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  1. Fidelity101

    California CFC counter flow chiller from grainfather

    Deal. Please PM me your paypal information.
  2. Fidelity101

    California CFC counter flow chiller from grainfather

    I’ve had good luck with fedex for boxes over 7 pounds but $40 does seem high. I figured it was worth $80 to me to try it out and compare it to the new Scylla I just purchased from JaDeD which is amazing at quickly dropping temps but I’ve never tried anything other than immersion chillers. Let...
  3. Fidelity101

    California CFC counter flow chiller from grainfather

    I’ll do $80 shipped and paid via paypal if that works for you.
  4. Fidelity101

    Spike Solo vs. Brew Boss vs. BrewTools B80

    All great points. I've started to walk away from the BrewTools because the price is darn near $3k and that doesn't include a Steam Condenser. The Brew Boss still looks nice but I just can't get over the lack of Youtube videos from anyone other than Darin Danelski. He does mention the...
  5. Fidelity101

    Spike Solo vs. Brew Boss vs. BrewTools B80

    I've been searching for days trying to decide between these systems and I'd really like to hear feedback from people who have experience with each. From what I've been able to find: BrewTools is amazing but instructions in English are hard to find and it's a very complicated system with a...
  6. Fidelity101

    Steam Slayer

    Am I correct in assuming the wide body version is best for my Brewzilla 35L? I plan on drilling a hole in the side and installing a weldless 1.5” TC fitting.
  7. Fidelity101

    Steam Slayer

    Does anyone know if/when the Steam Slayer will be back in stock? I can't seem to find it anywhere. https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/steamslayerwidebody.htm
  8. Fidelity101

    Massachusetts SPIKE CF5 - comes with the temperature control bundle - MA

    I am looking for another CF5 or a CF10 because I want to upgrade to 10 gallon batches and I already have one CF5. You’re only one state away (I live in Clarence, NY) but it’s a bit too long to drive.
  9. Fidelity101

    Massachusetts SPIKE CF5 - comes with the temperature control bundle - MA

    Just an FYI, CF5 being listed but CF10 in the parts list??? I have a CF5 and it's awesome! I'd like to buy a second one but I'm not interested in driving to MA anytime soon...good luck with the sale.
  10. Fidelity101

    Glycol Chiller - Buffalo NY area

    I’m ready to buy a Glycol Chiller and I’d prefer to buy a used one locally. (Or new if any stores carry them locally).
  11. Fidelity101

    Robobrew regrets?

    I switched things up a bit and made a batch of Soulless Hop IPA from Morebeer. OG was suppose to be 1.060-1.065 and I hit 1.064 with the Brewzilla 35L. My efficiency’s are finally where they should be and the only changes I made were: 1.) Stir the grain in really well and add it slowly. Once...
  12. Fidelity101

    Spike Conical- observations and best practices

    So they say "hand tight". Can I crank it until it's very hard to turn by hand without destroying the ring? The leak is coming from the back corner of the lid which is 180 degrees away from the part I'm hand tightening. Update: I turned it until it was getting hard to turn by hand and then...
  13. Fidelity101

    Spike Conical- observations and best practices

    First batch in my Spike CF5 and I'm starting to pressurize to 15PSI after adding 2oz of hops. I get to about 8-10PSI and then the lid seal starts to leak. It seems to hold steady at 8psi. Does anyone else have this issue? I'm thinking I may be able to remove the lid (after removing pressure...
  14. Fidelity101

    Robobrew regrets?

    I did try to mash in with 4 gallons of water and 13 pounds of grain but that didn't go well. I ended up adding another 1.25 gallons (5.25 total) in order to get all the grain wet. It was also a huge PITA to get the water to circulate so I went back to 6.09 gallons in the mash tun. That makes...
  15. Fidelity101

    Robobrew regrets?

    Thanks Jag. I'm sure it's something painfully obvious that I'm missing but I'm just not able to figure it out yet. I would really like someone to take this recipe and make a batch and report results. With the brewzilla 35L, at least with mine, I'm getting about 8-10F delta between the...
  16. Fidelity101

    Robobrew regrets?

    Correct. Setting the mash temp to 149F causes the top of the mash tank to be in the 140-142F range so I've since kicked it up a bit to account for the delta. The post boil of 6.41 gallons has been reduced to 6 gallons (when boiling hot so the cool volume is always a bit less) because I'm not...
  17. Fidelity101

    Robobrew regrets?

    Improving the efficiency has been driving me crazy. :) I know it should be better but I'm just not getting the numbers and I'm getting pretty consistent with the process. I've watched the youtube reviews and brew days with the brewzilla 35L and 65L and I feel that I'm definitely putting more...
  18. Fidelity101

    Robobrew regrets?

    I used brewfather to create the recipe and set the water. It reported a PH of 5.39 but I used a full 1tsp LESS Gypsum (which shouldn't have made a difference). The PH at mash in was around 5.2 but towards the end it had dropped to 4.85. I'm still scratching my head as to what caused the...
  19. Fidelity101

    Robobrew regrets?

    Round 7. I have no idea what I did differently this time but my efficiency went up a lot. My OG using the exact same ingredients was 1.055 and I transferred almost 6 gallons into the fermenter. Same steps as above with mash in at 156F and mash temp at 152F for 60 minutes before I started...
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