Recent content by anonymousbrew

Professional welding in tomball is on 2920 east of Downtown on the south side of the road. Great guy - be sure to tell him you're filling for beer, and if you really want to make him happy, bring him a bottle. Fantastic service and cheaper than anywhere else i've been.

I'm surprised that no one has made reference to Caddoaggie's collegiate affiliation or his location in College Station. Whole new meaning to Aggie Homebrewers. holy crap

Cleaning: Dump Spray out with hose recirc hot (140F) water and OxyClean thru sprayball spray out with hose Sani: Recirc 5 gals of StarSan *a couple of things* - I'll try simply rinsing crud off with hot water first - MOST of the time, hot water alone will get things clean and...

i bought this thermowell and drilled a hole in the lid. The temp probe goes down inside it and it is measuring from the dead center of the fermenter.

no need to secure it. grainbed/gravity will hold it fine. as for cleanup - last brew i used a shop vac for the first time - WOW! that was amazing! that will be the go to from now on.

I dump trub 24 or so hrs in. then harvest yeast when i cold crash. To harvest yeast multiple x's i do the following - -Close butterfly valve -remove sight glass -pour yeast into sanitized mason jar, seal, store -disassemble, clean, sanitize (starsan), reassemble -purge sightglass with...

welcome Krusher! yeah, i did the orings as well, and the weatherstripping, all to no avail. I have since quit worrying about it after finding the following. - using a blowoff tube and container sitting on the floor, i was able to apply suction to racking port, and draw a column of starsan all...

Well..the wort making was a success! The entire brewsession was very enjoyable, everything worked the way i wanted it to, no suprises - it was GREAT! Have a few things to get used to/figure out, but all in all it was great! Had some fellow brewers come over and hangout. had three...

this - with hot Oxy clean and a Chugger Pump. Fill it up, turn it on, have a beer. Rinse - then on brewday, same with Starsan

yeah, read those - but even better...i sent a contact to chugger asking if there's a way service it - 5mins later, there's a new pump on its way! I mean, the new black bodied pumps are fantastic - the heating elements in my kettles are louder than that thing! Dan at chugger pumps was VERY...

I have an old chugger - the green body - for one of my pumps. I had it mounted in a rolling tool box and wired through a switch, but now is on my brew table and wired into my electricbrewery build. I had all kinds of trouble with it in the past with it being load and would loose mag couple...

PROGRESS REPORT! First off - i know - this post is pointless without pictures - and I'll apologize because i've been fitting in work on the system when i can, and haven't really stopped to take pictures. But i will post some up tonight when i do my water test. Went on vacation last week...

Thats the HLT - you know, i've had that coil out probably 6 times since taking that picture, fixing leaks etc on fittings, and still never scrubbed it out (task tunnel vision). I have scotchbrite pads i scrub everything down with, but once i clean that vessel, it should stay clean as it will...

I followed the spacing from KAL and to be honest, i didnt get nervous until i put the switch in place. Actually worked out fine. My adjustable DC boards came as 2 pieces. Post up a pic, i'd like to see that!

I don't know that I'd go THAT far. I certainly wouldn't put it in MY wort, and probably wouldn't drink it if i knew it was in beer i was served. However - it does provide a great heat exchange value and I bet at the right flow rate, you could get even Houston summertime tap water down in the...