blackcows

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Suthrncomfrt1884

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Check out my blog about my randall build. It's well worth it for hop heads.

I built it last year for a buddies bday since we did a keg of IPA for him. I hooked it up to the keg and ran it through hops/pineapple/oranges. It worked great. As for hoses, I the inlet hose can probably be 2-3', but the outlet needs to be 6-10'. It's a pain to have that much hose, but this thing puts off a ton of foam because of the hops. When I leave it in my kegerator, the foam isn't quite as bad though.

I've left mine in the kegerator for the length of a keg (about 2 months). It usually loses a little flavor, but not too bad.

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Primary - Dopplebock
Bottled - Double Chocolate Raspberry Stout, Coffee Bourbon Porter, EdWort's Apfelwein, American Amber Ale w/ Homegrown Hops, Mocha Oatmeal Stout, Pliny the Elder Clone
Kegged -Belgian Dubbel

blackcows

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Thanks for the reply, I think I will try it. Where did you get the Sanke dip tube?

Mike

chrisrush

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How long can you leave the hops in the Randall? Days, weeks, months?

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Barrel 1: Jim Beam
Secondary 1: Munich Helles
Keg 1: AHS Pumpkin Ale
Keg 2: AHS Imperial Oktoberfest/Marzen
Keg 3: Black Project Stout
Keg 4: Golden Celeia Pilsner
Keg 5: Chocolate Stout
Keg 6: Witguy Bier

blackcows

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From the first reply:

I've left mine in the kegerator for the length of a keg (about 2 months). It usually loses a little flavor, but not too bad.

Suthrncomfrt1884

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At the time I built mine, I was building a RIMS system too. I had to cut a few kegs to do this, so I had the diptubes leftover. They're stainless and the perfect diameter.

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Primary - Dopplebock
Bottled - Double Chocolate Raspberry Stout, Coffee Bourbon Porter, EdWort's Apfelwein, American Amber Ale w/ Homegrown Hops, Mocha Oatmeal Stout, Pliny the Elder Clone
Kegged -Belgian Dubbel

Handle

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I'm just now doing a bit of research about the Randall. I work for an eCommerce site that sells tons of filter stuff, so I think I'll be able to build it on the cheap.

It's obviously well-suited for dry-hopping, and the fruit sounds like it would be cool, but has anyone used it with anything else? I'm thinking coffee beans, vanilla beans, maybe some boubon chips?

Keep in mind I haven't even brewed my first batch yet, so take the above thoughts with a grain of salt.

MacBruver

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It'd probably work well for coffee beans... for vanilla and oak, the contact time probably needs to be longer for them to really do much of anything.

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Secondary:
Bottled: Devil May Cry 10.10.10, Saison Graff
Gone, but not forgotten: Java Stout, Amber Ale / Cider Franken-brew, Black Pearl Porter

Suthrncomfrt1884

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I haven't tried it with coffee, but I might in the future. Good idea. The oak definately needs time in the beer, but the vanilla might be doable. I may test the vanilla and coffee on my next porter I brew.

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Primary - Dopplebock
Bottled - Double Chocolate Raspberry Stout, Coffee Bourbon Porter, EdWort's Apfelwein, American Amber Ale w/ Homegrown Hops, Mocha Oatmeal Stout, Pliny the Elder Clone
Kegged -Belgian Dubbel

chrispykid

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There's a boutique beer distributor called Bierkraft near me that sells counterpressure filled growlers of commercial beers and they have a randall they've used on occasion to add some aftermarket flavors to some kegs. Extra hopped IPA's were the most typical, but one of my favorites of all time was a porter that they "javafied" with coffee and artisinal chocolate. Unbelievably good.

When the hop shortage hit they stopped using the randall, but with prices back to reasonable levels and this thread bringing it back into my mind I think I'm going to start needling them to bring it back out next time I'm in there.