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Thanks for the info. Once a day ice change I can handle. Maybe I'll give the cooler/ice a try. I also have a few Cooler Shock packs that go to 18F so may try them too.

Question about fermentation temperature control. I have the components to to use a pond pump, cooler w/ice, controller, and coil in my All-Rounder fermentor. I tested this out and it functions but have read the ice maintenance is a pain and it's hard to achieve cold-crash temperature. The other...

Are there any issues if you leave the false bottom in the kettle? I did last time and it had some trub on it but was not plugged at all. - Thanks

I just gave the warning because I know even my Blichmann 15 gallon kettle they say not to lift by the handles full. In a pinch if you know what you are dealing with and prepared for it I'd do the same. Although, they should design these handles robust enough to take the load or don't put them on...

Manual specifically says not to lift when full.

@Noob_Brewer I'm interested in brewing something like this. Have a couple more questions: 1) Think loc-line is as good as a spray ball I've seen some use ( Amazon.com Shopping Cart ). 2) I see you mentioned pulling the bag to drain sparge water. Do you not use a false bottom? If a false bottom...

What was the packaging between the malt pipe and kettle?

Agree - great service. I'm a long time gas-kettle/cooler-tun brewer that sold all my previous equipment after using the AF just once. Took three deliveries before I received one without shipping/packaging damage. My first one had damage on the inside wall of the kettle from the feet on the pipe...

Very nice and detailed. Sounds like you are having fun dialing this system in. Looks like you are pumping uphill into the kettle? On my last brew I had 80% mash efficiency (my best on the AF) putting the drained grain bag into a 5-gallon Igloo beverage cooler then adding sparge water. It was a...

For the spigot- forget what it’s called but it’s some kind of straight thread pipe. Many (including me) wrap it with several layers of Teflon tape and turn a female 1/2” NPT QD onto it.

Looking at 3 roller mills. I was looking at the Kegco at beveragefactory but then read the MaltMuncher 3 roller was identical and found it was less expensive. Then I looked closer at the specs and the Kegco at beveragefactory says 6" x 1.5" rollers and the MaltMasher at MoreBeer says 5" x 1.25"...

I realize this post has many pages but earlier I posted my solution (see below) but many have just used a SS bolt and two nuts to accomplish this:

I started using the Wisler bag on my 10.5 without the pipe and pour over sparging is difficult. Like others above on my last brew I drained the bag (using my hoist). Then moved it to a 5-gal round cooler and spagred it. Dunked it/out a few times. I got my highest mash eff. yet doing this 80.2%...

Are you saying your grain bed floats? Is this common? I have never had this happen even over many years using a cooler mlt.

I think the bag is certain to sit on the bottom without a false bottom. Plus this user claimed since hot plate cycles it was OK.

I use a hoist but my first AF came with big dents where these side legs are in the kettle due to rough handling (poor packaging???). This new design will eliminate some of this damage.

I actually saw a post on the FB group where a brewer uses a bag without the pipe and WITHOUT a false bottom. He used "The Brew Bag" and claims they said it was OK for the bag????

Very nice! What's your first brew going to be? (toss those hoses - many have had issues with them)

Worse case on the FB group John Blichmann said soon a retrofit kit would be available. He didn't say gratus but who knows. There was a recent post on FB where a guy had the basket drop in and splashed out close to a gallon of wort and it left a nice scratch in the kettle.

Yeah- hard to tell the angle but someone said another all-in-one kettle does this. I like a simple solution Brian Short-Circuited made: