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Z looks like a copper version of Northern brewers cfc

I haven't done it, but I saw a gal at a farmers market who had simply put different fruit juices in a keg and carbed them up for sale. It was kinda like orangina.

Vivosun on amazon imo. I use my hlt and herms as a chiller and have a tan cheapo for recirculation and it does great as well. Just some ideas for you.

Woooo I scored a FREE ge signature side by side with stainless doors! This should be bad ass! This is definitely going to work way better than any coil or coolstix. The final tc gasket came in today and I ran the psi up to 25psi and it went well. My Chapman buckets have served me very well for...

Oh yeah that wasn't in a specific order or anything it was just a list of items that came to mind. As far as length of coil it may not double the heat transfer but longer length would have longer contact time, depending on rate of flow. I would say optimal flow rate would be low and slow wort...

The coolstix with a glycol chiller is enough for ferm temp but not really viable at all for cold crashing. I got my fermenter down to 44 with ice recirculation and it was cold and rainy out at the time too.

Water temp Material of cfc Length of cfc tubing Inner diameter of wort tube and water tube These will be the biggest factors and variables in cooling. Colder water better cooling. Copper works better at heat transfer but is usually and undesirable vs stainless. I've had the kegco cfc and it...

Aside from the temp swings you will probably be just fine. Your beer will finish faster than normal, no biggie. Plenty of brewers do this. Anytime I have reused a yeast cake the fermentation is pretty explosive. An alternative is to toss the cake into mason jars or something to be used later. I...

Smoked Irish red

This is what's it is all about.

Make a silver one from reflectix. I bet a beer it actually works better.

I could but then I'd have to rebuild my entire system. I only use both elements for a short time in the hlt, then let the pid control just one for mash and sparge Temps. I them have both elements run full blast for the boil.

No stainless steel sanitary fittings. You can find them on amazon. Tee fitting Heating element or 15amp element Gaskets Thermowell Hose barbs Looks like the biggest variable would be your power supply available. If you have 220v you could use a bigger element or if you have household 15amp...

It is probably easier and cheaper to buy 1.5 or 2 inch sanitary tees and a spool long enough for the element, held with tri clamps. This would also be much easier to service in the future. Element>tee>spool>tee. With the thermowell for temp probe at the end tee

You would only need fittings and to find an element that would fit or a way to drill and tap the end for the element.

I have definitely thought about the upright fridge or freezer option as well. I would honestly love a lightly used super cheap commercial upright unit with a glass door. I may try that route after I do more research.

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I picked up a 10 gallon conical said to hold 2 bar from my lhbs for stupid cheap, but it was missing the top cap and fittings. Long story short I got most everything but am stuck on my cooling options. From googlefu I found this to be an alibaba 35l 2 bar conical. I got a 8 inch cap with a 4...

Cold crash my beer while it is hooked up to co2 to avoid o2 suck back @ less than 5 psi Purge my kegs with a starsan co2 push Lift fermenter to top of keg height, hook up jumpers and let gravity do the work. The co2 in the keg replaces the beer in the fermenter no O2.

I don't know that you will get much at those measurements. I am assuming this is a 5ish gallon batch, and I don't know how much flavor you want either. I do a coconut ale with lactose sugar that is around 5.5 abv. I add six bags of Simple Truth Organic™ Unsweetened Coconut Flakes from Ralph's...