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I have an 18 gallon(72 quart) cooler for my tun. I did a 12 gallon 8.5% scotch ale in it & it was not big enough. We made it work but i will drop it to a 10 gallon batch next time. But you can always add some extract or i add brown sugar to my kettle. Then you can get away with a smaller tun. 10...

I have used the prechiller in an icebucket before with good results. No pumping needed that way. & you dont to to sanatise the prechiller. I do run some boiling wort through my cfc & pour back into the kettle now. Did you find a solution yet?

I hand cranked mine for about 30 seconds when i got it. Then i went in a cut about half of the handle out & welded it back together. It was alot harder to crank but way faster. The drill sucked because when they drilled the bolt hole its at an angle. My drill would flop around violently...

I do carry immersion chillers for $45 also!! We also have well over 400 positive feedbacks on ebay as weel if anybody is concerned with purchasing from us. Just thought i would toss that out there. I dont have them on my set yet but i do sell them & i'll get it on there one of these days...

That is a great idea for a pick up filter too!! I will have to try one!!

Hi, that is one of my units. Hope its working great for you. What happens is what was said before. The wort passing through pulls a vacuum through the holes & areates the wort. You need to leave it above the wort though. & watch out because it will foam up big time in the fermenter. So if you...

Great post!! I am going to add one to my euipment also!! I usually have 3 doors open when i brew!! I am adding a couple windows so i will put some fans in those also next time!! Thanks for the post & all the info everybody!!

I used a corona mill for over a year ran by an ice cream motor with a 35# stainless hopper on top. Took about an hour & a half for 30#'s Always made great beer but was very slow. My Barley Crusher is 100 times faster. But the corona i paid $35 for & abused it for a long time & it is still...