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That's my next brew! Unfortunately it'll be my first time with it, so I don't have any feedback to give you.

I saw those when they first came out. My only complaint was that you couldn't rotate the racking arm. Have they made a rotating arm?

Not sure if that answered your question entirely, so I'll add some more. On my Speidels (so I assume yours as well) I can see the trub layer, so if I know about how the arm is positioned with regard to the valve I can estimate how far to rotate the arm.

I usually set my racking arm so that when the spigot is straight (with the on/off knob on top) the arm is straight out to the right. So for example, if I rotate the spigot 90° to the left the arm should be pointing straight up. I don't usually need to rotate that much, and usually end up...

Just realized the original post was from 2006. Well, hope OP found his Sterling...:D

Hops Direct is out of whole leaf Sterling, but does have pellets for $12.84/lb. Probably 2015 crop, but that's fine. Their shipping is a little high though. Yakima Valley Hops has 2015 Sterling for $13.99/lb. Label Peelers has Sterling (unspecified crop) for $19.49/lb. 2016 crop should...

Look up "Speidel stainless racking arm". Basically, you buy the stainless racking arm from SS Brew Tech and mount it in the cap of your Speidel, and replace the stock spigot. Then you can rotate the arm above the trub layer. I've done it on all three of mine, along with replacing the included...

I second getting a couple rhizomes. I got about 8 oz dry weight from my two plants this year, and when I cut them back today I saw more on the bine. I have a third plant from a clipping that'll probably give me even more next year.

That's why I'm looking into this project. Of course, my "ugly junk" fermentation chamber is just a dorm fridge foil-taped to some pink foam board insulation and leftover shelving. It's not pretty, but it does maintain (seasonally appropriate) temperatures. Can't do lagers in the summer, and...

Interesting idea, we'll call it the "All-Clad Approach". Bare aluminum is easy enough to find. Now the difficult part will be finding a stainless "sleeve". From the BrewJacket website the housing is 5.5" square, so I'd imagine the heatsink and fan are 4-5". However, the rod they use is...

While I know and have used both aluminum and copper during the brew day, the OP's original question, an my own, are about trying to clone a BrewJacket Immersion, which uses a sold rod of anodized aluminum submerged into fermenting beer for the duration of fermentation (plus lagering if so...

I vaguely recall reading somewhere (copper auto-siphon thread, I think) that the green oxidation on copper could pose a health hazard. Is there any way to anodize/passivate copper to prevent oxidation?

Just received a reply from McMaster: "Our aluminum rods are not rated as food-safe or for FDA compliance. We cannot make a recommendation for your application." Doesn't mean they're not food safe, just that they're not rated as such. Worth the risk?

It's been about a month since the last post. Has anyone found a suitable anodized rod? The 36"x1-1/2" rod at McMaster is $88, and if cut in half would make two 18" rods. I don't think a 12" rod will be long enough for my 30L Speidel tanks. The cut side could be tapped to allow it to be...

Just won gold this past weekend in the Lagers category at the Crystal Lederhosen competition in Scranton, PA!

I'll finally be able to compare the stout nozzle to a traditional stout faucet. Nitro tank is on its way! Video (hopefully) to come soon.

Anecdotally, yes. I've tried a couple beers from each camp, and the kegged beers held up much better than the crown caps. Of course, the people who had the kegs had a few dedicated refrigerators in their garage that kept the beers temp controlled for all that time, so they were very well taken...

I'm reading this like your beer is in a keg and is going to be pushed into bottles. If I'm correct on that, why not just leave it in the keg? Sure, you're sacrificing a keg to the cause, and you'll need to check on it from time to time to make sure the o-rings aren't drying out/the keg isn't...

I originally intended this beer to be a schwarzbier, but after disagreeing with some judging feedback that suggested that it might be better as a Munich Dunkel I decided to look for other options. The BJCP guidelines for Czech Dark Lager lined up with what I tasted in my glass, so I entered it...

FYI, the Perlick 600 series growler filler fits into the standard Intertap faucet, so you don't need to change nozzles to fill a growler. Also, I find the tubing on the Perlick small enough to fill bottles for competition entries, but the Intertap tubing is WAY to big for that.