Recent content by trancechemist

You have your sparge water in the BK gravity draining. By the time it is all in the MT, you can briefly stop sparging and use the pump to pump about 2/3 of the runoff so far into the, now empty, BK. Your HLT is now empty, continue sparging the last 1/3 into it that is still in the MLT.

Curtis called me today to update me on the ETA after this post. Thank you! Apparently I replied to my CC receipt that has derrin@ as the reply-to address. Since derrin is not customer service (curtis is), you can get slower response times. Replying to the actual Brewers Hardware receipt has...

Curtis, Are the 20 gallon jacketed fermentors that were backordered on 10/15 in? I ordered two of them and sent an email out on the 14th just wanting a shipping/expected delivery date and haven't received a response yet. I'm really excited to start some fermentations in these, having them...

Has anybody reliably configured a whirlpool type setup to get rid of trub in a 15 gallon keg as the boiler? Currently I am employing a recirculation pump to a chiller and back to the BK to chill it before pump out, limited success in getting a cone of trub and siphoning off the bottom sides...