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Hi All, I'm finding that my local HB shops are becoming very hit or miss on the hops (and amounts) they have in stock. I'm not sure if this is just a general supply issue or if the rise in popularity of brewing throughout the past year is constantly wiping them out. As much as I like to...

First of all, I just want to say what an amazing thread this is! Thanks to everyone for all their input. I have made a number of batches using the base recipe in 5803 which is boss. My latest with that was a 40 min. boil with 0.75 oz Amarillo at 30 min and 2oz:2oz:2oz whirlpool of...

That's great! I am really liking my move to conical w/glycol. BTW, where in NJ are you? I lived in Madison for about 8 years, but moved back to SoCal about 1.5 years ago. Yeah, will need need two extension cords to work both controllers. I only have one fermentor...for now, that is! I'm...

Great blog post! This is similar to the the "more elegant" solution for the future that I was thinking of...but even better. Thanks!

Essentially the former, but I cut the extension cord in half (as opposed to cutting the hot leg only) simply for ease of installation and access. I separated the wires a bit at the cut ends and (i) added female blade connectors to the two cut ends of the hot leg and attached those to the...

I am using the heat pad that comes with the Spike temp control package. It attaches to the inside of the neoprene jacket via velcro and wraps around the cone. I'm not sure of their dimensions, but you might be able to use a heat belt/wrap for carboys (of course this would have to sit higher up...

As a follow-up, I employed the heating feature this weekend and it worked perfectly. I first used it to maintain ferm temps overnight as the temp was getting to the low 60s in my garage and fermentation was slowing (and thus cooling off). I also used to it warm back up to about 70F after a...

I did end up wiring this following the instructions on the last page of the manual in post 29 (thanks again to @mwayne112 for pointing that out), but have neither needed nor tried it yet. I may try it out soon to get temps back into the low 70s for a dry hop after a soft crash, so I will...

I've done this with my CF10. I had 12 gallons of 1.070 SG fermenting with US-05. I used the manifold and created a "gas jumper" (6 ft. of gas line with ball lock gas connects on both ends) to connect to the "in" post on a star san filled keg. On the "out" side of the filled keg I connect a...

Thanks. I think I need to improve my whirlpool process. Perhaps I am not waiting long enough before transfer and/or I'm pulling the wort out of the kettle with too much force. Based on what I have been reading, many are suggesting there is no need for a pure trub dump prior to pitching, but...

So this week I dry hopped, cold crashed, transferred to kegs, cleaned and immediately refilled with a new brew. For dry hopping, I turned the gas on via the manifold and quickly dumped the hops through the 4". I found that pretty easy even with the chiller coil attached to lines etc. Perhaps...

As an update, I am nearly one week into my first brew (11.5 gal in a Spike CF10 with jacket). The Max 2 has been great! The setup was a breeze thanks to all the help on this thread, so thank you! I can also confirm that this unit is not very loud at all. I have it in my attached garage and I...

As an update, on my maiden voyage I used a small wad of paper towel. It seems to be working just fine. I have not had any wild or apparent delayed swings (I have the Icemaster Max 2 set 20 degrees below my fermentation temp). I am still tempted to use grease (since I have it) to see if there...

One other quick question: is anyone using thermal grease in their thermowell with their glycol chiller temp probes?

Thanks, Eric. I suppose I could do the soft crash technique first on a batch simply to get a good amount of yeast for multiple future batches and then if I want the biotransformation, I just don't reharvest the yeast on that batch. And thank you for the all the CO2 hop rousing...

Hi All, New CF10 owner here about to take my maiden voyage. I saw a similar question a number of pages back, but I don't think I saw any responses. When are you all harvesting yeast? I am particularly interested in techniques being used on beers with large dry hop additions, and in...

Doh! I'm not sure how I missed that (or that the face of the display says "Heat & Cool"!). Thanks for having me look again. Not exactly an ideal solution -- and I'm thinking that there probably is a better way to wire this up than they suggest -- but it is good to know it is possible!

Hi All, Thanks for all the input in this thread. I really like that this unit has the pumps and controllers included, but what I am wondering about is what you all are doing for adding heat. It doesn't appear that the controllers can turn on a heating pad if the temp gets too low. Perhaps it...

My CF10 just arrived. I am so excited!! In preparation, last week I converted my 7 cu ft. GE chest freezer that I used for fermenting into a four tap keezer (ala the Mongoose collar/facade design). My old dorm fridge two-tap tower is now going to be used for cold conditioning kegs. I cannot...