DIY Home Brew | Northern Brewer Bavarian Hefeweizen | Full Brewing, Bott...

Ordered my Northern Brewer Bavarian Hefeweizen home brew kit from amazon. I'll post the link below This turned out really nice and was super easy to make. The kit comes with a nice set of directions. I used my Cooper's DIY Beer fermenter once the boiling and cooling processes were done.



The steps are super simple simple:



1. In your brewpot, bring 2.5 gallons filtered water to a boil

2. Add half of the wheat malt syrup (approx. half of 6lb. container)

3. Remove from heat and stir it in

4. You now have wort. Bring it to a boil again

5. Add the 1oz of German Tettnang hops and boil for 60 minutes

6. Add the remainder of the 3lbs of wheat malt syrup and add the 1lb of dry malt extract

7. Cool the wort.

8. Once cool, (siphon) add wort to fermenter leaving sludge at bottom

9. Fill remainder of fermenter (to 5 gallon mark) with water

10. Pitch yeast and add to wort once temp is 78F or lower (not warm to touch)

11. Let sit in fermenter for 2 weeks then bottle using priming sugar or carbonation drops

12. Let sit in bottle for 3-4 weeks.

13. Refrigerate for 1 day and then enjoy.



Link to Hefeweizen: https://amzn.to/2Vdp8HD



Blog: https://the-avant-garden.blogspot.com

GMC Sierra DIY Drive Shaft Removal Procedure

GMC Sierra DIY Drive Shaft Removal Procedure. This whole video was made due to my truck being stuck in gear. Tried everything to get it unstuck but nothing worked. Had to get it out of the way so it was necessary to remove the drive shaft and pull it out of the way.

If this happens to you or you need to disconnect your drive shaft for other reasons, then this video is for you. It's actually very easy and can be done with simple hand tools. 

The first thing I did was jack up the track and place jack stands under it so I didn't get crushed. 

Secondly, I disconnected it at the rear differential joint. This was easily removed by loosening the 4 bolts shown using a 7/16" socket. 

Before completely removing them I made sure to tie up the drive shaft so it didn't smack me in the face. I used a flathead screwdriver to pop off the little clips around the universal joint and the retaining rings. Once these are removed the drive shaft comes right out. 

Pretty simple. I did end up buying a new universal joint as the old one was a little rusty. It was fairly inexpensive at auto zone. 

Amazon link to new U-joint: https://amzn.to/2Hdz5gw