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Everyone mixing 2-3, or 5 gallon batches is on point... but if you don't have a bucket to keep 5 gallons around you can just pickup a $1 jug of distilled or RO water at grocery store. Put the starsan in the top, mix it up. Then refill your spray bottle from that.

lost me on this one... is this for a glycol chiller? you don't usually buy the condensor/coils separate. Or is this more for a coutner-flow chiller or herms setup?

At the price point it's not much better than a normal rims tube at an increase in cost... functionally. It looks nice, but I wouldn't really consider buying one over a rims tube unless I can find out more details on how much the element cost. I also can't seem to find a shot of the RTD probe...

anyone have the dimensions on the exterior of the stout unit? Considering upgrading over the kegco stainless... need to be sure this unit would fit under my brewstand.

I ordered lady bugs off amazon... to my surprise it actually works. I did not know you could cheaply and easily buy/ship them online. I bought either 1,000 or 3,000... for around $10-20. I released a few hundred every couple days just in case any particular day they all just flew away...

Apparently it's supported by the manufac of the o-rings too. Some of the mechanics carry just "rope" and make orings on the fly. I guess it probably depends on what you're using the oring for, or maybe the bonding of the superglue is stronger than the actual rubber itself. I can't seem to...

Ask them for some more o-rings... i have not had this issue with my 3x vittle vaults but I have had this issue with teh tops themselves that I purchased for 5-7g buckets. You could also try some keg lube to "help" hold it in place. if all else fails a neat trick you can do is cut the oring and...

little worried though... those look like they can slide back/forth. I have my DIN all next to each other with those end pieces to stop them from moving. I guess it's not likely that they get jostled; but those look like they may be vertically mounted so they'll slide down over time.

Are you sure you need lower evap temps? There's generally not much you can do... the size of your compressor and sizing of the evap. Generally it's the BTU you're concerned with. If you a making a chiller look at the size/temp you want to chill down. For example, chilling 5gal of wort from...

Exactly.. my only option at time of doing a custom kettle was to get the logo on the side; looking back, i should have just done that, it's silly having side-by-side handles and the logo will probably eventually wear off anyway. I really wish they had a bottom drain option too... for us...

Sweet... i like how they can put the handles on the front/back now... i had requested that for my MLT but they were unable to accommodate.

Yeah, i'm still not 100% sure why this isn't just poor attempt at fly sparging... I feel it's the same process except you're draining the water below the grain bed first and running off faster (25% open valve, i assume it takes shorter than 30mins). I guess it's a good compromise if you want...

Did this with mine as well... mainly because i wanted to pivot the mount around/flat for storage. IMO, big win for this kind of setup where you wheel it around. Just make sure you get one that can handle the extra weight, smaller one may droop or slowly swing away. I pivot mine back against...

After visiting some threads regarding batch sparging... I feel this is more like draining the tun before doing a batch step. I'd be curious the eff difference between this method of draining 25% then fly sparging the rest vs a batch sparge where you drain completely then add sparge/stir/drain...

I would email AH and see if they can figure it out... looks like c60, or c80... I have never pulled a red color from c20. I have an amber I brew with a combo of c80 + c120 that has a nice red color to it. I thought most of the red actually came from the 120. This came out *very* red, i'd be...

I had heard vic sec was basically a cheaper mellower version of galaxy; so i used a vic + galaxy combo in an IPA i usually brew /w just Galaxy. I picked up a pine flavor, no pine aroma though. While others say no pine, i def got pine. No spice, but def some pine and the usually...

Yeah, that was the one thing that i struggled with. If you have a immersion coil or plate chiller you could drop your HLT quicker that way. You'll see this as a 2vessel setup. You save on cost, but you give the advantage of having an HLT. The issue with using RIMs element to heat your mash...

With a decoction you'll be heating a small portion up, and likely denaturing those enzymes unless you control how much you heat. A lot of peeps just basically boil the addition. For setting your HLT to 200 you'll be cycling the full volume of mash/mlt wort ... as each part leaves the HLT it'll...

So that's one thought most have immediately, heat the HLT to 200 and then only turn the pump on to catch the MLT "up". The issue with this solution is that wort leaving the HLT coil matches the temp of the HLT, so it actually heats up to 200. Any time the enzymes go over 165-170 they start to...