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It sure gets difficult to search large and active forums for specific information. So, I am asking you folks after extensive searching. I have a 15 gallon plastic conical. I need a blow off tube as I have leaked krausen out of the top a number of times. I will want to move wort through the...

I am currently racking the beer from my 15 gallon fermentor through the top using a racking cane. I now would like to keep the system closed throughout my brewing/fermenting/racking processes. I would like to add a racking arm to use for moving beer and harvesting the best yeast availble...

I am in need of purchasing some replacement tubing for my brewery. High temp with at least some visibilaty to liquid in tubing is preferred. Somebody know of a good source?

Thanks for the response Gunfighter04. A copper tube was buried into the ground leading directly from my homes large LP tank to a regulator mounted outside the door of my brewery. From that regulator to my brew stand is a distance of 6 to 7 feet.

I have a single tier two burner brew rig. I have been using it with a 20 LB LP tank and it kicks butt. The burner are the 10" Hurricane/Banjo type. I had the local LP people come in and run a copper tube from my house tank to my new brew shed. They added a regulator. I am not getting...

Once I moved to temp controlled environment when fermenting my beer moved to a new and exciting level. How are you fermenting?

Ty for the response. Are you talking about the in-line fans that push heated or cooled air? The kind used in 6, 8, or 10" forced air systems?

I am developing a 12 by 19' dedicated brewing facility. It will be a three season brewing facility. My brewing set up includes a single stage duel 170BTU L.P. burners. I have a double door set up to the outdoors, two windows located nest the the brew rig and a door opening into my wood...

You folks with conicals: Do you wash your yeast after harvesting, or, do you just let it sit, decant and pitch. (Or store and make a starter before reusing.) I harvested about a gallon and a half from my 15 gallon fermentor. I will let it settle, then decant and consolidate from two...

Why spend money and time on a brew you are looking forward to enjoying and serving to your friends and then gamble with the least expensive ingredient?

When treating water is it only the mash to be concerned about? Or, are there factors in which the sparge water needs treatment? When using extract water is not treated. Thanks

I just completed my build and am about to set it up and run some test cycles. Thanks for the thread. I do have a question that may have been answered but a search did not spot it out for me. How long should I set the compressor delay between cycles? Do I just pick a number of minutes and...

I have a need to add a heat source to my standard refrigerator I use as a fermentation chamber. I use it with a 15 gallon conical. If I read the above correctly, the refrigerator can be located in very cold areas such as an outbuilding and the heat sources placed within the refrigerator can...

Yes Squeeky, congrats on the new brew shop that some call a house. I built the 15 gallon version of this build and love it. Late last summer I brewed a couple of batches and used a refrigerator to maintain fermentation conditions. Then, in early winter the ambient temperature cooled to...

The OP asks what he can do in the future. For his current situation, could he simply add some carb tabs? Also, in the future could he follow his procedure as he noted but add carb tabs at the transfer from keg to bottle?

Well done. I look forward to more of your work.

I am interested in this unit as a two stage controller. I want it to both heat and cool my 15 gallon conical sitting within a refrigerator located in a cool 45F garage: http://www.ebay.com/itm/All-purpose-Temperature-Controller-STC-1000-Whit-sensor-/320628773067 What other equipment might I...

Dr. Francois, I did not have the controllers probe attached to the side of the conical. I recognize that as a brewermaster's mistake. I usually do tape it appropriately but was tired from a long brew day and let it go. Lesson learned, BTW.

I do think that constant 60F is the issue. That, along with 15 gallons beginning to heat up due to its own fermentation process and, an brewer error. I left the Johnson's probe loose in the chamber rather than taped to the side of the fermentor as I usually have done in the past.

Johnson makes both a single as well as a dual controller. I have the single. It looks to me as though the one you quoted is a dual. A STC-1000 controller was noted above. I am thinking that product will allow me a two stage controller for both heating and reducing temperatures based on the...