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I'm also currently looking into a bigger and better Duda Diesel chiller. I have the 23A right now, 20 plate, but will most likely upgrade to their 30 plate long. I think running off into ferment takes about ten minutes right now, so the chiller gets worked hard.

hmm, I'm all quick DC as well. You gave me an idea of possibly putting my plate chiller into a bucket of ice water to chill the entire thing down as wort flows.

The aeration is happening directly out of the kettle, before the wort is cooled. So it's all hot and beat up at that point.

Ok I see what you are saying. I need some kind of in-line valve AFTER the pump and going nice and slow into the chiller

The throttling is going on directly from the kettle valve, then that restriction goes to the chiller which then goes to the pump which then goes to the fermentor. This is about a 20 foot operation. From brewhouse to cold room.

Ah, I see. Thanks. So maybe I never upgraded properly. I still have the same 20 plate chiller I used when I did small batches, now I attempt to chill 1BBl batches with it. Maybe time to get a big ass chiller.

Anyone else feel like their transfer from kettle to fermentor could be cooler? From the brewhouse, I run off wort from kettle, to heat exchanger, through pump and over to the cold room where the tanks live. Whenever I adjust the valve position in an attempt to slow the flow I get some...

Yes. Normal. Some yeasts have a lumpy or cottage cheese formation due to high flocculation characteristics. Also, from White Labs FAQ about this yeast: "This is normal for this strain as well as other very flocculent strains such as WLP002 and WLP005. As we concentrate our yeast to a...

Probably better to dry hop just before fermentation is complete to allow the yeast to clean up oxygen brought in by the pellets. As they break open they will introduce the oxygen, yeast can absorb.

I have plate chiller and pumps as you do. All I do is whirlpool for a few minutes and let the wort spin and clear for about 5 to10 minutes. Then run off into pump, chiller and into fermentor. Clear beer. Everything drops from the whirlpool unless I'm using whole cones. I don't think I will be...

Do not put the hops in to the keg without a bag. I repeat, do not. They will clog the dip tube. Even the bag may get sucked to the tube if it is near the bottom. I recommend not even going down that route and just dry hopping in fermentor. I have had good success with infusing the keg with...

I wonder which, if any, pulls more flavor and aroma from the beer. In my experience of having used both gelatin and now biofine clear, I find that I don't notice much of a flavor loss from biofine as I did with Gelatin.

Why transfer, just leave it. I see by the pic that high krausen is over, just leave it with lid snapped and co2 headspace will keep it safe for now. After ten days just package everything but the sediment. If you bottle, transfer carefully, if you keg transfer carefully.

Leaving the gas on 24/7 is really, really going well. We get the normal tank usage out of the system and I am mentally free to worry about keeping taps going. Thanks for all the dedicated thought on all this everyone, I know how busy we all are.

For this batch just snap the lid after 5 days, keep closed for 5 more days. Then at 10 days just rack to keg or whatever packaging system you use.

Bioine Clear 100% for me, right at kegging. Crystal clear beers.

The price tag carries the answer. :(

Thats pretty cool, will have to check it out closely, thanks!

ok ok people Im leaving the gas on and LOVING IT. So much less work. AND I found the bastard leak. It was our regular water keg. the o-ring was worn or too small and the Quick DC was not catching right. This is one of the kegs I just bought too. So, probably all the kegs that I bought need new...

Most likely the kegs. I installed our new draft system and I made damn sure the project was tight and clean. Kegs for sure. I just rebuilt 50 of them but did not get around to the last 10, and the other 10 are brand new. I have never tried leaving the gas on 24/7. But, I can get 3 or 4...