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Thanks for the info!

Thanks for the info!

These developed into some interesting mutations with some of the hop cones sprouting leaves and cones.

I had some Japanese Beatle damage to the leaves but not severe. Never sprayed anything on them. I might have over fertilized. The leaves look slightly yellowish, but still a 6 or 7 out of 10 for appearing healthy. They leaves not as dark green as they were earlier in the season.

Can any hop experts assist with explaining the browning as seen in the photo? These are second year Centinial located in highlands region of NJ. I didn't think they are ready to harvest as they don't have that papery crunch and they cones do not seem to be opening as I remember from last year...

They have worked flawlessly for me, but have no clue what issues others might have had.

The Perlick 545 PC flow control faucets take all the aggravation out of precise line length, temp, and serving PSI. They make it hard not the get a perfect pour each glass.

Nice idea! I might start doing this with my ordinary hoses.

I like your vitamix idea if you could heat sanitize it. Determine what you can safety heat it too. Then bake it in your oven for a good while at the highest safe temperature.

Was there any issue with getting proper torque on the elbows while keeping them angled in the desired direction?

Mimicking the bot is easier than you think. You put two stc-1000 units in series. The first stc measures your desired temperature of your chamber. When the chamber is aboved desired temp it powers the cool outlet where you connect your second stc unit. Now have your second stc unit's temp...

Thanks for the link as I had no idea where to find the adaptors that I needed! Just ordered a pair.

Those barbs seem to have some sort of thread locker glue from the factory. I couldn't remove them with a crescent wrench, but got them off with ease when using impact driver.

That $10 hand plunger w/rubber mallet works great for us. We have done several hundred bottles (natural and synthetic corks) without any issues.

I recirculate boiling wort to sanitize the chiller and output line.

Just curious how much longer into summer should I expect the main bine of my Centennials to keep growing? Mine are second year and located in NJ. Currently the vigorous bines are lengthening several inches a day. Thanks!

Something like this? Just watch those pressure relief valves. I lost a quarter of a keg when I unknowingly set it just right (wrong) on a bottle top.

I have a nugget where the main stem broke off. At the closest node it sprouted two new vines where the side arms would normally be. I removed one bine and the one remaining seems to be growing like a normal bine and starting to sprout side arms. This is a second year plant that was very weak...

Chris is getting you on the right track. Setting your AC temp dial would likely get the temps you want for fermenting ales. For lagering or cold crashing you are going to want colder temps than the AC is designed to run so you are going to need to hack it a bit. First remove the front cover...

Yeah that filter will physically work as a hopback, but I would be very careful to see if the type of plastic it is made of is suitable for high temperatures. Plastics unsuitable for heat are going to leach chemicals in your wort. As someone above mentioned it would make a great Randal...