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Yeah, I might give the hood over the bucket idea a go to see how that works. I plan to run it to a drain long term.

Used mine for the first time for a brew yesterday also. I bought parts back in the summer but just now got around to drilling my kettle. I’d be interested in what folks are doing for odor control.....it was much worse than I expected. I have a pico zymatic and it was much much worse than the...

I have this keg on tap now and early on it had a sharp aftertaste which I think was due to the beer being out of balance. I was targeting 5.6%-5.8% and I accidentally used an old profile in BeerSmith and was short about 10pts making it a little overbearing with the amount of hops I used for...

Anyone been using there Brewie + for more than a few brews? I liked the Brewie design better than the Zymatic before I bought my zymatic but the nightmare reviews of customer service and reliability made me glad I went with the Zymatic. It seems like the Brewie + is getting much better reviews...

Mine is like yours. I purchased on Black Friday last year. Earlier units used a plastic sprinkler head type nozzle.

Mine clogged with the SS trub dam while WPing with 12oz of pellets in the kettle. That said, I may have avoided it by dialing the riptide down.

I have the 15g SS and riptide pump. I thought the same about clogging in the Thermolator and bought the Jaded Cyclone to avoid this. I recirculate/whirlpool using the riptide to chill and find the limiting factor to be the kettle drain clogging on a heavy hop bill and have since went to a hop...

Yeah, I agree. Very unique smell. I got a bit of vanilla from them which I believe is in the descriptor. I added my first DH addition yesterday.

Will do. Yeah, I’m aiming for around 50 calculated IBU, all WP & DH

Brewing a 5.5 gal IPA tomorrow with 3oz Sabro/ 1.5 Mosaic/ 1oz Loral/ .5 Idaho 7 (all Whirlpool) and dry hopping with a similar schedule. I saw there was a Yakama Chief Pink Boots Blend using Sabro with a similar blend. I was initially planning on a single hop brew but saw this and figured I...

I have the Jaded Cyclone CFC and have been happy with it.... I recirculate through the a whirlpool arm. Seems like it uses a lot more water though.

A couple drops of fermcap and a quick stir is a solid boil over prevention tool as well. Never had a boil over....knock on wood.

Sure, but you have to unplug both the pump and element plug from the controller and keep the thermocouple plugged in to the controller and kettle. I’ll unplug the heating element when chilling so I can monitor temp.

I was thinking about trying my first 10.5-11 gallon batch in my 15g High Gravity system. I use Brew’n water and BeerSmith. I am planning on doing a beer with a 19-20lbs grain bill. According to BeerSmith that will but me slightly over 15g vessel capacity (it may fit). However, I was thinking...

Lol, that is exactly what I was thinking of using.

Thanks for the recommendations. I have a Zymatic, which tends to like the coarser crush so I think I have my gap set wider (I don’t adjust back and forth between systems) than what most BIAB brewers do and get between 69-70% efficiency. I haven't tried conditioning yet but may consider it if...

I just ordered a BIAB false bottom from brewhardware.com. There are several threads indicating people being successful using them to improve flow when recirculating. Plus, I can do away with the basket altogether.

Yeah, I should have mentioned the lid issue is more of a pet peeve and hasn’t caused any issues with brewing. I also had the same issue with stuck circulation and have been dealing with it by dialing the flow way back on my pump. I am using the brewingbag.com bag that HG shipped with the...

I have the same/similar HG setup...15g SS Brewtech kettle, Riptide pump with the camlock fittings. I also had a spin cycle whirlpool arm added and use with a Jaded CFC. I love brewing on this system. I only have a couple of minor complaints. With the SS Brewtech and spin cycle wp arm the...

Yeah, I was surprised to see them still saying August in late July when they clearly had so far to go with testing and prototyping. Would have been better to have committed to before Christmas.