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Selling my AC conversion glycol chiller as I just upgraded to a BrewBuilt icemaster. $225 Unit is an air-conditioner conversion, and includes AC unit, glycol reservoir (Coleman cooler), ~3 gallons 25% glycol solution, recirculating pump, insulated glycol lines, and two temperature control units...

If you get to the point that it’s clogging, I’d do the triclamp bazooka mentioned above, saw some on amazon with mesh between 30-150 mesh, pick your poison.

You could also try a tri-clamp filter plate: BUNA Screen Gasket | Tri Clamp 1.5 in. 841 Micron (20 mesh) - FDA

True, at 70 minutes I had 96% conversion... pretty damn good!

You got it.... 3 min shake, side to side, tap every 15 seconds. http://www.craftbrewersconference.com/wp-content/uploads/ImprovingBrewhouseEfficiency-Havig.pdf http://www.brewingwithbriess.com/Assets/Presentations/Briess_2007CBC_Practical_Milling.ppt

There’s only one way to find out how much you can push the system. I ran this mill forever at 45-thousandths because it was considered “safe” and was surprised how coarse it was... the main reason for sharing this info.

I was surprised, I think this mill can be really cranked down.

By itself doesn’t mean much, as depends on your lautering system. The percentages represent a particle size distribution, above #14 is coarse, under #60 is fine. Finer grind = quicker conversion, but at the cost of potential stuck or long sparge time. Last mash I did was at 45-thousandths, got...

Just thought I'd share for anyone interested, grist analysis from today with new sieves: Malt: Skagit Valley Pilot Pilsner; Assortment: 94-4-1; 4.4% moisture Mill: Monster Mill 3 Roller, 1.5" roller; 1/3 hp @ 175 rpm Gap (1/1000 in) #14 #30 #60 pan 45...

Fun stuff... just about as fun as making a gigantic spreadsheet to track this stuff... my test seives just showed up today.

I've been homebrewing for close to 25 years, and finally stepping up my game on data collection and building a custom spreadsheet for everything. From my malt database, I'm inputing extract as FGDB% and percent moisture from each malt COA, and based on that and recipe calculating total...

Why complicate things... use a 50 ml falcon tube, come pre sterilized

My two cents, I’ve dealt with a lot of the in various settings... I’d try vibrating the hell out of it with a harbor freight air impact hammer from the side to try to knock it loose, while simultaneously trying to capture it with a harbor freight rare earth magnet. If that doesn’t work, grind a...

I've had good luck with WIKA bi-metal thermometers (http://www.wika.us/products_TM_en_us.WIKA?ActiveID=12680). They're industrial thermometers, well made and accurate to +/- 1%. They come in various temp ranges and mounting options. I got a TI.30 for ~$20 on-line.

I just double checked, my numbers look the same as these.

Mine's a Budweiser keg. Maybe my gallon of milk was not really a gallon :)

I measured the depth (to the 1/16th of an inch) of 1 gallon (measured by a milk jug) at a time and did a linear regression to get the equation.

For a 1/2 BBL Sanke Keg: Vol(Gallons) = 1.25 * Depth(Inches) + 0.979