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That's a good idea! And right now I'll only have it hooked up to one five gallon conical, two eventually so usage won't be super high. Does adding a recirculating pump decrease efficiency by a lot?

So I built a glycol chiller out of a 5000 btu window ac unit and put in six gallons of water and two of glycol into my cooler. First test run it got down from 70 degrees to 32 in less than an hour which really surprised me. I did stir it a few times to keep it circulating. My questions are 1...

Just got an update that they are shipping tomorrow!

That is odd but they did say it will ship two weeks after you order for the pre-sale which would be today so I am hoping it ships this week.

I just ordered some 2.5 gallon kegs so I can split 5 gallons batches when me and my dad brew. Pretty pumped to get em. I think it's worth having some smaller ones around.

I did it once and I feel like I lost a lot of beer because of it but I didn't cold crash so that might be why.

The lid is awesome imo cause it makes it easier to clean. You are correct that the spike conical is rated for 15 psi though. I don't think you can go wrong either way honestly so just go with whatever one is speaking to you haha.

How do you guys do dumps under pressure? I was thinking about just getting the sight glass, filling it, close valve, take off and empty the repeat as needed. Does anyone do this? Stuff starts flying everywhere if I open the valve under pressure.

Ordered mine during the pre sale. Can't wait for it to ship!

On that note when you guys dry hop a lot are you able to get it to dump out of the bottom dump valve? Last batch I dry hopped with about 6 ounces of unbagged pellet hops and there they kind of just got stuck in there. When I opened the dump valve liquid was coming out but no hops. This was...

Damn maybe I need to add more!

For my last batch I used: 0.25 oz Warrior Pellet 16 Boil 60 min 12.45 2 oz Mosaic Pellet 12.5 Whirlpool at 212 °F 30 min 23.83 2 oz Citra Pellet 11 Whirlpool at 212 °F 30 min 20.97 1 oz Citra Leaf/Whole 11 Whirlpool at 175 °F 0 min 1 oz Mosaic Leaf/Whole 12.5 Whirlpool at 175 °F 0 min 1 oz...

I am going to try replicating what this guy did I think https://backdeckbrewing.wordpress.com/2017/09/05/glycol-chiller-build/

I might try the DIY method. Seems like some people have built them for around 200.

I've read about people being able to get into the 40s with one but I'm not 100% sure. I wouldn't bank on being able to get it below 45ish though but that is low enough to carb. Someone on the previous page said they got theirs down to 41 with a ten gallon cooler. And yeah most people use a...

Just ordered the tc-100. I'll post some feedback once I get it and start using it! Now I have to decide if I should get this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0048IVBT4/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 Or wait and try to save for a glycol chiller.

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You can carb it and then take the keg off pressure and it will stay carbed if you don't have any leaks.