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This is awesome! I'm planning on running kegerator lines from my basement up to the kitchen down the line and I've been toying with ideas for keeping the lines cool. This looks like it will fit the bill really nicely for that.

You can do a single element for a 5 gallon batch, but to reduce times a lot of people use 2 elements or a single submerged element and an induction cook top. They key with a setup like this is both elements must be plugged into outlets on separate circuits. For mounting elements in your kettle...

Couldn't you use a big counter flow chiller and slowly gravity feed your wort through while relying on city/well water pressure for the heat sink. With a properly sized chiller and the right flow rates you should be able to knock it down low enough in a single pass for the fermentation chamber...

If you have room to keep it in the keezer I'd put it in there with some gas on it.

Yeah, that's all I need, but if the SS brewtech system appeared to be an improvement at a slightly higher cost then I would have considered it. I'm not one to lock in on only one design.

That's gonna be a pass from me dog.

Yeah, I don't see a whirlpool/recirculation port on the kettle but it could be hiding. I think the fixed analog thermometer is more redundant that I need on a setup that has a digital readout on both which will drive the cost up. Honestly, if the controller is priced around 500 with independent...

Oh man, I've been waffling between buying a High Gravity 2 vessel system (minus the control panel and swapping in a Auber Brew Cube) with a couple modifications or building a similar system myself. I'm really interested to see how their price and functionality compares with the 2 vessel system...

What spa panel did you use? I was planning on using a 50A spa panel for a different build, but I'm changing things up to use this controller and I'm wondering if that is overkill.

If you don't mind the extra cost and setup you could always hard pipe the lines (or the horizontal runs at least) and insulate them. Probably more trouble than it's worth though.

Better late than never! http://imgur.com/a/Tf7l8

Every now and then I get a little leak, but no big problems. I hit the threads with some thread tape before I screw the caps on. Edit: I suck at forums. I meant to reply to the poster asking about the liquid in the yeast vial tap handles.

Yup, they're yeast vials and I pour my final gravity sample into them to show what's on that tap.

Hey guys, its been a while since I've posted anything here but I thought you might like my latest piece of work. There's a bit of a build gallery I can post if anyone is interested.

It sure did. My keg kicked last night. It was a sad time.

I fermented a Pliny the Elder clone on Conan from a can culture recently. I called the brew The Bastard Son, came out great. I rinsed some of the yeast from the trub (there were a lot of hops that needed rinsing)and stepped it up. Now I've got a batch of Zest Bomb on there. I'm excited to see...

Bumping this for more info. Has anyone tried this recently? I'm thinking of making hop scented candles out of empty Heady Topper cans. Originally I was just going to play with different proportions of citrus and pine scented candle oils but if anyone has experience with straight hops scents id...

Man the last time I had a fermentation like that I didn't catch it soon enough and the stopper blew out of the carboy. I ended up losing 1.5 gallons easy but it turned out to be an amazing brew. Hope yours turns out well too!

Don't know if the picture worked, I can't see it but I'm on the mobile app so that might be it. I'm glad you guys say its nothing, I've just never seen that much stucff come out of solution so fast. I tried stirring it back in but that only lasted a few minutes. Its in a closet with a blow off...

I brewed up a pale ale today and did all the normal things, used DME per the recipie and Irish moss for the first time. Because my wort chiller is missing I racked cold water on top of the wort and shook it up a bit. I came back to it to see if it was ready to pitch the yeast and it looked like...