Recent content by DannyBoy408

Got this in and it works great! I'll recommend the kegco 2 roller mill. $113 with free shipping. I like how the spacing is easy to see and set. The screws are small and hard to put together with fat hands but I got through together.

Made this just fooling around. Not my drawing just added Dope to it.

I want to try gigayeast but can't find anything other than IPA or ale type yeast. Have they slowed down production.

Just get a fridge. This GDM 10 cost me 250 on Craigslist and works awesome. Set it and forget it, sort of.

The 14.5 gallon Blichmann fits great in the GDM-10. I was looking for this answer myself and found this thread. I took measurement and it fits just right. Its a bit heavy and hard to get in there once full but I put wheels on it and fill it while its in the frige.

That's a great idea! I've found multiple articles where White Labs agrees to use multiple strains or additional pitches to reach your goals. Here's one http://www.whitelabs.com/beer/using-multiple-yeast-strains A good one...

I really want a set and forget it system. Meaning no ice or heat change. The controller does great switching but I need something to keep the water cool without my help. The problem is when the cold water gets hot the cold setting gets stuck on. I have a cold frige I can do what you suggested...

I did something very similar to this. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=583359 It works as expected. I got the idea from the same place, chiller on the ssbrewtech fermentors. I use a cooler and change the ice out daily and it works great but it's not turn on and leave. It's worked...

Last test went well. Raised the cooling coil near the monitor but not touching it. Filled water to 5.5 gallons and a constant room temp of 81 for the test. Set the monitor to 71 with a 2 degree difference to start for heat and cool. Cooling starts at 73, heat at 68. Started first cool high at...

Im going to bring the coil up higher and see what that will do. I want it to run for short periods of time and send the cool water down through it all. I think it will work well with some adjustment. I wish I had made the thermowell hole a bit lower. I need to keep testing this thing out before...

In summary it works well and will probably only turn on once a day. That's with a 80 to 90 hot day. The temp at the top and the bottom of the container ended up around 16 degrees difference. The probe is set at the top so it stays on too long and the bottom gets very cold. Starting from 97 was...

It gets hot in the summer and I have noticed off taste from high temps during fermentation. I Frankensteined my fermentor to cool in these high temps. Just started this so I want to see what people have to say. Starting fermentor temp 97.5 f. Water cooler temp 58 f. Room temp 88 f. It's a 6.5...

The boil kettle still available? Live in the South Bay and can pickup soon.