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You absolutely do NOT have to dry hop while there is still some fermentation happening. In fact, many NEIPA brewers are now waiting until fermentation is completely done, crashing the yeast out, and then dry hopping. I tried it on my last two batches and there was no difference in terms of...

I'm not. That seems like the most basic and easy thing to test. I seriously doubt that they will sell a mill that clogs up.

I have a lot of teflon stuff around, but no viton. Everything I have read indicates that viton is more flexible than teflon.

I'm not sure why you think he's a material guy, but yes, silicone is much worse than other materials. Teflon is one of the best, maybe the best, but it's hard. Your tri-clamp surfaces better be smooth and flat (not warped at all). Glacier recommends using high pressure clamps because of this...

If anyone cares, a Food Saver Deluxe can only pull 20" Hg after about 5-10 attempts (the vacuum kept increasing until it plateaued at 20"). This thing pulled way more. Like all of it. I'm wondering if there's any point of purging with CO2 when you can pull this much vacuum. Obviously you...

First: Joe Satriani, sometime in the early 90s. Last: Phish, Camden, NJ 6/29/2019. Best: Phish, Big Cypress, FL 12/30-31/1999. Best by far. Anyone who went would say the same.

HAHAHA, I knew you probably looked at a permeability coefficient table and then made your comment about the silicone gaskets above. Hilarious. That is not hard data. Hard data would be DO measurements of actual beer that had flowed through various materials or beer that was fermented in a...

Thanks! It's a 15 gallon Stout.

Lol, no, it's not a concern with a dry hopping chamber considering the what, one minute that the hops are in there for? I'm on day 5 or 6 of a vacuum test. Those silicone screen doors are still holding vacuum.:mug:

I don't get why so many homebrewers are so cheap and jump on someone when they spend 3 extra dollars on something if it "makes the same beer". Is it because many homebrewers do it to save money? Who knows. If someone wants a sick mill that looks and feels like quality, comes with pride of...

Nice! I double hinged mine. Not because of my back or anything, though. I just had an extra set of hinges around. Each part opens up 90 degrees... about twice as much as in the pic. You can either lift just the lid, just the the collar, or both.

Lol, exactly. But when these are screwed into water heaters, does anyone ever even see the orientation?

2". I wouldn't say I'm worried, but it is a potential problem. If it gets jammed, I'll go up to 3" or 4".

Yes. The TC valve and blowoff stay on the vessel during fermentation.

No rumor. Jean said in an interview that they use green apple. He also stated at one point that they would used high pectin fruits for shakes. I wonder if they also added green apple to those. I tried green apple in one of my shakes and it did add a certain "shakiness". If you know his...

Here's my setup. The three way valve is so I can attach a vacuum pump and CO2 at the same time and alternate rapidly back and forth between vacuum and CO2 by turning the lever.

Thank you! The chamber is all standard tri-clamp stuff. The only thing I did was tap female npt threads into the end cap. All the other fittings are stainless npt stuff. The vacuum port fitting (the white thing) I made out of a nylon npt barb. The most time consuming part was making the...

Just got it done. I had to build a sliding shelf in the fridge so I could pull the fermenter out to attach the hop chamber. The three way valve is so I can attach a vacuum pump and CO2 at the same time and alternate rapidly back and forth between vacuum and CO2 by turning the lever.

VacMotion makes them. They're called inline strainers.

This filter is awesome. I just started using one (2 batches so far) and it is a game changer for me, too!