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I double checked, and indeed my system is 3/8" ID throughout, but you said earlier you never had clogging issues at that ID, so I'll press on. I have quick-disconnects on all of my hoses, and changing to a larger barb/hose size would be expensive, unless absolutely necessary. I have very good...

Hi RPh_Guy - yes I use hose barbs with 3/8" ID. Can you approximate the maximum amount of hops (ounces) you have used at one time in the pot? I'm just wondering if I wanted to do a very large "hop stand", lets say adding 5 ounces of pellet hops, will that clog my system?

I want to throw pellet hops directly into my boil pot for maximum hop utilization. At the end of the boil, before I route the wort to my plate chiller I would start my pump and recirculate from my boil pot (dip tube at the pot bottom center), through the pump and a couple of valves, and back to...

Yes wilserbrewer it is true this might not work as planned, and I'll find another way, but I decided to see it through. I'll be posting my results as I go. I should have my 800 micron grain basket in about 4 weeks, and I'll fill it with medium/coarse milled grain and try this out. The...

OK, I'm sure this will get somebody's attention, but here goes. I am considering using my 800 micron grain basket as a hop basket/spider. Reminder - my grain basket is 800 micron because I want maximum wort flow during the mash in my RIMS setup. My grain will be a bit coarse also. It is not...

Hooked up the plumbing, added water to the keggle, and tried it out. The pump primed immediately and so far it works as intended. I did not have to manipulate any valves, or disconnect anything, it just primed in the recirculate configuration. The return copper elbow you see in the picture is...

I also saw a brewing vendor with a discount, so I pulled the trigger on a hop basket for my fermentation vessel, and a SS spoon.

Well I finally installed the gas line between the propane tank and the burner, and cleaned out the burner with pressurized air. Figured that could not hurt anything. I attached a front and rear view of the propane line. Works fine, next step is to see if the burner works OK with the new heat...

Thanks Bruce_the_Loon. I found a SS 1/2" elbow, and I have a 1/2" copper elbow also. I did a mockup of them both in a hole in the keggle wall (NOT THE NIPPLE I WILL ACTUALLY BE INSERTING THEM INTO) to show roughly how they will fit, and it turns out they are similar in "turn distance", the...

I have another question guys. I have experienced low hop utilization when doing 3 vessel brewing, and I want to eliminate that problem going forward with my single vessel RIMS setup. Instead of using a hop basket to contain the pellet hops during the boil, why not just put the pellets into the...

I am still in the setup phase for my brew rig. Here is how I plan to make beer when this rig is ready. Any comments from you guys with experience is appreciated. Here is my plan. My process would be to mill the grain into the basket, then hoist/lower it into the adjusted and heated mash...

This is my tentative grain basket that I am going to order soon, along with a press plate and a hop filter. Has anyone built a recirculating system like I am? I'm thinking that I need a large mesh size (800 microns) else the mash will overflow the grain basket because the returning liquid...

Now, on to my latest "problem". Earlier in this thread I talked about how I was going to solve my dip tube / basket interference issue. I liked the suggestion made by bruce_the_loon, and went that route, which was to solder an elbow to the drain nipple. The pictures should help. I decided cut...

OK I've been doing other things but I'm back on this brew sculpture. Here is a mock up of my plumbing, what do you guys think? The hoses are temporary....I will trim them in length, and the hoses are connected for a recirculating mash with heat applied by the propane burner as required. I'll...

Yesterday I had a draft AleSmith IPA with a Softshell Crab Sandwich, at Point Loma Seafoods, San Diego. Outstanding combination. Smiled for an hour.

On 2 January, at the El Pescador Fish Market in La Jolla, CA......I had a St. Archer Hazy IPA with my shrimp and crabmeat cocktail. If you can get by there sometime, give it a try. Made me happy.

Thanks d3track! I think I would consider building one if it will save me considerably compared to $300 for the CUBE 2E. That unit is a 240VAC version.........….I believe, in spite of the generic picture I provided, that my HopRocket heating element is 120VAC. I do have two pumps, one for wort...

I'm thinking this is the forum where someone can advise me on a controller for my HopRocket, for temperature control during mash recirculation. I have the components shown in the attached picture. If anyone reading this has direct experience please give me some feedback on how to go about this...

This is the Blichmann HopRocket that I own. I have only used it once for hopping beer by filling it with hop leaves. Never used the heater element, so far. I hope to use this for RIMS/mash temperature control. Hoping someone has done this and can give me some tips on how to control it.

Thanks Neo, good points. I will need the burner only initially, before I get a RIMS temperature controller, to keep mash temperature constant by adding heat minimally, but I think it is prudent to have some feet on the basket, at least 1/2 inch. Since the basket bottom is flat, and the Keggle...