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I messed around with my All-Rounder and Temp Twister cooling coil. 1) I used a 5-gal round Igloo beverage cooler with pond pump and Brewjacket immersion chiller. My fermenter was in an insulated jacket with 5.5gal of water. I started up with 60F water in the fermenter and cooler. I can the pump...

Has anyone tried using a refrigerated cooler (the ones with a small compressor)? I see some are close to $150 and claim they go to -4F. They are pretty compact and could be used for cooler around the house and on the road.

My boiloff rates seemed low when I used a 6" basket from my 15 gal. kettle (it does take up about 25% of the surface area on the AF). Let us know if you see a difference. - thanks

I've had a BrewJacket for a FastFerment for several years. By wrapping it well in the jacket, covering any open space, and diverting the heat generated by the chiller away from the fermenter I was able to get 27F below ambient. Agree, the issue is the lack of horsepower - very slow to react to a...

I have a FastFerment with a BrewJacket but recently bought a Fermzilla All-Rounder for pressurized fermentation. I also bought the Temp Twister immersion cooling coil. Ha - now I'm confused why I bought this coil. For the low frequency I brew I don't want another fridge or freezer. 1) If I use...

I know it's not exact since specific gravity and density aren't exactly the same but the solids lost from the grain is probably reflected in your gravity reading.

How do you measure grain absorption? I tried with a digital "fish" type scale but then thought the grain looses some mass to the wort - but maybe that's minimal? As a side note: I leave the lid on during mash but I saw BEER-N-BBQ Larry found there is evaporation at mash temperatures - more...

I have three different ratchet/rope type devices around the house. If you hold the release the load will drop until you let go. On the ratchet lift from The Brew Bag a cord is tied to the release latch making it a bit easier to use but you still need to have control of the load to keep it from...

Yeah I see your reasoning. I bought the hoist with my bag that fits inside the pipe from brewinabag.com. Then of coarse I see brewers starting to use false bottoms and no pipe so I bought another bag since the pipe bag was just a wee bit too small. The full kettle bag is from Wisler...

Why not use a false bottom and bag that fits the kettle? Allows some more space for your grain. I have done this successfully with smaller grain bills and it works fine. I use a ratcheting hoist to drain over the kettle and then move the bag over a cooler, pour sparge water over it, dunk it a...

Don't think I said that. Maybe I'm incorrect but as I understand it the BS volumes start with cool wort in the fermenter and adjust the 4% for heated sparge and mash water. Do you fill your kettle with cold mash in water and then after it's heated add or deduct to match a volume mark in you vessel?

I'm on 240v. Probably not the most accurate but I measure the mash/sparge water volumes with cool water so no need to include 4% expansion compensation.

First this has been an excellent thread for me on dialing in my system. Temperature probe - I have read elsewhere that the temperature probe in the AF is calibrated to mimic the temperature in the middle of the mash. Seems the more I read there are discrepancies on this. BeerSmith - I've also...

That looks like it fits better than the Anvil screen. These are not all my ideas - I have borrowed many from other users. I preheat to maybe 158 to get 152. Mix the mash in water well before adding the grain and after. I turn the power to 0% when adding grain and let it sit for 10 minutes...

Saw another trick to keep it in where someone put pieces of hose around the ring where it contacts the kettle.

You have the latest except for the hangers. From what I have read the jury is still out on the new hangers. For me I have used a ratcheting hoist since brew #1 so never dealt with the ring and now have brewed without the grain pipe 3 times and may never use it again.

I have sealed my AF around the display to housing and housing to kettle. I have seen many have issues with the valve leaking at the wall if they don't properly tighten the valve. This happened to me with just water in the kettle. I see if you remove the valve looks like there is space to...

I have never done a sour but there is an AF FaceBook group that I visit ( ha- only thing I joined FB for) and found this (by GC): Mash as you normally would, bring wort to a boil, and acidify the wort to a pH of 4.2-4.6 with some lactic acid (this is a step I've skipped in the past and had no...

I too wonder how accurate the probe reads if it's covered with the bag/grain.

I bought mine on ebay " Replacement Malt Pipe Boiler Screen for 35L Robobrew / BrewZilla / Digiboil ". You know what though, don't know if I ready to try it myself yet, but, I see a few using the bag without not only the pipe but no false bottom. The couple I saw use "The Brew Bag" and claim...