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Brewery sold. Conical still for sale.

$850 for conical

Please refer to this craigslist post for pictures and details. I am in the Minneapolis, MN area. http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/for/5820716357.html ***This is the description from the craigslist post*** This is a custom built stainless steel (SS) electric 20 gallon Heat...

You will moan in boredom when I say it, but $100-150 should instantly go towards an acceptable pH meter. In this day and age of home brewing if you're doing all grain without a pH meter, you're wasting your time. Everybody, including my prior self, gets hung up on the equipment. Become the beer...

I fully intend to build a home with brewing and serving integral to the flow and design of the house.

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I pitch 3724 at 74 into 1.065 O.G. and immediately start to ramp it 2 degrees every 8 hours until it hits 90. Then I leave it for weeks... Many weeks. It does stall at 1.035, exactly as predicted, but I usually finish at 0.998-1.000. My recipe does have 3lbs of honey for 10 gallons.

The game has changed since everyone has gotten better about controlling variables like mash pH and fermentation temp. So people will be able to help you a lot more with some details. Give us everything you have about your process. And if you don't have a lot written down about what you did, then...

Edit: uploaded different pic below. At work so I don't have a keg comparison picture, but these are 3 20gal Concords. I love them, thicker than I expected.

Outside is the way to go. More room inside. The more vs. less CO2 argument is phony. Just be careful when drilling!! Or better yet, don't drill. If you have to drill, peel away a little metal and carefully probe around for the coils. Do this at your own risk, you hit a coil, you break the...

Thanks for the link. Ya that's what I would expect, but knowledge is power. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I like the creativity! It would work, but might be a little overkill. With one hot tank set to 5-10 F above the hottest conical, each conical could be kept at a different temp by changing how frequently the hot liquid gets pumped to it.

Nobody?

How would you prevent stratification if one pump isn't used often? And thus, how would you get an accurate temperature reading?