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I wound up going with the 15-gallon Brew-Boss, hoping to run my first brew this weekend.

This. More to clean, plus more than likely one tap will get used significantly less than the other, which increases the chances of infection. Clean the second tap and maybe put a plug brush in it so it's obvious which one to use. Someday you might decide to try a second/third kind of beer...

Ordered the hose and QD barb that @GoeHaarden suggested. For now I will just leave it attached whether doing positive pressure CO2 (racking or crashing) or blowoff. Worst case I might need to replace the o-ring on the QD every once in a while. But that's a preferable option to reconfiguring...

I have a 7.9 Gallon FastFerment that I received as part of a bundle that I do not need. It is complete with all standard accessories and in a factory-sealed box. This has many of the features of a conical fermenter--allows harvesting yeast and removing trub, so secondary fermentation can take...

So the plug's already been replaced once. They definitely won't notice if you replace it again. :D

Gotcha. Didn't realize you had an ancient dryer to go with the ancient dryer outlet. :) Most of the time folks that are using these old dryer outlets, there's nothing actively using them (like in my old house). that changes the calculus somewhat. You're probably back to building a pigtail...

This is correct, the Brew Boss does not use 120V at all. It has a 240V/30A switched outlet for the element, a 240V/5A switched outlet for the pump, and a 240V/1A non-switched outlet for the tablet. OP, I'd tell your landlord you have a 240V appliance that you want to use safely and correctly...

Count me in! I just bought my first stock of 5 gallon cornies, will be great to not have to dig my arms in there to scrub them down!

Those of you with the 15-gallon, this dolly fits the bottom of the pot perfectly, as you can see in my picture above. The pot is actually 17 inches across, but the bevel at the bottom allows it to sit snugly in the 16" dolly. I have tried it with the trivets it feels more sturdy without them...

My spa panel and breaker are slightly different than yours, but when I tested mine yesterday, I had to push it really hard to the off side to get it to reset. Then I could turn it back on normally. But it probably took 5x as much pressure to reset the GFCI trip to off as it does to flip the...

That's good to hear. Everybody screws up from time to time, and errors are probably more frequent during crazy volume periods like with this cyber monday sale. What's important is how a vendor handles their mistakes, and the exemplary response you received actually seems to be par for the...

Got my brewing area mostly set up, have a few more tweaks to do. Planning on doing a water test this afternoon, but probably wont be able to actually brew for a week or two Edit: Wet test was successful once I figured out how to connect to the controller. Couldn’t do it out of the box...

It's fully supported by SS Brewtech, as long as you don't suddenly pressurize to 2.5+ psi: https://ssbrewtech.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/210211086-Can-I-perform-a-pressurized-transfer-with-the-Brew-Bucket-s-flat-lid- The PRV built into the Pressurized Transfer fitting I bought from them...

It is going to need to be removable though, because when I'm not cold crashing or pressure transferring, I'm going to need to put a blowoff hose into a bucket of starsan. If I have to boil it every time, that might not be workable :)

I purchased two SS BrewBuckets, which I'm planning to modify with a weldless 1.5" Triclamp ferrule so I can use this fitting for blowoffs and pressure transfer: I'm thinking I need a tube that fits over this barb (3/8") on one end, and has a gas post on the other, unless I want to just take a...

I don't see any major problems with your HLT as shown. Oh wait, it's supposed to be a fermenter? :)

Mine arrived yesterday. FedEx just left it sitting on my wet driveway in front of the garage and didn't ring the doorbell. :mad: Started assembly last night, but quit after the element, temp sensor and accessory port because my son wants to help :) and it was time to start getting him to...

No, my system is the 15 gallons (on a truck for delivery today!), for precisely this reason. I wanted to be able to brew any 5-gallon recipe that interested me without jumping through any extra hoops. But....my fermenters didn't come yesterday, and are now status "pending" with no delivery...

What's everyone's first brew going to be? This will be my first "real" all-grain setup, having previously only used a PicoPro, which while all-grain, is very much a predefined, walled-garden type of brewing. So this will be my first time buying ingredients and actually making the wort myself...

My status changed to "Picked up" just a bit ago, with a delivery date of tomorrow. Since I can't possibly brew until Saturday or Sunday anyway, that's no worse than yesterday.