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Love the trellis! Any details on the build you could share?

Thanks for the fittings picture! I have mine on order from Brewhardware as well. I'm beginning to think that the KISS principle is best -- this little tidbit from a post over at BIABrewer.info has me thinking that recirculating during mash is overrated: I likely will set up my fittings on...

GuyBob: Please post pics when you have it all set up. Ideally, I'd like to find a way to use the same port to both circulate during mashing and to whirlpool while chilling. Of course the problem is that with a port in the side of the kettle it would be covered by the bag during mash. Do you...

I purchased a Topsflo TS5 pump recently (12v). Can anyone recommend a reliable variable voltage power supply for it? I can run it off a 12v wall wart, but I'd like to be able to control its speed. I am hoping to find a variable voltage power supply that would do it. Thanks!

A PG-9 cable gland. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

Just a small bucket of water - enough to hold 2.5 to 3 gallons and the small pump. I am using an EcoPlus 396gph pump ordered from Amazon. It works perfectly for my setup and doubtless would handle more than one cooling jacket. At $21 the price was right. I realize that I could have found a...

Here's a pic of the system in action. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

I wanted to document my experience building a fermentation temperature control system based on Gotta-Brew's Cool Zone cooling jacket. I finally finished it up last night it works, so it's time to post! Plan The system is based on a cooling jacket around my carboy. Gotta-Brew's Cool Zone...

Nice writeup. There are quite a few of these in Thingiverse . . . Agreed -- lots of potential with 3D printing.

I have not had a chance to do any testing, but the Cool-Zone cooling jacket, in theory, can cool to lagering temperatures. I'm using a 5-gallon cooler to keep my cooling water cold and assuming I replenish the ice daily, I suspect I can reliably hit temps in the 50's F. I set it last night to...

So far, so good, with this batch. Fermentation is happily under way. After one week or so I'll add the hops for dry hopping. The hops are 1 oz. Simcoe pellets, so I plan to put them in a sanitized muslin bag and weigh them down with a sanitized stainless steel washer or two. My question...

This is helpful feedback, thank you. I'm beginning to think that I should continue to let this batch ferment at room temperature and use the temp-controlled system for my next batch. That way I can control it from start to finish.

Thanks for the advice. I just made a batch of SMaSH ale from a Northern Brewer recipe using Danstar BRY-97 ale yeast (dry). I've searched on this yeast and haven't found any thread discussing it. Right now it is fermenting at room temperature (~ 68 degrees); I pitched the yeast on Monday...

I recently completed a partial DIY system to control my fermentation temps. (I'll start a build thread later, but the system uses a Cool Zone cooling jacket, a submersible pump in a water cooler, and a STC-1000). Up to now, I've been fermenting at ambient temperature in my basement, which...

Thanks for the pictures! I like how they put the temp probe in the recirculation fitting. But one drawback to that design is that it forces you to use the recirculation feature in order to track the temperature. I have mine in a T fitting with my sight glass.

Thanks for the update on the High Gravity setup. I probably spent as much $$ on building mine as I would have purchasing one from them, but I was more interested in the DIY experience and in working together with my retired electrical engineer Dad. I guess he still knows his stuff - the box...

I didn't recirc this time around, although I just got a Topsflo pump that I will try next time. I had some temperature stratification that I dealt with by stirring, but a pump would avoid that issue. I'm using Wilserbrewer's bags and ratchet pulley -- very easy to use.

Thanks for that. I just received my Topsflo and will use it for the next eBIAB brew. I definitely had some temperature stratification during the mash (measured by a RTD in a T fitting with my sight glass and a clip-on bimetal thermometer clipped to the top of the kettle. I stirred...

Well, the first brew is happily fermenting. I'll give it a least a week before dry hopping. So far, so good! I can't wait to brew again.

How did you like using the basket? Did it cause any problems with recirculating? I used a bag only and no issues with scorching. I also used one of Wilserbrewers pulley arrangements attached to a joist. It worked great. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew