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I've done it too. Home depot will haul away the old one when you buy a new one

I have ss brewtech chronical custom modified to bme, brewbucket and glycol chiller. Be prepared to spend $$ on temp control if you go with a conical, especially if you have multiple fermenters. They don't fit easily in upright fridges and freezers. You really will want the glycol because...

There is the http://www.brewjacket.com/ but I'm not sure how good it is.

if you are using carboys or buckets your best bet is a chest freezer with temp controller that will switch the freezer or the heater wrap as needed. if you are using a conical like me you can drop some $$$ for ftss with glycol chiller.

No the chlorine in the tap water kills bacteria needed for fermentation. https://ediblealchemy.co/13-fermentation-mistakes-you-might-have-made-yourself/

You need to use bottled water. Here's my recipe 6 clove of garlic/1/2 whole garlic 2 bunches fresh dill 6 bay leaves fresh if possible 2 TBS of mustard seeds 2 TBS of black pepper seeds 4 packs of wegmans cucumber (24) 1 gallon of spring water 1/2 cup pickling salt Optional 1 TBS...

Good point. I only use the filter to go into the kettle. Never keep the water running and have the hoses blocked. Those hoses blow up like water balloons!

You use bottled water?

I added one to mine by drilling a hole using their bit. No problems.

I mash in a 10 gallon cooler. I always hit my mash in temp with Beersmith calculations. I find that hitting the mash out temp with near boiling water using the calculations is way off. I would say that I end up adding double or more to the point my 10 gallon cooler is almost full for a 5...

I circulate through my plate chiller during the whirlpool to sanitize it then straight into the fermentor in a single pass. No need to go back into the kettle.

I condition and dry hop in the keg at room temperature to free up my fermenter

Having bought the kegco I later bought taprite. Just buy the taprite and the good taps like intertap. Don't get sucked in by the lower prices as you'll spend more replacing them later when you are unhappy with them. I am very happy with my kegco kegs tho.

Started an open source brewing software site http://www.brewfree.org

Beer with yeast harvested from a 20 million year old whale fossil

How do you control temps? You'd be surprised how much higher the temperature inside the fermenter is during active fermentation. I have a closet that is a constant 67. I used to assume it would be fine with no temp control. After a few meh brews, I added a thermowell and found I was going...

You want that gfci downstream. If you don't have a gfci plug where you're brewing, get a gfci extension cord.

When you have enough beer, the fermenters are full, and you're still itching to brew a batch.

Sell it yet?

I whirlpool for 15 minutes at flame out through the counter flow with no cold water running which sanitizes it.