Recent content by Spivey24

Blowoff container could be in the space at the bottom by the bump out. Just can’t be too tall.

17x17x34.5” high unobstructed above the bump out. There is another small drawer area at the bottom where the bump out is that is 7 inches high. You might lose another half inch or so of height if you reinforce the bottom shelf.

I just went to Lowe’s. There are so many more options for upright freezers now. I thought when I looked several years ago they all had shelves that couldn’t be removed.

I picked up one of these 7 cu ft freezers today. It has plenty of room - almost too much. More than listed by comments on the item. It is a full 17”x17” inside. I was on the fence on getting the 11 cu ft but decided on 2 7s. It’s a hundred more but I don’t have to deal with lifting and...

I am going to see if this 7 cu ft freezer can handle 1 fermenter and just get 2 of them. It will be tight. Q&A answer says it’s 16x14.25 inside. Upright freezer

Looks like it might be a little tight on the bottom shelf with the spigot on the fermenter. It would probably work though if I turn it a bit.

What make/model is that?

Nice. Looks like with the bump out I could still get 2 fermenters vertically. Would definitely need reinforcing especially for the second fermenter. What do you think?

Looks good but a bit out of budget. Looks like it’s running 1700$ at HD now

They are Anvil SS bucket fermenters. The width of a HD bucket - 12” - but with 2 handles that stick out 2.5” on each side. I haven’t seen any non-commercial uprights that would fit side by side. On on top of the other would probably be fine.

Well my 9 cu ft chest freezer died. It is primarily for fermentation and cold crashing. Compressor is shot and it’s not worth fixing. Since I have an opportunity to change I was thinking of doing something different. I do not like having to lift the fermenters in and out of the chest freezer...

I think you will have problems getting consistent numbers with such small batches. Even when using a brew bag. I usually aim a little high and add water at the end to get to where I want. Check your temperatures during mash too. It’s really easy to be off of what the Grainfather is saying...

I added a check valve in a few inches from the keg after the last time I did it.

Great reference. Wonder if I can just add some avocado oil and be done. May give this a try next time.

I’ve been making my starters from grain for a while now. I hate DME (: I bought a set of 4 mason jars of 1/2 gallon each to store 4 starters. I do 5L starters for 10 gallon batches, so your needs may be different. I refrigerate the starters until needed. This is done on a biab setup...