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I've gotten a few requests for more info, but this guy is still for sale for those interested. -Craig

Sweet. Thanks!

Not this year. I'm too far behind schedule and on top of that a booth at GABF is mighty expensive these days. I will, however, be at the brewer's only session on Saturday afternoon. You are more than welcome to come check out the rig and have a few beers. I'm about 20-30 minutes from...

I use a thin mesh hop sack, just like one you would use in your boil kettle. I sanitize it and throw some sort of Stainles Steel weight (like a nut or some sort of fitting) in there. GET READY!! When you drop the hops in, if the beer is already carbed, it is going to foam like crazy. Get...

Wow with all the colorado home brewers I thought I would get some more traffic on this post...... Bump.

Why you gotta call me out on the fact that I have done absolutely no work on this!!! HAHA. Dman I need to finish this basement up. I'm still broke... But the wife just got a job!!! So I should have a bit more money in the near future. Give me until the end of the year? :o

Yeah you wouldn't think it but illinois is actually REALLY far from denver.

Actually I believe he is referring to the fact that colder liquids have a higher capability to hold gases. Solubility of gases in Water http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/gases-solubility-water-d_1148.html

SOLD. Good luck with the new system Mateo, let me know if I can help in any way. :mug:

Where did you get the stone from and what size is it? .5 micron? How does it attach to the SS Tee? Most the ones I have seen don't have a threaded connection? That pump looks like a boss. Where did you get and what kind of flow rates are you seeing from it?

Thanks, you rock!

Gotcha. I was thinking that I would aerate in the fermenter. It will prob spill all over the top. Do you aerate "inline" as you transfer to the fermenter?

Good to know. Yes, I would leave the coil in for the entire fermentation. Hve you messed around with Fermcap-s at all? I was planning on using that to allow me to not need a huge amount of head space? Also, there are a good couple of inches of head space between teh 85 gallon marker on...

That's a good idea. Thanks!

Just an update to anyone who might actually be following this thread: I BREWED LAST NIGHT!!!!! Everything went pretty well. Brewed my first beer for a "customer" after a request. I brewed 14 gallons of an American Wheat. My next door neighbors are having an aniversary party and really...

This is the book I used in college about ...6 years ago. http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Heat-Transfer-Frank-Incropera/dp/0471457280/ref=pd_sim_b_6 It was pretty good. Definetly a good introduction to heat tranfser principles. With your background you should be able to extrapolate...

Yeah I'm aware thats not how PID's work. That's why I describe Case 2. And I don't refer to a PID in Case 1 at all. Arent most people using a PID to control a SSR? Everyone is using that Auber Insterments one with an SSR as I recall. So that is not using a fixed frequency PWM signal is...

You are correct when it comes to 30 seconds not being a lot of heat for barrel batches. There are kinda two ways to look at the logic of it. 1) You set the temp. When it hits the temp, the elemnts turn off. When the temp drops they turn back on. This is the most obvious approach. And...

Gotcha. I was under the impression you were more talking about a hand thrown switch. Sorry. My question here is what is the time required between switching on and off of the mechanical relay? I know a lot of guys using SSRs and PIDs have some relatively quick cycle times.

This is a good point. I know when I had a HERMS I was using my BK to heat strike water, while using my HLT, which had my HERMS coil in it, to set my mash temp for recirc. For example, I would put 8 gallons (strike volume, dependent on grain bill) of water into my BK, heat it to around 161 for...