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Does anyone insulate their RIMS tube? I just got a nice one from the conical-fermenter site. It's pretty big so I'm thinking about insulating it. Any reasons not too?

I think you've answered my question. TY. I don't mind external heat but I can't heat the room where my freezer is. And yes I'm probably making problems for myself. So I have the probe monitoring the carboy but I set it to 80F, virtually making it moot. I slightly opened the freezer lid...

Hard to get information on this but I found this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/travlr/4463977980/ Of course the larger question is if this is a production issue or a what's best for the beer issue. I'm not privy to the Deca-Struise arrangement but it's expensive to warehouse anything. Also...

Greetings all, I've been brewing a while and am satisfied with my base Ales. I'm comfortable with making starters, using oxygen to aerate and temperature control. I'm making the Saison from Brewing Classic Styles and it states to let the fermentation ramp up to 80*F. Because of a few factors...

I think it might work if the hops expand enough to put enough pressure on the bag to seal the flow on the sides of the cylinder. And I don't see that happening. Any fold would be a path of least resistance that would push the bag away. Maybe coffee filters pressed around the o-ring? I just...

Have you found the freezer aspect to be over kill? I did at first because I had my temp probe in the carboy and I found that too drop the mass of the carboy my freezer would run too long. I was getting -2* drops. I added the DIY light bulb in the paint can trick but it didn't help too much. Then...

Just curious about the band for the tippy thing for the MT. Won't it act as a heat-sink? How hot does it and the frame get?

With the top-tier you can put the MT and BK at the same height. And since the OP is looking at going horizontal then he's already thinking pumps. One draw back to the top-tier would be customizing with exact pump placement, hard plumbing might be an issue, RIMS, water filter etc. All those...

I bought a cheap pond pump I run cool water until it gets down to 100* or so and then put ice in the bucket. Since you have warmer water you might have to add the ice faster and use more. But the biggest thing that I found out it the you need to move either the wort or the chiller. I...

Can these stand heat? Could you put it in the middle of the brewershardware RIMS or might it be too long? Or maybe at the exit or entrance of any RIMS? https://www.brewershardware.com/1.5-Tri-Clover-Sight-Glass.html if the image doesn't show.

I feel yes I've been looking at that too. I think that I feel confident going froward. Thanks to fifelee for helping out. :rockin:

I hope this clears things up. Looks like it should work. So with 10 minutes to go connect to kettle. Start recirculating to sanitize. Insert immersion chiller and cool. Close tangential inlet valve and open sampling valve at tee and fill carboy. Or I might add a Cam Lock Cam and Groove...

Thanks for the reply. You know I just found that link and the chart did make some sense. I've been looking at brewershardware and I saw on their site that the 1/2 and 3/4" clamps were compatible. Then I got worried that I couldn't use all the cool fittings that I've been seeing. But since my...

Hello all. I need a crash course on tri-clover sizes and compatibility. I’ve been looking into my build for a BK and I’m don’t know if all of the fittings that I’ve found will match. Long story short would be – What size clamp does a tri clover 3/4" ball valve use? Can I connect something...

cwi, Let say that I have two setups with the same flow rate. System one had a trombone, swan neck, whatever. It has a 1/2" ball valve that is wide open feeding a pathway no smaller than 1/2 in diameter. The flow-rate is limited by the hight of the arch at the top of the said device. System...

Hi all, I built my RIMS with the SS hardware and it leaks. Even if I can get that sorted out I want a cleaner set-up. I'll use it so I can try to dial-in the concept and see if I like RIMS, but here are the two options that I'm looking at. I was going to go with the Brewers Hardware...