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    Hot/cold break question

    I can cold crash like nobody's business :rockin: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/beer-slushies-145209/ I have a seriously over powered compressor for my keg cooler. When I was testing it out I was wondering why it got almost to freezing and then the numbers started going up. It wasn't till It...
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    Hot/cold break question

    It is an American Amber Ale 2 kg crystal malt (30 min at 150) 10 lb pale LME 2 kg dark DME 1 lb brown sugar 1.5 oz cascade (60 min) 1 oz Kent goldings (15 min) 2 packets of coopers 6 gallon boil 60 min topped to 10 gallons at end of boil Cooled in cornys in water bath (bathtub) Pitched in 2 5...
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    Hot/cold break question

    Hi, I just finished up my keggele and did my first full boil for an extract and specialty grain brew The whole thing went well. However my question is about the hot/cold break matirial. What will it do to your brew if you do nto filter/whirlpool it out of the wort? I am asking because after I...
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    Equipment for moving to AG brewing

    I have tried out my keggle and it works great. I still need to find some way of controlling the boil so that I do not lose as much wort due to boil off. I made a 10 gallon batch of ale from extract on Saturday. I heated 5 gallons of water up to 150 degrees Dropped the 2 kilos mesh bag of...
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    Keg cooler/fermentation chamber

    I did not modify the AC unit. However the temp control knob and the shaft that the knob was attached to sheared off flush. I was able to turn it to the bypass setting but cannot move it a all now. My plan is to move to a Johnston controller at some point to adjust the temp. I have adjusted the...
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    Kegging supplies in Canada

    I still have some kegs left. I had the same problem with finding kegs for a reasonable price in Canada and ended up buying out a guy who used to service the kegs for coke and pepsi. I got about 30 kegs for a decent price however they were missing parts such as the quick connect posts. I have...
  7. R

    Beer slushies!

    That would make this an eispilsner I believe.... I thought about filtering out the ice however that would equal less beer.
  8. R

    Beer slushies!

    3+ hours later Any one else freeze a lager? If so how did it turn out? Richard
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  10. R

    Beer slushies!

    I built my own keg cooler using a widow AC unit.. I decided to control the tep with a timer 6 min every 2 hours seemed to keep the Temp within 5C. as I had a lager on the go I wanted to keep the cooler on the cold side so it was swinging between 2C and 7C. Yesterday I made some adjustments to...
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  12. R

    Keg cooler/fermentation chamber

    Beer Slushies!:cross: I still have some tinkering to do to get the timing right;)
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    Keg cooler/fermentation chamber

    I thought I had posted this this morning But it has not shown up on the thread. I was on my first cup of coffee so I may have forgotten to hit "submit post".... SO Here it is again.. While I was posting the pics I noticed that I had forgotten to insulate the 2X4 at the back top of the...
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    Keg cooler/fermentation chamber

    ...and more pics
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    KegCoolerbuild

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    KegCoolerbuild

  19. R

    Keg cooler/fermentation chamber

    Pics as promised
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    Kegcoolerbuild

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