Recent content by McGolden_Brew

Excellent advice... I think I am going to go with the chugger. Thank you everyone!

Well max flow out is 7GPM right? so at 0' of head I get 7GPM. However I am using 55gallon SS drums which are about 3' tall plus the pumps location below the barrels and a grant tank ads a maximum of about 4' or 5'. Because the thrust curves for these motors are mostly linearly related to head...

yeah.... so... I am a poor college engineering student, and I have been slowly but surely designing, buying and building a 1bbl system so my friends and I can have far too much tasty brew in the house. I have almost everything except a pump at this point. I thought pumps would be simple. I was...

No they are stainless through and through, and they were used in a food production process.

Hey Doug, I am currently building a similar system from some used food grade 55 gallon barrels, and I was wondering what size fittings you are using in the mash tun? I was planning to make an automated electric HERMS with a bunch of solenoids and sensors and use a 1/2" fitting with the drain...