• Adding a Sight Glass: Projects (Jan/Feb 2003)
• Build an Electric Draft Jockey Box: Projects (December 2002)
• Brew Gear Heaven (November 2002)
• Build a Clean-in-Place Device: Projects (October 2002)
• Build a Burner Igniter: Projects (Jul/Aug 2002)
• Build the Ultimate Equipment Rack: Projects (Mar/Apr 2002)
• Using Pumps, Clamps and Quick Disconnects: Projects (Jan/Feb 2002)
• Build a simple RIMS: Projects (December 2001)
• Build a Draft Jockey Box: Projects (November 2001)
• Homebrewery Deluxe II (November 2001)
• TLC for Stainless (November 2001)
• Homebrewery Deluxe I (November 2001)
• Bring on the Heat! (November 2001)
• Refurbishing Corny Kegs: Projects (September 2001)
• Build a Sturdy Beer Box: Projects (April 2001)
• Four Easy-to-Build $5 Filters: Projects (March 2001)
• Build a Portable Water Filtration System: Projects (January 2001)
• Make a Mini-Keg and In-Line Aerator: Projects (December 2000)
• Build a Counterflow Wort Chiller: Projects (October 2000)
• Put a Spigot in Your Brew Kettle: Projects (Summer 2000)
• Boost Your Propane Flame: Projects (May 2000)
• Homemade Hopbacks! (April 2000)
• Cutting Edge Equipment (December 1999)
• Build This Mash Tun For Under $50 (September 1999)
• Some Like It Hot (July 1999)
• Build Your Own Electric Brew Stove (March 1999)
• Convert Your Freezer to a Beer Chest (December 1998)
• Make the Most of Your Hop Back (November 1998)
• Build Your Own Bottle Storage System (October 1998)
• Build a Counter-Pressure Bottle Filler (May 2001)
• Build a Carboy Cleaner (August 1997)
• Great Equipment: Tips from the Pros (March 1996)
• Build a Sparge System (January 1996)
• Cut Kegs, Copper Kettles, Sexy Stainless (January 1996)
• Build a Counterpressure Bottle Filler (November 1995)
• Clean Up with a $100 All-Grain System (October 1995)
• Build a Big Mash Tun: Projects (Summer 2001)