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The hole on the single-faucet tower I just replaced appears to be 15/16ths. As for the shank itself, if you're buying elbow shanks, (which you'll need if it's a simple, straight-tube tower) they come with a pair of plastic mounts which are curved (concave and convex) to fit on each side of the...

Bumping this from way back... I realize this is an intro level conical, but the major missing piece is the racking arm. Couldn't the one from Austin Homebrew that Yuri used on his be added to this? Thx. kvh

Yeah, the primary ports, (one on each side, in and out) are the same pressure, and are all controlled by the regulator up on your tank. The point I was making is that on the LAST daisy-chained secondary regulator, instead of putting a cap in the end Primary port, you coud put a fifth valve on...

Nope - you want them on the secondary ports, with the opposite sides (also reading secondary) heading to your ball/check valves, and out to the kegs. The primary sides all get hooked up in succession, one end heading to the primary regulator and the other end with either a cap or a final...

You can put the grains into a grain bag (the largest you can find - it'll fill it) and steep them in as much water as you can get. Probably hold them at about 155 for an hour or so. Pull your grains (I usually lay them in a saucer and let them finish draining, then add that back to the...

I'm a big fan of Jaybird's brewhouse. Here's a decent shot of it from his gallery: https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=3237&c=1&userid=4595 kvh

Ha, yeah, wink wink indeed. That'll be in the works, in 5 years or so. For now, though, I think it qualifies as a fire hazard on the 'patio' (fire-escape). thx though. kvh

Likely true, though I was imagining a combination gas/electric system, where the electric kept the boil going a little faster/hotter... Does anyone have more info on what Bird was talking about? kvh.

What I currently use is an immursion chiller siphoning 5-10 gallons of ice water. It works ok, but you're right, more boil, more heat, longer cool. I'll look into the submersible electric heaters - that might be nice. My other issue right now is LONG boils, which leads to darker colored...

Ok, so I decided to post this nice and early so I have time to build it all up. My situation is that I just moved from my apartment with a back yard to a 3rd floor 1BR with an electric stove and no reasonable access to the back yard. Couple that with the fact that in January I'll be headed to...

EXL - I've used mine for small size AG batches, in the kitchen no less. It sat over 2 burners, and basically worked great. (be careful if you do, it tends to reach over the counter top, which gets very very hot.) I know what you're all thinking: "buy a burner," "get a full size keggle," and...

Thanks for the reference. If you dig through the flickr photos, you'll find my versions of cramming a lot of regulators in a small space, like here. Notice the primary is upside down (which seems to work just fine), and the photo referenced above, while it has all the parts listed, was later...

I'm in the same position - my summer was crazy busy, I moved apartments, I had odd jobs out of town, and essentially all the free time I thought I'd have, I didn't. Plus it was blazing hot here. I've just received ingredients in the mail for an organic competition I'm going to enter, I have a...

I'll keep a look out - thanks. kvh.

Boy, you called it. Slow and steady wins the race, or something. He actually delivered it to my house tonight. Awesome. Nothing special about it, just the bottle with a spigot. It had a piece of PVC tubing in it which I'm pretty sure is unrelated. I said maybe I'd give him a beer from...

I would imagine that the lead-paint test kit from any paint supply store should be as useful at testing for lead as any other lead test - I could be wrong of course. kvh.

Sorry to keep pestering you - Do you (or does anyone) have a direct link to that valve you use? (the 1/4 x 1/8 angle MIP steam valve). I checked the watts website, mcmaster, and google in general. Usually I'm good at tracking parts down - failing miserably at this one though. thanks for...

So the MIP angle valve stops the pressure - I guess I should have realized since it has the word valve in it. I have a little more research to do I suppose. thanks! kvh.

*chuckle* tragic, this post is already off topic. still funny though. kvh.

I'm about to print out my own brew sheets (my design) which I'm taking to kinkos to be spiral bound with plastic covers (for the spills). I'll get back to you with how well it works. kvh.