Recent content by Beardless

Made myself a little rig for the RO system to make it portable/storable. Also added the rest of the pump system to the setup. Better than hanging on the garage wall like it had been.

Bingo- I shouldn’t have added more info than necessary, the idea is to prevent the pressure from going negative. In my original post I mentioned sucking in sanitizer or oxygen- by adding a source of co2, you allow that to go in instead. Remember whatever you set the regulator to is what pressure...

Someone previously corrected me about the same topic, so I’m regurgitating the information. My engineering background previously thought “shrinkage from temperature effect is the presiding factor”. Then someone brought up absorption and I went away with my tail between my legs- I hadn’t even...

Someone can correct me if needed, but two things at play- 1. CO2 is more readily absorbed into the beer at lower temps 2. Volume shrinks a little when lowering temperature So if you don’t have some excess CO2 in there, the shrinkage and absorption will tend to bring down headspace pressure...

Positive pressure is best for it. Otherwise, don’t have it sealed, but then you’ll get air pulling in or sanitizer suck-back (depending on the arrangement), so that isn’t actually an option.

Brewing on 3V2P with propane. My setup from left to right is BK-HLT-MLT. When I built it I wanted the MLT to be a little further away from flames, and the HLT being closer to the MLT. Cheers.

My setup- CF10 with (in order from the CF10 off the bottom port) 2” sightglass, 90deg elbow, butterfly valve, 2” TC to 1/2” QD. When it is time to dump, I sanitize the TC to QD fitting and a 1/2” hose with a QD on one end and open on the other end in a bucket. I attach the fitting to the...

Just received the same email. There had been complaints on this forum from people having this exact issue with shipping during the summer- especially with yeast orders. I recall posting a reply saying “email them so they can make it right”. Very glad to see they are making it right all together...

Got a very similar response from them when I put in a ticket. As was said- automated response to let you know they got the request, but literally no person has looked at it. Took a few days, but I got a response from a live person.

I bought everything without the heater and then grabbed the heater later so I could more efficiently raise temperature. Really depends on your situation. I ordered food grade glycol from amazon. If no one answers the ratio question I will look on the bottle (it said the recommendation on there)...

That’s a beautiful racking arm.

I don’t think I’ve ever laughed and eye-rolled at the same time. I appreciate that!

Are you using the racking arm? Does wonders for clearer transfers.

Had an epiphany.

I would write spike. Their customer service more often than not is superb. They’d likely send a replacement gasket free of charge if you email them and tell them your issue. Then you can see if that one works. Just my recommendation.