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Thanks! Hopefully he can chime in and let me know what he thinks. I'm going to be purchasing a Spike unitank with their temp control coil package and wanted to pair that with the Penguin Chiller if the community gave me the thumbs up.

At $900, a Penguin glycol chiller is a huge purchase for me. Naturally, I went searching for reviews but came up basically empty handed. Ive seen it mentioned on here a couple times in 2 or 3 threads, but there weren't a lot of details given. Who out there has a Penguin Glycol Chiller and can...

Wondering if anyone has had any luck getting their beer to 32 degrees F and holding there for a day or two to cold crash. Thanks!

They did get a little muddled. There was as smokiness for the guajillo and ancho, but not much flavor. I went pretty easy on the habanero but ended up getting more of a mouth numbing slight spiciness but not much pepper flavor. The cinnamon was strong but good, its definitely the most...

Have to agree with this. After a long brew day and dragging my brew bucket downstairs to the ferm chamber, I love just being able to grab my temp probe and shove it in the thermowell. Takes less than one second. No messing with tape, bubble wrap, etc. Again though, personal preference.

So I've done a couple variations on this recipe and they are both the best brews I have ever done. Same exact recipe as Yooper states, just added some things: Variation 1: Added guajillo, ancho, habanero, cinnamon, cacao nibs. Huge hit for a halloween party I made it for. Variation 2: My best...

Here's the owner's manual if anyone is interested, I haven't checked it out. http://www.blichmannengineering.com/sites/default/files/Cornical%20Owners%20Manual%20V1.pdf

Just got an email about this new Blichmann product this morning. It's a conical fermentor that transforms into a corny keg when done fermenting so you don't have to rack. I think it's a really awesome concept. Initial thoughts vs my process (brewtech brew bucket, keg off sampling port)...

Just brewed this for my fourth time and finally going to do a variation on it. Adding toasted coconut and bourbon barrel aged coffee beans (from modern times) to the fermenter when the yeasties are done. Im a little worried it might be to dry, but we shall see I guess (had to switch to dry...

Thanks for the info I'll have to try to find that podcast. Sounds like exactly what I need! I actually picked up a bottle of their barrel aged Devils teeth with the the bourbon coffee beans but haven't cracked it yet. It was 30 bucks so I'm saving for a special occasion...bastards. ill reply...

I was down at Modern Times the other day and picked up a bag of their bourbon barrel-aged coffee beans. If you haven't heard of these, basically all they do is age green, unroasted coffee beans in a bourbon barrel and then roast afterwards. Green beans are apparently super porous and absorb any...

So for the first time in 12 brews I finally knocked the black filter cap off. Of course this happened on a brew that I used 7 ounces of pellet hops on. The cap didn't float because it was stuck in the trub pile (which was massive)...I was curious how i was getting such good flow rate. I'm...

In case anyone is interested...I went to: Institution Ales - Camarillo: Awesome beers, location is meh Firestone/Barrel Works - Buelton: Loved this a lot, but Im very into sours and barrel aged stuff. Barrelhouse - Paso Robles: Amazing brewery and scenery, looked like a great place to hang out...

Bump, leaving in a couple hours! Help!

I'm taking a short road trip from Orange County to Monterrey tomorrow. I will be taking the 101 freeway the whole way and was hoping I could get some suggestions on which breweries to visit along the way. Please ignore any OC or LA breweries. So far all I know is that I want to check out...

You might think this is stupid but I see this a lot, you aren't measuring FG with a refractometer are you? Must use a hydrometer for FG.

Congrats I'll definitely swing by. I work with Unsung Brewing out of Tustin but we are opening our tap room with 4 bbl system in Anaheim next to the Packing House. Public grand opening is scheduled for 8/5, come check us out!

Where/when are you opening up this brewery in socal? I'm in OC and always happy to see something new.

Don't feel bad. I literally just did the same exact thing. I haven't gotten my scorecards mailed yet but I have a feeling they are going to look almost identical to yours. Lesson learned!!

I sort of feel like comparing Pliny and Heady is like comparing apples to oranges. Sure you can pick which one you prefer, but they are very different beers. I haven't had either in a while, but from memory Pliny is pure Pine/Resin while Heady Topper is a more juicy, citrusy DIPA. Although...