Recent content by MikeInCtown

Wow, all these setups give me some great ideas for a starting point for mine. I also notice that a certain brewery is missing a LOT of stainless :O Hopefully I can design something that I can roll up into my truck and yet still be very self suficient like what I see here. Thanks for the ideas!

Thank you very much. Some interesting ideas.

I finally got my counterflow chiller made and may be buying a 60 quart pot in addition to the 32 quart pots I have right now. I also have my xtreme cooler/mash tun done and may be buying a march pump to tie it all together. I was hoping to maybe come up with some type of stand on wheels that I...

really quick annd dumb question... Did you guys use hose labeled as 3/4 or 5/8"? The hoses are not labeled as ID and after cutting the ends off of my 5/8" hose I noticed that the 3/8" tubing takes up quite a bit of the inside of the hose. It also has to stretch around the 1/2" copper pretty...

I hope that when I put in my order on Tuesday everything will be fine. Would have done it today but the local place took/bribed me of all my cash <crying>

I don't buy in bulk yet and even I would get the crusher. Why you ask... Because when making recipies I can buy a 1, 2, 5, or even 1lb bag of something and keep it sealed then when I need 6oz, or 8oz of something I can easily measure it out at home and crush it without having to drive 1/2 hour...

I tried some of this in late Feb maybe just before the keg ran out and it was gone for the year. Awesome taste, not too hoppy and went down smooth. Wondering if anyone has made a copy of this yet? Since I normally do not drink browns, I wasn't sure if they all taste similar or if some are way...

Hmmm, label says 100% juice, not from concentrate. My first batch is aging so I can't comment on taste yet. Perhaps the taste difference is from pasteurization?

Stopped in at WalMart on Thursday night and saw they still had the Musselman's apple cider but the price was rolled back to $1.97 a gallon! I promptly grabbed a cart and loaded it up with 11 gallons. 10 for me and 1 for the kids.:ban: May try and head back on Payday and see if there is any...

I'm a bit lost as to what you are saying. It was my understanding that you pull the hot wort from one pot and as it runs through the CFC it cools to temp. Upon exit it just runs into the fermentation bucket all cooled off. If I am reading your post correctly, you pump it from the pot, run it...

I moved the pressure as close to 12 as I could and the glasses after that came out perfect and well carbed. I may have to keep playing with the system though as the tables all show correct carb levels need about 14 psi at my temps. Hopefully everything will work a bit better once I install a...

I just looked at the counterflow chiller tutorial. Looks doable and probably easier for me since I will be using different size pots. Is your design any different? One thing that I am a little confused on is how you hook up the CFC to the pot (you place a hose going inside?) and then how you...

I am using a 32 quart pot currently for brewing but will be getting a 60 quart pot for 10 gallon batches. I also have 50' of 3/8" copper tubing in my posession to build a coil chiller. My problem is that I don't know what the proper size of coil I should make. If I wrap it around a corny, I...

Well, I put 10 feet of line on it and still get foam. Instead of only 1/4 glass and the rest foam I now get a bit over a half glass and then foam. I did notice that I had the pressure set at almost 14 so I lowered it to 12 where I thought I set it the other day. Will try again in 15 minutes when...

That looks just like my fridge and I have two cornies sitting in it. Had to remove the door stuff but did not have to hack the inside. It's tight at the top but you do not have to move the thermostat. If it is the same model as what I have, there are no ref coils in the top.