Recent content by Boobajoob

Dang. So that option is off the table for you? I've had pretty good luck with just the bolt as long as you have some give between the bolt/end of the tube and the float

Fantastic! I assume your 50A will allow the running of two 5500W concurrently? I'd be all over this for my upgrade this spring. Think it would likely be a 2022 release?

Anyone have any issues with only 10 gal in their CF30 conical? Any problems cold crashing it? I'm putting together a 30 gal system and looking at Spike's CF 30 conical for it. While most my batch sizes will be 15-20gal, I will brew on occasion a 10 gallon batch. Spikes website shows the...

Yea I'm not sold on SS conicals either. I like the Spike concials (even tho I'm seen some reviews about issues hold pressure) but I wish they made 20gal sizes. 1/2bbl I almost feel is just going to be tight and 1bbl is too much. I do see Brewers has 20 gal fermentors so I'll have a look at...

I'm looking to brew 3 full corneys per batch, so figured a 1/2 BBL conical would fit this nicely. I see that SS Brewtech's holds 17gal and Spike's holds 18gal. I'm wondering how well that works when you factor in high krassen. Is there enough room with 15gal liquid plus yeast/hop material and...

I've read about the the magnet thing but I find the cold crash (and a little gelatin) drops everything out of suspension. Then I use a floating dip tube to pull from the top of the beer and pressure transfer to my serving keg so I'm not worried about getting the dry hops out. If you haven't been...

I like it! Is the drop to 48 the "soft crash" I've seen thrown around? And how does that help the dry hop process exactly? Also, you think it's easier to just add the dry hops to primary then purge with CO2 over a secondary? I'm just trying to keep as much O2 out of the process as possible.

I'm looking for your advice and rationale on this. It's my first time dry hopping (making a PseudoSue clone here). Currently on day 1 of fermentation. I'm planning to add 3oz of cryo citra (25%) directly to my beer. It's currently fermenting in a fermzilla all rounder. I have another vessel...

I recently asked a similar question. Did you have find anything new about this?

Hey all, I have a 10.5 foundry and am into brewing hoppy beers. I'm constantly fighting my anvil pump when transferring to my fermentor as it would clog with some hop/protein debris. Previously I'd whirlpool my wort while cooling then stop the whirlpool to use my pump for filling the fermenator...

I'm too smoothbrained for this stuff guys. I'm hoping one of you can help shed some light on this for me. I'm trying to venture outside Brewing Classic Styles here but can't figure out scaling recipes. I found this Pseudo Sue clone a guy posted on his blog and had also created/shared in the...

Thanks for this. Looks like I'll be spending some of my weekend fooling around with BeerSmith. And carb'ing in a fermentor is great. I modded the lids on my fermonsters with a floating dip tube and gas post and keep it to 5psi(ish) when cold crashing. Once I transfer to a keg and let it...

Interesting.. That makes sense given the color I'm seeing. Maybe I'll make another with the 10% and not scale the color malts to see.

The recipes yield 6 gal post boil, but when I'm careful to not allow the dissolved hop mess at the bottom of the kettle into the fermentor and leave the trub out of the keg (I use a floating dip tube and pressure transfer from the fermentor to the corny). That's how I end up with less. More...

I'm new to the hobby and only a dozen all grain brews in. All with the recipes I use, while designed for 5gal batches, don't yield me an actual full corny. I tend to be about 4/4.5gal in the corny unless I allow a lot of grainy dissolved hops into the fermenter or trub into the keg. I'm mashing...