Recent content by jamiller

I just brewed a hop venom clone. 40 lbs of grain and 75 liters Of water due to 90 minute mash 90 minute boil. When I finished adding all grain I had an overflow of probably 2 liters of water out of the top of the BIAC. Arrrgggg pain in the ass to clean. So my opinion is it maxes out at 36...

That is crazy. I didn't even think to do that upon my first go around with the jacket and I got lucky. When I drained my glycol mix the first time, ( I drain about 2 gallons into a 5 gallon bucket because my reservoir is only 7 gallons and the jacket takes about 2-3 ) I noticed a ton of...

How do you not clog?

Lol. I know. It is for 10 gallons! There are mash additions. First wort additions. Keg hopping and dry hopping. I will take some photos today and post.

I have the butterfly valves from glacier as well. I tried just throwing hop pellets right into my last batch with no strainer. The butterfly valve clogged bad. Even with a little co2 pressure I couldn't unplug. I had to use a fiberglass pull through rod and jammed it up the bottom...

Hey there. I am using a glycol chiller with 20% mix. I can still get boil temp down to 80-85 degrees with muni water then let the glycol chiller do the rest. It takes about 30 minutes to go from 85 to 65-68.

Hello. I just use the heating element at 3% plugged into the auber temp controller the system comes with and it holds temp within 1.5 degrees

my reserve is 7 gallons. What I do is I have an additional 2 gallons of glycol mix in a Home Depot bucket. When I switch from municipal water to glycol, I fire up my pump and as the pump draws the glycol into the BIAC I have a large funnel and I slowly add the additional 2 gallons so the...

I am at a 30% glycol to water mix. I have run that fluid mixture down to 18 degrees with no issues. Cools fast. Only downside is it sweats a lot so put some Tupperware under your rig

I have a glycol chiller and I chill down using muni water till 80 and the. I switch to my glycol and recirculate it seems to work well. Only down side is when switching from water to glycol you need to have a bucket ready to clear out the 2 gallons of water so you can fill with your closed...

Hey all i have a concern and want to see if you all have experienced this. I just transferred by beer into kegs and when cleaning, I noticed that the top part of the conical where it looks like the jacket seem is, there appears to be some warping and buckling on the inside. When I run my hands...

Sounds like a great set up and location for the BIAC. Nice. Just an FYI www.beveragefactory.com. Has some great glycol units for a good price. I bought the 7 gallon.system for around 1150-1250 if I remember correctly. It runs great and the shipping and packaging was excellent. They...

You only live once bro. Make it happen lol

Interesting. I will give that a shot for sure. I was definitely stirring aggressively. Also yes. The 5% off the temp control box. I have been holding between 64.5-65.5 like a champ that way.

Cudapak. I will try opening mill a little and see if that helps. I haven't had good efficency yet either. I have only brewed 2 batches so far but barely hit 70. I would get 85 with my Home Depot cooler so I am thinking it is a grain/ water volume issue. I have to dial in my boil of...