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15gal pot with ball valve and a 2" TC port welded on for removable element. I got mine from Colorado brewing but you might want to look at Spike etc for price comparisons. Plenty big enough for any 5gal BIAB and even most 10gals. You can reuse this as your boil kettle if/when you move to a 3v...

I have an 8 gallon reservoir for my two conicals with a 5k btu AC unit. It is more than enough to cold crash etc. Not sure how much smaller you could get away with. Food grade glycol is something stupid like $30gal so keep that in mind. If you are using it for ales only and dont want to cold...

Cascade for sours, Commons if you like belgians. Deschutes and HUB are worth a visit too. Right across from Cascade is The Green Dragon pub which typically has a very well rounded tap list. And you should rent a car and go into The Gorge. Better than anything the city has to offer. Do the...

You'd get around 2 GPM in that scenario.

Assuming half inch true ID all the way, not accounting for any elbows, you are looking at about 13.5' of friction loss at only two GPM. Then if we assume 4' of static head you are already deadheading the pump if this is the unit you have...

What is the inside diameter of the coil? Total vertical head? (IE: pump is on a shelf 2' off the ground, highest point of the coil or hose is 6' = 4')

Since OP mentioned money not being a concern the only thing I'd point out is pressure ratings. The cheaper conicals have simple lid clamps that can only hold a few PSI before leaking past the oring. Granted the pressure rated ones like Glacier etc seem to be about 2-3x the price(might be...

Just looked at your site, look great and a good price point as well. What's the lid clamping system like /// pressure capabilities?

Personally I'd drop that caramunich altogether and stick to the 1/3rds of each on the okto. Personal taste territory though.

What were the recipes? One thing to keep in mind about Oktos/Marzens is that the style is very ambiguous. Even in Germany you will have festbiers that are almost helles they're so light on the munich, all the way to super malty dunkel wanna-bes. Also, did you accidentally use Munich 20 or...

Looks great to me. I'll have to try Special Roast some time, description sounds great. I'm all about the biscuit but I could see a slight sourdoughy twang making these even more crushable.

Looks great! You are going to love having multiple ferms going all at different temps.

Fantastic. One random question -- where do you dump all of the trub that produces?

My old setup I used the alarm a lot because I'd go hangout on the computer while heating. Now I just sit in the garage and drink a beer and have a stogie while that's going so I didn't bother on the next panel I made. For $5 or whatever I think it's worth doing unless you know you won't be...

I pour it through the bag while it hangs over the kettle, but I don't think it works too well personally. I can see most of the water just running along the same outside paths. I don't dunk sparge because I am lazy, and also I don't want to get another large vessel just for that purpose. I get...

youll be fine. depending on grainbill i normally keep 1-2 gals from the mash or else it'ss too full to stir, or makes a mess when pulling the bag. it saying 14.41gal mash svolume makes me think you will run into the same situation.

i have a perlick 650ss mounted directly to the ke and it works great. would not use a std faucet, you need the flow control tap. pretty sure you cant use the standard adapter on the flow controls either. not positive as I havent tried it. my research led me to these which i use and work well...

I just searched briefly and couldnt find any pressure ratings on perlick/micromtic websites. I feel like it'd be perfectly fine but 'unno.

The problem is as you've seen with it hanging -- really hard to get an even distribution. You wind up rinsing just a small portion of the grain. Dunking and thoroughly stirring in another pot would work well. I bet a grate will be awkward/messy/clumsy and hard to really pour over more...

Kind of odd being so low, guess you have no choice but to dump onto the ground and spray it off afterwards. Also do those still have that weldless thermometer? Definitely bling though, nice.