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Wow. Jealous. How much to build one for me next? :)

If only he was as speechless as that video left me...

Its the same reason you should never use warm water for anything. Or be in the sun.

Made this beer for my 2nd AG batch on Wednesday, but first attempt at chilling with my shirron plate chiller. That didn't go so well... temperature in the fermenter was 100 degrees, so I waited to pitch the yeast until Thursday morning. It's now Saturday morning and I still have no activity in...

Update. I haven't put the wheels on the brewstand yet, however I brewed last night and even with the plate chiller's "wort out" line only a couple inches off the ground, I was able to easily create a strong enough siphon to for the wort to travel upward nearly a foot and completedly emptied the...

I'm going to keg after 7 days. Not because I'm impatient, but I've got a BBQ coming up the following weekend and I've got nothing on tap at the moment :)

Yeah, I don't plan on touching it until Saturday anyway, I was just wondering if 24 - 36 hours of airlock activity is pretty normal for this recipe.

Brewed this one Sunday afternoon. First AG batch. Used Nottingham Yeast. Had a very active airlock for most of Monday and looking at it this evening, I'm seeing no activity (at least for as long as I can sit and stare it without losing patience). Is that pretty common for this recipe? Should I...

Argh. Why didn't they teach THIS in science???? Thanks everybody.

So I have installed a ball valve/pick-up tube on my keggle and when I drain any liquid from it, the liquid stops draining at the ball valve level. I presume this means air is escaping somewhere and a vacuum is not being created, though I cannot detect any water leaks anywhere. Here are some...

The "wort out" hose on the chiller will be below the BK valve, however, it will also be several inches below the neck of the carboy, causing the wort to have to travel through the hose vertically about 5 inches. So the siphon would have to be powerful enough to travel against gravity, I guess?

It's going to be very warm in a month or so. Although, this will be my first summer in this house, so I'll have to wait and see. I do have an immersion chiller that I plan on using as a pre-chiller however. I'm beginning to think I may just go with the plate chiller and test it as you...

Are you saying that you believe there will be enough force to drive the wort through and out of the vertically mounted plate chiller and then up about 6" above the "wort out" line of the chiller and into the carboy neck? If so, that would be awesome, I just want to make sure you understood my...

I posted a thread in the Beginners section, but wasn't getting the feedback I wanted. Maybe my question wasn't properly written. I'm going to try again here in a much simpler fashion :) If my boil kettle's ball valve is 5" above my carboy, will the orientation of the plate chiller be...

A plate chiller is a type of counter-flow chiller. Just more compact. I know both work with gravity. I'm looking to find out if, given the height limitations, will a counter-flow chiller (or plater chiller if you will) suffice?

My preference would be to use a counterflow chiller, as it would save quite a bit of space and, from my research, chill quicker. That being said, I'm looking for some feedback regarding the use of a CFC's ability to utilize gravity when considering the the height specifications (or...

I just built the stand below. Originally, I had intended on using an immersion chiller, but now i'm toying with the idea of a counterflow chiller. My concern is gravity and available space between the spigot of my keggle and where the lip of my bucket/carboy will be. The stand will be on...

Cracked this open a couple nights ago. Tasted GREAT! Gave a 12 pack to a buddy for helping me build a brew stand yesterday and bringing a bunch to another buddy's birthday BBQ today. Should be a hit!

Good luck. Only took my buddy and I maybe 4 hours tops? Then again, he is a woodworker with access to an awesome cabinet shop :) Got the redwood from Lowes. Bought 8 pc. of 2x4x8 (framing/support) and 10 pc. of 1x3x10 (shelving). Bought a ton of gold decking screws a few lag bolts (those were...

I'm with you on that one. I'm actually looking at buying two of these. Higher BTU's and looks to be more secure.