Recent content by Run4BeerCO

I'm just getting back into homebrewing after having brewed on a 4bbl system for the last four years. My stock pots, carboys, and siphons just don't cut it anymore. I've already spent plenty on pumps, chronicals, and parts for my keggle set up. Another $200 for the motor will hardly be noticed...

Ugh thanks for the insight! I had no idea, but definitely would have learned next summer. I owe you a beer.

I might just buy the Malt Muncher Motor. It's $200 but how much will I even save if I try to piece this together myself? I'm really just itching for a project, but building the cabinet might suffice...

I was planning to use glycol. Perhaps just at a lower concentration than the 2:1 Water/Glycol in the actual chiller. I see that at a 20% concentration the glycol would inhibit growth. Is there any reason I shouldn't use glycol in this set up?

For the record... Counting the RPMs was a joke... :rock: The table saw was a salvage in and of itself. I didn't know the model. I was shocked after salvaging the motor that it didn't have a spec plate. I have found what appears to be the exact motor on several sites, still with no actual specs...

Ill be doing mostly 5 gallon batches. 10gallon batches sometimes. Any way to figure out what my current motor's rpm is? I could try counting as it spins?? Assuming it's 3000rpms I would have to have a 15" pulley on the mill and a 1" on the motor? Is there a recommended type of pulley/sheave...

Any recommendations where to buy parts online? Also recommendations on motors if I'm looking in the salvage piles? I don't have many options locally to buy new equipment but our second hand stores are usually well stocked.

MM3 recommends 200rpm. I can't find anything on the motor. It has no info on it. I've found some motors online that look to be a replacement part but even they don't have any information either :confused: I'm going to look at my Habitat ReStore tomorrow and see what motors they have available...

I just bought the Malt Muncher 3 and was planning to just use my drill, but then yesterday I was tossing out an old Rigid table saw and salvaged the motor before I did. I was doing some research about using a salvaged motor, but I'm stuck on what pulleys/sheaves I'll need etc to bring this whole...

I think that's my plan with my old homebrew coolers. I'm going to install a coil through the interchangeable lid. I'll cool that the night before brew day and use that glycol to chill my wort before letting the fermenter cool the rest of the way without taxing the glycol chiller too much. I...

I wasn't going to run glycol through the chiller. My original idea was to run the warmed glycol through the immersion chiller before returning to the reservoir to minimize the reduction in efficiency. My second idea was to run the wort through the immersion chiller first and then through the...

I'm currently building a glycol chiller from an 8000BTU AC that I'll use to control two 14gallon Chronicals. My brewing location in the garage is currently far away from a water source :rolleyes: I was thinking of adding additional ports to my glycol chiller so that I could hook up my...

Yeah I can see what the theoretical advantage of the 50' would be. I'm curious if it bares out in reality. My issue is that I have a plug about a third of the way up from the bottom that I'm sort of hoping I can use for my lower connection, but I think with a 50' coil I might be too high in the...

I have a 3 keggle system and I'm looking to add a Stainless Brewing Herms coil. Any suggestions on the 25' vs 50' coils? I'm leaning towards the 25' coil because I think I'll be able to utilize a plugged off bulkhead. If I go with 50', I'll more than likely have to drill two new holes. My other...

If you are staying strictly in Denver I would definitely recommend checking out Great Divide, down the street across from Coors Field is Breckenridge good for beer and food. Head to the south side of Coors Field and you have Wynkoop <- great place to hang out and play pool. That's 3 within...