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    Just finished making a new beer tower

    Thanks for the comments. I built this one from scratch out of PVC pipe for my neighbors 50th birthday and I was all set to build a two post tower in a Chicago Cubs theme and them the Stainless idea popped into my head.
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    Indiana 8 Tap Tower

    That is an extremely good deal. How is this not snatched up already?
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    Brew Boss Systems

    Not sure if this was answered but yes, some grain does slip by the bottom but it doesn't matter at all because that bottom is not really a false bottom, its just used to "squeeze" the grain to get out some of the trapped wort. All the grain is still contained in the mesh basket. There's a mesh...
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    Brew Boss Systems

    Which swirl boss do you use? I have both the copper one that clamps to the side of the kettle joined with a piece of tubing and my wife bought me the stainless steel model that connects directly to the port on the kettle. The copper one worked decent but was always moving around and it wasn't...
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    Brew Boss Systems

    I did a kettle sour recently using a recipe in the December issue of Brew Your Own. It involved using a certain type and quantity of probiotic tablets added to the mash and then held at a temperature of 95 degrees for 12-24 hours until the PH reached a certain level. it was amazingly easy using...
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    Freezer STC 1000 cooling to much

    I agree with your point during an active fermentation. With a probe taped to the vessel I would imagine its the next best thing to an actual thermowell over the ambient method as long as it was insulated in a fairly wide area where the cold couldn't just transfer from the glass of the carboy...
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    Simple Lager?

    A lager beer needs to ....... well, lager. Otherwise it would be an ale. I lager yeast at ale temperatures is an ale with lager yeast. It would likely be a good drinkable beer but not a lager. You seem to have the right equipment to do it for now. Fermentation is done at 48 - 50 till its a...
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    Freezer STC 1000 cooling to much

    Correct, you don't "need" a thermowell. There are always other ways to do most things to achieve similar results but in this case, although what you do works just fine and I did something similar for years, the most accurate way to measure the temperature of the wort/beer is with a thermowell...
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    Brew Boss Systems

    That's a nice compact setup. You got to love the fully automatic BIAB system. My cart has the built in electric hoist so its fully mobile. I used a home made copper chiller for 10 years or more. I bought the stainless chiller because I just liked the all stainless look to match the rest of...
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    Freezer STC 1000 cooling to much

    Having a thermowell is a MUST if you really want to have your beer ferment at the temperature its supposed to be at. Beers can raise 10 degrees or more while fermenting so if you have the temperature probe in the air (ambient temp), most of the fermentation (flavor profile, etc.) will be done by...
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    Brew Boss Systems

    The conical (Chronical)is great and its easy to dump the trub, etc. My first time using it, I let way too much "gunk" get into the conical thinking "who cares I'll just dump it later" and that didn't work out as well as I thought. There was so much stuff at the bottom I ended up dumping well...
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    Brew Boss Systems

    I've boiled water with the COFI in the pot when I first got the system cleaning & sterilizing) and it seemed just fine. I emailed Darin at Brew Boss about the idea and he responded right away stating as you said that the COFI is 800 micron. It would trap a lot of "gunk" but fine sediment would...
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    Brew Boss Systems

    I've been debating getting a hop spider but am leery of not getting the hop utilization if it were confined. I have the 20 gallon COFI system with the auto hop feeder (very nice I must say) so I would need a pretty deep basket because the pot is 20" high so about a gallon an inch. I finish with...
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    Brew Boss Systems

    oops, post
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    Swapping my blowoff for an airlock.

    I seem to remember reading an article in BYO about how to know if starsan is still good and it said if it gets cloudy, it's getting to the point of not being able to do its job. It also said to use digitized water and it will last a long time and remain clear. When I use to mix my starsan with...
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    Add water to conditioning carboy?

    Chilling quickly is a good start. Correct and consistent mash temperature (if you're doing all grain) and keeping a correct (for the yeast type and beer style) and consistent fermentation temperature are just two of the most important things to improve the taste of your beer. Your beer may...
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    Lots of foam with commercial keg

    I have the Perlick flow control faucets and they are great. Especially for the first initial pour that may foam a bit. It's also great for the Belgian beers I keep beer 20 psi.
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    CO2 issues when kegging

    There's some info needed in order to try to figure out what's happening. How long is the supply hose? If the hose is too short, it can be hard to find a good set it and forget it setting. If the hose is too short and you crank up the psi to get good carbonation the beer will shoot out of the...
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    First Lager

    This pretty much sums it up. I will add that using a thermowell in the primary fermenter made a big difference in the taste of my lagers (which are the bulk of my beers). If you start the lager at a higher temperature to get it going (60-65 degrees), to get 5 gallons of a 60-65 degree wort...
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