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I have a question regarding the paint strainer... I do 5 gallon batches in my keg. Will the paint strainer be big enough to reach the wort for a 5-6 gallon batch?

I can't drink wine by itself. I have to be eating something with it. Beer on the other hand....great by itself and great with food.

Step bit is better.. But I had no problem drilling my keggle with a hole saw. In fact it was extremely easy, and cost $7 for an arbored hole saw at Lowes.

Just leave it in the primary. And when your LHBS tells you never use plastic buckets for more than 7 days, just laugh at them and tell they you aren't buying another carboy.

I use them. Stainless. No leaks.

I almost bought one of those. The only thing that concerns me is the space between each channel.

Dont even waste your time flowing the water in the same direction as the wort. No wonder you gave me such a hard time about the hybrid chiller if you thought I was gonna to that. Also I think in order for the test to be fair you should put something inside the coils as well. I would never...

Technically the water should travel from the top of the coils to the bottom. Heat rises so the hottest wort will be at the top of the kettle...where the coldest water should be. You should definitely stir the wort as well....in the opposite direction that the cooling water is flowing.

Cuz your boiling them still. Boiling the hops removes some hop flavor as the oils get boiled off.

I just thought of something.... Who says you have to stop boiling when using a counterflow chiller?? Why not just keep the wort boiling and shutoff the flame when there a few gallons left. I guess this would throw off your hop additions tho...nevermind :)

You could just pour concrete into the fermentor.

I'm 5' 8.5" 170lbs and I have a spigot. just installed it tho,havent brewed yet, but im sick of siphoning...cant wait to use the spigot.

I dont know yet...I just installed it!!! But I used to just dump the whole kettle into the fermentor before I started AG, so I' not worried about stuff going into the fermentor. I just hope my pickup tube doesn't get clogged. I use Pellet hops tho, so I dont think they will clog up the 1/2"...

Here is a pic of my pickup tube. It's a 1/2" copper ppipe and a compression elbow. It leaves about 56oz left in the center of the keg... I dont worry about filtering stuff out.

I do the 'pickleing' of all my brass parts. It seems to work fine. I do always have issues with compression fittings tho. I dont know if they are made differently than the brass nipples, but the compression fittings never turn a buttery yellow color. They just stay dark the whole time and...

Well, after all my 'hybrid' chiller talk...I think I'm just gonna make a CFC with my 1/2" IC. I already starting unrolling it. It seems pretty easy to straighten it out. I'll probably go with the Cheyco method tho, and not use solder, cuz Im a noob. Also I guess I will try 3/4" ID Tubing for...

I must be losing it. I can't find the post anywhere. Maybe I didn't even post it... But I do remember thinking this same exact thing, and I was pretty sure I read somewhere(could've been other forums) that it may lead to trouble with carbing. Oh well, Im glad it doesn't because I want to...

I may do that bobby, but then I have the task of straightening out this huge coil. If I did a CFC with 1/2" OD Inner tubing tho, would it need to be longer than a CFC made with 3/8" OD Inner tubing? Or would the larger amount of cooling water negate the presence of more hot wort? This is...

yea, why'd you have to go and open your big mouth, haha. I could be wrong (even tho I never have been before :) ) but I think a hybrid type chiller, if done right, can be extremely efficient. One love!