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Well the ambient in my basement is a constant 70 F all year, and without dressing the unitank up like the Tin Man I am still getting a very respectable 37 F. I just transferred to the keg this morning and before I did, I cleared the racking arm by letting about a cup or so pour out of the...

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So… spunding valves: integral pressure gauge or no pressure gauge, and why? Who makes good ones? What should I be on the lookout for? Do I need one only for the unitank or do I also need one for the keg to which I would be transferring said naturally carbonated beer?

Thanks for the tip, Bobby (yes, I ordered the line and fittings from you - thanks!). Can this 90 be bent into the line without kinking? Any tricks to doing this?

Thanks, guys. So in the end I reckon I'll just do the best I can and take what I can get with this thing. Heck, 37 F is where I am now, and that's pretty good - not what I used to get with a glass carboy in a chest freezer with a Johnson A419 but it'll do.

First time using this system. 7-gallon SSB Unitank with the 3/8 hp glycol chiller, FTSs, short lines with the insulating sleeve installed (short distances at either end are exposed to ambient), 5 gallons of APA with some dry-hops, ambient is 70 F, assuming a crashing temperature of 33 F. The...

Pulled the tower apart last night and realized the small metal tubes coming out of the back of the tower shanks are integral to the shank - no way to attach a fitting directly to the end of the shank so the next question is; is there a tower shank made for this application? Short shank, just...

Just ordered some Accuflex Bev-Seal line, 3/16" ID, and I'm going to want to connect it to my draft tower - a standard round riser with two faucets mounted to a Kegerator. I also ordered the John Guest fittings for connection to the ball-locks at the keg, but for now I plan on connecting the...

I have right around 5.25 Gallons in the fermenter now, and just wanted a little insurance that nothing would get sucked in. Is 1 psi good enough just until it is at 32F, then I’d remove the CO2 and wait a few days - dump trub and yeast before closed transfer to the corny?

Getting ready to crash in my 7-gallon SSB unitank for the first time and I'm concerned a little about sucking Starsan up my racking cane. Is this an issue, or nothing really to worry about?

I'm using the Duxtop 9600LS Induction Cooktop ($100 on Amazon) for decoctions with a 3-gallon pot, and my pot diameter is actually larger than what is shown for your 4-gallon pot so this cooktop should work fine for your pot (is it really just 7.5" diameter?) The cooktop is 120 V, 1800 W. The...

Thanks all for the insight - very helpful. Now, not wanting to go off topic too much - I also treat my sparge water with 10% phosphoric acid to bring it down to pH 5.5 - can I add it to the HLT the night before with no negative effects on the components that would then sit in that pH 5.5 water...

I plan on pulling all of my RO the night before brew day and leaving it in the HLT and MLT so the next morning, I just need to power up and start heating. I understand RO can be more aggressive than water with a typical mineral content such as drinking water. My concern is the extended contact...

I, too, will face this issue when I fire up the new system for the first time - I have the very same 6" x 14" hop spider and a Blichmann kettle with the boil coil, and I already know it hits the element - causes it to sit funny BUT, does it really matter? Even if one doesn't like the fact it...

Something just hit me like a two-ton heavy thing; what about the actual closed transfer part of this process? I ask because it seems the conversation has steered more toward addressing the issue once the beer is in the keg and not while it's still in the conical, which is fine - I'll likely go...

Anybody doing multiple dry hop charges using a strainer bag in a conical? Do you leave a string attached somehow to retrieve the spent hops before adding a new bag? And is it worth the increased risk of O2 pickup doing it this way or is there a good way to minimize O2 with this method? Would I...

When I used to crash in carboys I'd go in at 33F for a few days and my IPAs would drop pretty clear, then I'd just rack it off with the siphon with a piece of a paint strainer bag tied to the end. Are you talking about dropping the weighted bag-o-hops into the keg or into the conical? I reckon...

Any particular floating dip tube you recommend? Are they easy to clean and sanitize?

I plan on dry hopping my IPAs in my new 7-Gallon SSB Unitank and will likely use somewhere in the range of 3-6 oz of pellet hops per charge, possibly multiple charges with a dump in between. I have had and most certainly do not enjoy clogged poppets on my kegs due to stray hop particles and am...

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