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Don’t have that exact thing but do have the temperature control loop from www.ballandkeg.com and it works great on my fermenter with 6 gallons. Able to do low 50’s f with ice water no problem. Based on the Coolstix design I would say the Ballandkeg unit has more surface area and may be more...

Very cool, I think my wife would like one of those to wear out to breweries nearby. Thanks

Have 5 in my kegs and love them. Do remember to replace the indicator bead with the supplied magnet when you move the keg or the bead does fall off but that is about all you have to know to use them. Super simple and effective. Their floating dip tubes are also good and they don’t need weight...

Just crush it with a spoon before you put it in

I tried the Williams dip tubes as well and it floated without any weight added. This has been a common problem for years, and I can’t understand why the manufacturer has not added a little weight themselves. However, I switched my other kegs to the floating dip tubes from Ballandkeg and did not...

The Clear Beer system is the Cadillac but you do pay for it. The Torpedo Keg type sold by Williams, Morebeer and others needs weight added to the end to keep it submerged. Otherwise the tube end floats and sucks gas instead of liquid. For the inexpensive units, I use and have several of the...

I made a lager with quite a bit of rice a while back and it came out too sweet and had quite a bit of sulfur. I almost dumped it but got lazy and left the keg in the fridge for two more months. Tasted it the other day and it is really improving. You might try that if you have another issue. Time...

Yes and 34/70 at lager temps with a starter

I agree with lagering in the keg. No real need to leave it in the fermenter with potential for exposure to air. Yes you can store it at room temp for a few weeks

Thank you that’s what I meant but did not have the article right in front of me. Leave it to the editors to check your work on HBT 😉

Funny story, the guy that just won home brewer of the year at the NHC competition submitted a light lager made with a few pounds of light DME and a couple pounds of rice flake. His recipe was about 5 lines long total. Just read it in the zymurgy magazine so I’m giving it a try this weekend...

I leave my floating dip tubes from Ballandkeg in the keg all the time and just sanitize the whole inside of the keg with starsan as usual. No issues with infection after more than two years

Consider a floating dip tube. They aren’t expensive and you can transfer as much or as little clear beer as you have. I have the one from www.ballandkeg.com and it works great but there are several out there.

I have this system in my 6.5 gallon Fermonster and I can do lagers down to mid-50’s no problem. I use an 80 gph fountain pump, a controller and a cheap styrofoam cooler that holds a gallon of water and a 2 liter bottle of ice. All total $90 max. www.ballandkeg.com

Put the fermenter in a bucket of water and swap out ice jugs. It will keep it nice and cool while you get the other set up

Nottingham, quick and clean with no peach like 05

Don’t have that cooling coil, but I use the Temperature control system from www.ballandkeg.com almost exactly as they show on their video. Only difference is that I insulate my Fermonster with an old towel or two. I also use a cheap styrofoam cooler to hold ice jugs. I only use a gallon or so of...

Email these folks. They’ll sell you exactly what’s on their floating dip tubes. They don’t list it directly on their site but they sent me a PayPal invoice and sold me enough to replace all four of mine. Super cool people. www.ballandkeg.com. Their email is [email protected]

Cut it so it hangs right to the bottom. I have the unit from www.ballandkeg.com one it is easy.

Yes they overfilled it plain and simple. They are supposed to fill CO2 tanks to roughly 80% of the water volume so the liquid has room to expand. Worked at a gas facility for 20 years.