Recent content by frenchy9991

i figured ive ruined batches more expensive than this haha so i just rolled the dice and ordered it, well see how it goes

it's this one here http://www.ebay.com/itm/DC12V-108GPH-High-temperature-100C-Food-Grade-water-pump-Sous-vide-beer-brewing-/160963311155?pt=BI_Pumps&hash=item257a293633

i found a 35 dollar march pump on ebay (food grade) brand new shipped. I'm skeptical, is anyone using these?

Added a copper fitting around the coupling, soldered it all together and it worked great! Brewed up 5 gallons yesterday outside in a snowstorm and lost zero degrees during the mash with two blankets wrapped around the keggle, couldn't e happier with the build

I drilled my keggle holes a little too big, and i highly doubt i can get a bead of solder in the gap. I'm thinking of soldering a ss washer to my coupling, and then soldering the new piece into the hole. Does anyone have experience with this? I'm really hoping not to have to scrap this keg and...

Okay cool that's about what I was thinking thanks for the info

M sure there's a million threads on this but I'm using my phone app so it's a pain in the ass to search through them. What ratio should I have or dme/ water in my starter? I'm using sand Fran lager yeast ad making a rice beer around 1.056 starting grav

yeah ive thought about that but im pretty tapped out as it is after the keggle build and buying a banjo burner and yada yada, all the rest im sure you know how it goes. just trying to avoid more expenses until i really need to

wow thats good to know, i'll have to tell the swmbo because i dont think she knows that either.ill check the local grocery store for some new lids i wasnt aware they were available

Just curious, the lids have all been boiled several times and are showing a little rust, do you think oxiclean would make them "food safe" again?

Don't really need the hot liquor tank in that kit yet, like above if you've got the money go for it but you can do your mash and sparge water in the kettle you already have

Well before diving right into all grain with a 3 vessel set up, you can start with biab. I made my first 3 all grain beers in a 30 qt turkey fryer with a 5 dollar voile curtain i picked up from target. The curtains are made from nylon and do not react to heat. You can start this way. many BIAB...

perfect i was hoping it was going to be something that simple. all goes well ill be brewing with it this weekend.

I'm building my keggle for biab use, and don't have much experience in welding but live right next to a shop where they'll let me use their equipment. From what i've surmised on these forums i need to set up a back purging rig to prevent sugaring on the welds. I know this shop has a tig welder...

actually yes! my swmbo collects mason jars so ive got a ton lying around. I'm going to try that as im installing a spigot on my keggle so that should work really well. i'll post back after my next brew day and tell you how it went.