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Yes - got the idea from you! Although, I drained the bag into the boiler for 5-10 minutes before putting it in the cooler. Let it sit a few minutes and lifted it up/down a few times then lifted the bag and let it drain in the cooler. I did squeeze it a bit but not much. I brewed a NB Winter...

Had a great brew day yesterday. I used a false bottom & bag and also sparged the drained bag in a 5-gallon Igloo cylindrical cooler because didn't see a way to sparge a cinched bag (think it's called dip sparging). My mash efficiency was 80.2%! My previous 3 brews on the AF were around 70%...

Very good information. While back I tried no pipe and had other issues so used the pipe last brew. In error I left the lid off by mistake so mash temp went south and had a terrible time trying to sparge with a cinched hanging bag. I will try the extra kettle next time (did you heat the lautering...

Thanks for the reply. My third try sealed all night. This morning I took the o-ring out and lubed it light all over, put it back together, and after an hour still no leak. Second question - I looked up a few online videos and some lube the hell out of not only the o-ring but also the collar...

I'm new to this All-Rounder but not fermenters with glan seals. I'm pressure testing the system. I'm having trouble with the lid to vessel seal. I lubed the o-ring and inside collar of the fermenter with a film of lube - like I use on all o-rings. First two tries and had leak. Third time I added...

Did you see this guys latest post on FB? He made lemonade from lemons. He is an excellent CAD designer and made a 3-D printed shield for the AF control unit. He even made a short animated video of it!

Contact Anvil - I purchased just the disk and it came with the eye-bolt and two nuts.

Thanks - I saw some purge the keg with CO2 and just open the gas port but a valve with some back pressure makes more sense.

Soon to try pressure fermentation using a Fermzilla All-Rounder. When it comes time to keg I would like to do a pressure transfer (new to me too). Wondering if there are any helpful guides/tips to doing this especially since the beer will carbonated start with. Thanks, Mike

Don't think it's fixed now but knowing Blichmann it will be soon. It doesn't take long to apply a bead of silicone but due to the shape of the joint it doesn't look the pretty. The factory could easily seal these two paths from the get go.

I saw this on FB. At least we know how the controller is attached. Few weeks back I siliconed mine. Black plastic to the pot and around the display. When I was just about done cleaning my pot a drop of water that dripped off my hand hit the corner of the display and sucked between the display...

Thanks for the help - just ordered the all-rounder with pressure kit and spunding valve. (another toy to play with)

Got it - thanks.

With the all-rounder do you need to transfer for dry hopping? Think I saw a video where they just dumped the hops in through the lid.

I want to try pressurized fermentation. I sort of narrowed my choice down to the Fremzilla conical with collection cup and the Fermzilla all-rounder. Currently I use a FastFerment conical. I like the collection cup for collecting/dumping trub before I pitch yeast but don't really use it for...

With the steam slayer just make sure you have a clear path for the liquid to exit. On FB there is a photo of an imploded Foundry that wasn't vented - think he put the drain hose in a bucket and the liquid level went above the hose.

Glad I could help. That guy also recommended to clean out the valve on every brew. Ha -I'm not really a FB person either but I was looking up some info on the AF before I bought it a guy encouraged me to look at the AF group on FB. I joined and there is tons of info (like here) but dedicated to...

I found this (from J.Thompson on FB):

I have a four tap keezer. I used my Riptide brewing pump with jumper fittings to clean all four lines at the same time. Pain with this method was I needed to prime the pump. I recently purchased a Mark II keg cleaner so tried that yesterday. It has a 40W 520GPH pond pump. I hooked up two lines...

Also - even after 4 brews on my AF I seem to be chasing volumes a bit but I'm getting there. My final volumes have been on the high side. So been adjusting grain absorption, boil-off, and other misc. losses.