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So jealous of this rig. Excellent job. Now build me one! Haha :mug:

Wow!

lonepalm, this setup was designed for regulating ale temps during our hot NC summer months. We also plan to experiment with it lagering in the fall when temps aren't as high. We've successfully used this design in one beer so far, a Kolsch that attenuated on point and as of transferring to the...

Yeah hoping to get that going before our next brew day. Going to try to brew this recipe of mine. Just transferred the Kolsch we had in the conical with the chiller. Nailed our FG and it tasted great. No off flavors that we could detect. Seems like the chiller did its job. I'll keep...

Very similar to our current set up. (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/15-gallon-conical-fermenter-cooling-system-333151/) I personally would wait for the SS coil to come in before you try it with a batch of fresh wort. Fermentation and copper don't get along very well. Let us know how it...

Allclene, See my thread https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/15-gallon-conical-fermenter-cooling-system-333151/. Maybe this will answer your question. Cheers!

I'd go for something like this. http://morebeer.com/view_product/16672/beerwinecoffee/Stopper_Thermowell a couple of other websites have them, this was just one I had looked at in the past.

This is going to be awesome. Cant wait to see the finished product! Nice work!

Thanks for this bit of info. We might look into this option as well.

Started doing this after a few bags of ice. Works great.

As requested. This what I believe I used. I'm on vacation, so its hard for to check it at the moment, but it was something like follows. I replaced the one on the tank with this one. http://www.norwescotanks.net/p-535-2-standard-duty-double-threaded-polypropylene-fitting.aspx Not sure if...

Thanks! I might have to look into one of those.

Have a link to where I can look at the one you use?

Now there's an idea I haven't thought about. I wonder how warm they can get the water? I'll have to see if I can find the parts list for that. I know a couple of the pieces I bought from our local Agri Supply store. Let me see if I can dig up any old emails I have from past orders and I...

No, the flow rate just isnt strong enough to pump it the height we intend for it to pump. For now we have it sitting on a second conical. Don't plan to keep it that way. Hope this helps.

The coil was around $60 or 70 shipped and came with standard hose fittings on it. We didn't get it here, but check out StainlessBrewing.com. I think he has reasonable prices and will bend it however you want it.

Thanks for the comments guys. I'll see if we can put a parts list together. As for adding ice. We added 2 bags of ice the day after brewing, and three bags the next day. But there were about 4 bags of ice in there after we added the three bags. Our next plan is to add a dorm fridge to...

Looking great!

Anyone looking for a way to cool these conicals, check out our solution. It has maintained temps within our temp range of 63 +/- 1 F for the past 3 days now. Ambient temps have been in the 80's. Will be modifying it soon though with a dorm fridge instead of a cooler. Thoughts...

and folks, tdawg183 would be my brew partner mentioned in original post. He built most of that system for us.