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Hi, I'm a member of CHAOS, and I live in Logan Square. The great thing about CHAOS for me is that a majority of the equipment you need for going all grain (mill, burners, pots, MLTs) is available for use at the club. I do all of my brewing, fermenting, kegging, and bottling at the club's...

If you buy a mini fridge for fermentation, check out this thread for info on building an inexpensive temperature controller, which will allow your fridge to go into the 60s for ale fermentation (or the 40s for lagers).

Steven, I built a brewershardware RIMS tube for use with a PID, so I used the same PT100 sensor that Jason does. My sensor ended up malfunctioning, and I can verify that brewershardware no longer stocks a PT100 sensor with the tri clamp fitting. I ended up going with the triclamp sensor over...

Many folks (myself included) have had great success building controllers based on the STC-1000 and this thread.

Paid for the Breiss 2-Row

I'll take one of the sacks of Breiss 2-row.

http://www.brewershardware.com/1.5-Tri-Clover-X-1-2-Hose-Barb.html You can also do what you described (with 1/2 NPT) if you want greater flexibility. But hose barb-triclamp fittings are available.

Are you boiling all of your pilsner-based batches for 90 mins? Depending on your boil-off rate, you could have another .5-.75 gallons of sparge water vs. a 60 min boil, which should increase your efficiency. I don't know if that's enough to account for a 12% efficiency a difference, but it's...

Bill, My items have disappeared from the spreadsheet altogether. Let me know if I need to re-add items to my order.

Bump. Who needs a chiller?

Hi, I have a plate chiller for $65 shipped in this thread.

That's a bit of crust left over from when I soaked the chiller in hot oxyclean recently. The threads are not corroded.

http://www.brewershardware.com/2-Tri-Clover-X-1-2-Male-NPT.html

You have dibs, as far as I'm concerned.

Pics (note that the camlocks on the wort in/out are not included):

Sorry, I didn't get home until late last night. I will post a pic this evening. Until then, you can see what it looks like in the thread linked above.

They used to sell a 30 plate chiller as well. See here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f41/30-plate-wort-chiller-72-a-195682/

EDIT: SOLD $65 shipped or $55 local pickup in Chicago. I have a gently used 30 plate chiller that I purchased from kegcowboy. It has a dent in one corner that it received during initial shipping, but does not impact performance. My understanding is that these are re-badged dudadiesel chillers...

grze, the easiest commercial fermentation chamber is a mini-fridge (make sure it'll fit your fermenter and an airlock/blowoff) plus a ranco or other temperature controller. Done and done.

How long is uncrushed grain good for? I am inclined to add a couple more bags of base malt, but I don't want to end up with stale/bad grains. Adding another couple of sacks would probably put me at approximately 18 months of base malt supply. Should I risk it? Thanks for any opinions.