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I have a festbier fermenting right now. I want to keg condition it. Do I absolutely need a spunding valve? I’ve been contemplating making one anyway but with current stay at home I’m not sure how quickly I could get the parts.

I have everything on hand and our homebrew club is using this for big brew day next week. Which did you go with neipa or wc?

Last I checked their site, no. You need to buy the whole ftss kit. I considered it for a moment for my 3gl but decided my fridge method works fine for me and I struggle keeping cool enough liquid for the ftss to properly cool my Fermentations.

Curious as well. I have a 3gl brewbucket as my primary. Did you make any mods to it? I control temp by putting it in a wine fridge but I’m looking for some ideas on better transfer practices.

@Bobby_M had the clamp spin cycle in stock, so I just ordered that and couple other camlocks fittings. My current plan is to re-fit my existing chugger pump to run in place of the small anvil pump. I need to settle on a hop spider and determine if I need to unmount my pump from the toolbox I...

greatfermentations.com listed them all in stock this morning so I pulled the trigger on a 6.5gl with recirculating kit! :ban:

What dimension works best for the hop spider? Is there a go to vendor on them? I’ve also seen one or two people mention the trub trapper.

So I am ready to pull the trigger on this one but being as the price point is a good bit under what I was budgeting I want to take a chance to really spec this out to maximize its potential. I use camlocks so adding a few more is a no brainer. I’ve scouted out a jaded immersion chiller, may use...

Yes, that all makes sense and I have been brewing long enough to know repeatable volume measurements are critical. Other than a making a stick any good way to mark the interior of the kettle? Or is the stick idea my best option?

I’ve seen this mentioned in passing but how are you handling your volume measurement? Are the markings on the foundry sufficiently accurate? Or are you measuring in a separate vessel then pouring over before your dough in?

Great stuff! Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. Like I said I initially dismissed these all-in-ones but looking at them more this really seems to give me what I’ve been searching for at an EXTREMELY reasonable price point.

Awesome! I get the feeling you are using this size unit in a way that lines up with my goals. So you leave the unit in place to clean, correct? You’re not lifting and carrying to a sink. This is great. Also, you’re using the anvil pump the entire time correct? Not one pump for mash and another...

Thanks for the detailed run down! I will be in my garage with it and was hoping to put it in the back corner close to my sink so moving it to the sink isn’t a huge deal for cleaning I was more just curious if there is a method of cleaning it without moving at all. As I am planning smaller sized...

Preamble: you see to be a big proponent of the foundry so that is why is I am tagging you. After some mishaps I’ve been brewing 3ish gl mid gravity beers BIAB on propane for the last few months. Last summer we had solar panels installed and I’ve been considering an electric rig since. After...

I’ve really come around on this. I had a shoddy version of the madfermentationist’s minimal sparge setup. I mangled the mashtun and switched to gas BIAB from then on. It’s a 9ish gallon bayou classic that I fitted with parts from your site. I want to move to electric but dislike grainfather etc...

I picked up a packet last year and have stretched it since. I brew primarily hoppy pales and ipa. One batch was a big imperial stout and turned out very nice. I will have to head over to ritebrew and preorder a fresh packet. Thanks for the heads up @Northern_Brewer

I’m giving 3522 a go for my “house Belgian” strain. It is almost done fermenting my saison and I’m planning a Belgian single with the harvested yeast. I’m hopeful that controlling ferment temps will allow for a wide range of yeast character.

My previous set up was a bayou 9.5BK and an aluminum 11gl “mash tun” with two bazooka screens for it. Also a single pump. I would recirc in just the MT without heating and then transfer over. I would tend to leave a lot of wort behind or struggle to get the pump to drain sometimes. I chalked...

Kind of an old thread but... Are you still using this system? Do you have any links to your build and or brew day? I’m trying to put together a similar setup.

Great info all! Now I just need to digest it all and decide how much equipment I want to switch out.