Recent content by Compacto

Hey All! After driving around town sticking my carboy in Craigslist stranger's mini fridges I thought this would be a great resource for the homebrew community to have. I'm hoping to compile a spreadsheet of known vessels (kegs, carboys, conicals etc) which knowingly fit in the various...

I would saw that that was actually still a huge over pitch. Using both WLP300 and Wyeast 3068 over 10 times before I got the character out of WLP300. Finally it was from pitching 1 expired vial into 10 gallons with 10 seconds pure 02, basically really stressed. It's an awesome yeast and very...

I just brewed something very similar, not a cider but a saison using the same ingerdients you are. Let it sit on oak for only a week. Didn't come through too much. Next time I try it I'll leave it for two weeks. The 3711 was a great choice for yeast though. Loads of lemon/pepper during active...

Roughly, a lot more than I'd intended I imagine haha. BOM Keg - $40 Pump - $150 TC Fittings - $275 SS Square Bar - $80 Wheels- $20 Bayou Strainer - $40 Control Panel - $60 CFC - $100 Man Hours - ...100+ probably. So ~$750 I'd say. I just need to have ideas stop popping into my...

Any progress? Sounds interesting

Hello! Fabricated the lip last night. I increased the diameter a bit in order to use the bayou kettle as the grain basket and do higher gravity beers if wanted. I started with some scrap 16g 304 I had. It was a bit shy on length so welded two bits together and smoothed out the welds...

Thanks! I'll measure it when I've got a moment. It sits about 2.5" off the kettle floor and along the inner bead of the Bayou kettle. If you're doing that large of brews I'd go for a larger basket, this one tops out ~25Lbs.

Hello! Small update. I'll be adding a 4.25" lip to the top of the kettle. A few reasons I've wanted to do this. Mainly having a recirculating mash strainer sitting right at the top of the kettle is a spill over waiting to happen. I've had to very gingerly stir the mash with 20+Lbs of grain as...

Spent a few hours polishing. Forgot how much a love polishing stainless :cross: Once it's completely finished I'll probably spend a day getting it mirror (or trying at least.)

Hello! Got a bunch more fabrication done last night in hope I can brew over the holiday weekend. Progress: I (finally) got the wheels on which should make the whole brewing process loads easier. Welded another TC port on the kettle for the whirlpool/stirring inlet. This time of year with the...

Another test brew on the system. Finally figured out a method for verifying volume so did a test brew trying to make sure I could hit all my numbers. Gravity was still a bit wonky. Seem to be getting 63% without sparging. Is that normal to you other BIABers? Also, a question for...

I am too. Threaded fittings stick around likely because they can be fit to kettles without welding. I'd love to see one of the pump manufacturers put out a TC pump head though.

Thanks! It's a Bayou steamer basket from their 44qt kit. Pretty solid for BIAB setups. Tops out at ~25Lbs grain.

Updated, think they should work now.

Brew day with the new features! Sparge system worked out really well. A Bavarian Wheat using WLP300, first time using White Labs. Had a hard time getting Wyeast 3068 where I wanted it (big esters, big banana flavor) so giving this one a try, supposedly very similar yeasts.