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Although trying to figure this out is a PIA it is a little fun. I had a spare 3/8" 20' copper coil laying around that I rotated around the keg and taped in place. I then put keg inside a keg cooler and hooked up to my pump. Didnt chill temp down near as quick as internal coil but it is slowly...

I actually ordered that lid after sending last update thinking about going with 1/4”stainless tubing and making new cooling coil. This will save space on lid. Will 3/8 ID hose work on 1/4OD tubing with a tube clamp?

Trying to fit this all on a corny keg lid is a major PIA. Unable to get a 3rd push connect fitting on lid due to lack of room. Its not pretty buts its functional. I pressurized to 15psi and it has dropped around .5psi in 3 hours. Imagine fermentation will be able to keep it up. going to buy new...

Able to do dry run today which allowed me to see issues 1. the 1in bulkhead for dump valve frees up when I screw on pellet hopper. Due to this will need to permanently attach under side with jb weld. 2. Lid for fermzilla leakes co2. Doesnt suprise me as not pressure rated. Will try and find an...

Not sure push connect would work as it has to be a pass thru. Having hard time find reasonably price fittings. Homebrew site can get for around $20 each was able to finish up no oxygen pellet/flavor drop today. When I get it back home will make sure holds pressure.

Im not an expert but I would keep it snug. Imagine will loosen slightly over time received fermzilla container in mail and much larger than expected. Due to size I am going to router out a circle and adhere funnel to the opening. Also looking at getting compression fittings for cooling coil and...

Was able get fermenter cooling complete today. Tried pressurizing keg for testing but one of the grommet was torn so didnt hold. Will retest some other time. Left keg outside with no insulation all day with temps mid 80s. Water in fermenter stayed between 67.1-68.2 all day. Im happy with this.

thought about ferm zilla but too big. I like small profile of keg and fits my batch size perfectly. Also I like tinkering with things and trying to get them to work So I managed get coil done today (if you can call it that). I thought use of spring bender would be fine but started getting...

Do you have photo of 5 gallon setup. My thoughts were to do something similar to what you posted but half height I figured I have two options. First is layout below. Drill prv to install hop dump then secure thermowell and cooling coil close together Or do the below which would require...

I was planning to drill the lid and put it inside. Since the coill diameter and height would be pretty small with long inlet and outlet I would pull all the way up until touches lid and put in that way. Then push down once lid is secured. If this doesnt work I would attach to hose and run hose...

After more research looks like Copper is not the best to use inside fermented. I ordered a stainless 20" thermowell and a 6ft section of 3/8" 304 Stainless I will use for cooling coil. Ill use he copper to make a wort chiller. I did realize there is not enough room on a corny keg lid to do a...

After getting back into this hobby and only 4 brews its time to start tinkering and upgrading equipment. Since I do small batch of roughly 2-2.5 gallon I use a 5 gallon corny keg as a fermenter. Currently I use a shortened dip tube with a screen and it works well preventing trub getting into...

Didnt know if this is right place so put it in beginner as I am new to brewing due to my small batch size (2-2.5gal) i have been fermenting in corny keg. I am looking to do some big upgrades and have most items ordered but last thing is more accurate temp control. Right now with a keg cooler...

I ordered the blowtie

Instead of starting new thread I thought I would reply here. I too ferment in 5 gallon corny kegs and want to try my hand at pressure fermenting on next batch. I am not sure which spunding valve to go with. Blowtie Blichmann or this Spunding valve tee assembly with various tank/keg connection...

Adjusted recipe for 2.25 gallon and mashed at 149 for 90min. Pre boil gravity came in at 1.041 vs 1.037 predicted using my 63% efficiency from last time. Post boil refractometer said 1.052 and temp corrected hydrometer was at 1.063. Wort was 155F at time. Transferred to keg and purged of O2...

Cleaned best I could and went about brew day. Once done I removed thermo and there was a gelatin like substance on inside of bulkhead. Scrubbed it out really well. Removed ss valve to clean as well. Kept bulkhead attached to kettles

Pulled out kettle this morning and noticed what appears to be mold on thermo port. I tried to remove as much of teflon tape as possible but some still remains. Kettle is aluminum turkey fryer pot. Any ideas what it is and will it affect brew?

Thanks. Ill adjust what I will do based on this advice. Appreciate the help

Not sure what you mean Dgallo as far as advice on vodka I picked up small bottle today at store. Should the orange zest be submerged or just wet enough to sanitize?