Recent content by stonebrewer

On the floating dip tube issue, I think the one that comes with this has a design issue. I had a lager that I was kegging today and using the floating dip tube all I got was CO2 out of the unitank. I have a different type of these I use in kegs with a MUCH shorter hose and different design. It...

Thanks for all the feedback, docs, and video. I will review all and I believe the issue was I wasn't as careful as I thought I was. I had the lid on an off several times that day and am guessing the last time I must not have properly seated the lid. MoreBeer never replied to my email, so that...

Yep, they are the EPDM ones from ForgeFit. Feels like it lines up perfectly. I check with a flashlight to make sure everything is in place. Hopefully my water test later will be a success. Otherwise I am going to be a pest to the vendor until they do something about it. So far its been over 24...

Three close up shots of the TC. I think it looks like it is not seated properly as well but it always looks just like this no matter how many times I put it on. Overlap appears to only be about 1/10 of an inch. This is the same for all the other smaller fittings as well...

I checked at each of the gaps to be sure it was on correctly, but you may be right...gonna try to pressurize with just water once this batch is done and see if it repeats.

The clamp is the huge one, it ended up on the floor.

I finally broke down and bought a SS conical fermenter, The BrewBuilt X3 Uni. I put a Blickman spunding valve on it to carb a lager but waited too long and it was not getting much more than a 1/2lb of pressure from slow fermentation at the end. So I decided to use CO2 to force carb. Checked all...

I emailed Morebeer about it so will post back whatever I hear back from them. I am pretty meticulous about hand tightening all TCs as much as I can. I am 6'3" and 200lbs and have moderately strong hands so I would think that would be enough. I don't like the way that lid seals, the TC clamp...

Anyone have advice on how to properly tighten the TC clamps when pressurizing? I have the 14G uni and a Blickman spunding valve. Buttoned up a lager and I guess it fermented way faster that expected because it was like day 5 at 54F and the gauge on the Blickman never got over 1 PSI. I decided...

Brewing again today, a Vienna Lager based on a John Palmer recipe...had no issues with startup this time like the last time.,,maybe there was air in the RIMS and I brewed it out last session? Anyhow, really happy to have one in the fermenter and another in process!

Next time I run the unit I will do as you suggest to see if that helps. I measured the water temp with a Thermapen and it was actually 51F, not 60F to start with. Water is definitely colder this time of year, but trapped air is possible. Pumps sound good and I have not had to add glycol. Likely...

My simple amber is cooling so that I can pitch. Cleanup done and ready to jump back in and brew another beer. Something like an IPL perhaps. Too bad the wife took my lager chamber to use as a freezer, but it is cold enough here I can likely just sit it in the garage to ferment...having some...

I put a shutoff valve at the top of my loop. During mash in today, I cracked it quickly and closed it, There was SIGNIFICANT pressure built up so an open loop WILL NOT WORK!!! Testing complete! LOL!

NO JOY!! Looks like Ht2 is heating up so fast that I get error #1. Worked fine on cleaning cycle last night but during a brew session it is not so happy... EDIT: Maybe my water was too cold? It started about 60F and the Ht2 got to 113F. Ran it a couple more times and it error'd about 3 times...