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It’s hard to explain but my brew section is close to as far away from the fermenter area I can get, but on the same side of the house. My only option really is to move my brew area. Then I can transfer wort in the long silicon tube I have and the fermenter will already be on the stable ground it...

sigh, always something, right? you are correct. I’ve yet to have any infection outside of a set of unsanitary bottles but I don’t feel like taking the chance. Right now, once the conical arrives, brew day will be out front! I read a Spike page regarding wort transfer. It says to use the bottom...

having a brain fart, I always oxygenate in a bucket! This could be a win.

ex That is viable, I was just worried about exposure to oxygen having to transfer the wort multiple times. Trying to find a more direct solution that that could be a contender.

I’m already using plastic buckets that are easily carried. This is all based around getting a CF10 conical which I wouldn’t be able to move from the backyard. Edit : you mean from brew area, into buckets to carry, then into stationary fermenter at front of house?

Are the Spike+ kettle handles made to withstand 5-10 gallons? either way, moving my setup to the front of the house is what I’m going to have to do. I’m not error prone, but I foresee a disaster at some point wheeling either a large fermenter or kettle over rough terrain.

this is my only solution, it’d let me utilize the casters. I have enough silicon tubing to reach smooth ground. It wouldn’t be that far away anyway from the brew kettle. Just a shame I finished my spot up not long ago and would be forced to move it should I upgrade my setup.

Most of my family lives together, if my little sister lived with us we'd have 4 generations here. I don't think my grandma would let me start a conversion project, the tiny house/raised gardens/etc.. out back were enough for a while lol. There is already a door from the outside to the separate...

Thanks, the 5,000 BTU seems to be the standard for DIY chillers anyway based on further research, the most I'd ever, ever do is two 10 gallon batches.

We have a pretty weird house. The "garage" is really a carpenter's station that I'm turning half of into my little fermentation area. The large portion of what used to be the entire garage consists of a spare room with storage and another room for laundry. I'm using a Hellfire burner. My...

sigh, time to problem solve the fine print! I can't imagine my family letting my build a Fermenter-Brick-Road in the yard that I skip along to alcoholic glory.

hence why I asked

how are the handles on the conical? I've come to a logistics issue. My brew area is outback near a tiny house surrounded by yard. I need to transport the full fermenter to the front of the house so I can keep it in the garage... casters won't work on the yard, I'm left with building something...

I understand it's a hard "conversion" to do, I just needed to know if it was suitable for what I needed. They might not output chill that low but the condensers themselves get pretty low it seems. I'm going to be using a bucket and ice water in the cooler I'll use for the built at least for the...

The taste was nothing like the nasty sample I referenced. The beer is still very hazy, however I'll probably just go ahead and leave it in secondary for a little under two more weeks and bottle it at the 4 week mark. Give it a chance to finish any fermentation that's left since my FG was a bit...

I have the Spike 20 gallon kettle so I have a few extras but I was surprised with how much the CF10 came with listed on the site, absolutely everything was an accessory purchase with the kettle. With the CF10 nearly everything is standard. But yes, I purchased the sight glass and racking arm for...

+1 for Tool on the first page. Also enjoying quite a bit of Tipper lately, and general classic rock radio.

Well, just ordered a CF10 plus a couple of ingredients to make some more all-grain. Unfortunately, as much as I've been convinced I need to keg, I need to control temps first. I don't need to keg sub-par beer. Temp control with expandability from a DIY glycol chiller without need for a freezer...

I've already done that in the equivalent of 5 gallon plastic fermenters. I have no problem with it. I can keep the beer piled high in small doses suitable for drinking over many months, sharing freely with friends, freeing up my fermenters and letting stouts/porters age properly. however, the...

Yea, I guess I'll just keep my setup as is. For me, drinking the beer is secondary to trying to perfect a craft I've come to really enjoy and share it. If I wanted to drink amazing beer I'd just go to the store and buy it (which I still do even though I have a decent amount of homebrew on hand...