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  1. M

    Oxebar Keg?

    99.99% sure it will fit on a standard 3L PET soda bottle. I don’t have one, but I have the cap from one (that I used on an old 1 gal draft set up) and it fit the oxebar kegs I have.
  2. M

    Your experience with electric brewing systems?

    See Brewtools AIO systems…
  3. M

    PicoBrew Zymatic

    Was thinking the same thing, maybe a sous vide stick to kick things off. Once to temp, the thermal mass of the 6 gals should help keep things going.
  4. M

    PicoBrew Zymatic

    So I ran a random recipe with 6 gals of starting water. It took just under an hour to go from 61 to 152 degrees and another hour and change to go from 152 to boil (207). Session attached (I skipped the mash and boil cycles). So answer is yes, doable. Will be a long session with mash and boil...
  5. M

    PicoBrew Zymatic

    And another ?. Fair point. I’ll give it a rip once the fittings arrive and report back.
  6. M

    PicoBrew Zymatic

    Thanks, that’s helpful info. Do you see any problem with the Zymatic’s ability to heat that volume of water to mash/boil temperatures? Using the Picobrew recipe crafter, a 5 gal recipe calls for 6.1 gal of total water volume.
  7. M

    PicoBrew Zymatic

    Batch size limits? I did some searching in this thread and couldn’t find anything definitive on batch size limits. I see someone mention a 4 gal batch and some batch splitting/combining. I’ve been brewing directly into a (modified) anvil 4 gal fermenter. It works great, fits the standard...
  8. M

    Show us your Kegerator

    From this: to this: Wish I had started with the second “this”. Similar cost and much easier to assemble and run the lines. I think it looks better too. Whole thing is lined with standard copper pipe inulation.
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