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The pot looks fine, but the burner looks questionable. The guard rail on the burner look like it is limited to using that pot or other small (relatively speaking) diameter pot. IMO you want a burner that could hold a bigger pot in the future. Before long you know you'll want to do 10 gal...

Yo Adamjab, I ordered this week and it shipped in a day or two. I got two 6 gal winpak's and 2 extra caps. You should definately send them an email to see what's going on. -BigCask

I ordered the 6 gal winpak (item # 75032) from US Plastic. Though the website says "in stock" I was informed by the sales department that they are out of stock, and expect more from the supplier in 3 to 4 weeks. (I didn't inquire about the 5 gal.) Also, for any other folks wondering about...

Couple of questions on the no-chill topic: 1) One of the original posts suggests minimizing splashing when going from the hot pot into the plastic container. What's the reasoning for that? The post goes on to say that after it cools, you aerate when you pitch as normal, so it seems like...

Can the remnants of a hand pumped keg be salvaged if it is transferred to a corney and covered with co2 within say 6 hrs?

Jtucker, I'd like to hear your experience once you have a carboy or two in there ... I didn't precool the chamber nor did I test it in advance. So two 5 gallon carboys of 75 degree beer is a pretty tough first run, as that's a huge amount of thermal mass to overcome. Re: the empty chamber...

I just built a "mother of the fermentation chiller" based on this design: Fermentation Chiller I deviated from the design somewhat ... Instead of the recommended 2" thick sheets, I used two 3/4" sheets glued together with a 1/4" air gap between them. And of course my cut tolerances...