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  1. KTRyan

    Override thermostat temperature probe placement?

    Good Day, Just built a new kreezer, much bigger then my old one, and started thinking about probe placement for the first time. I decided to stick the probe in a homemade thremowell placed in a beer bottle full of water at the bottom of my kreezer hoping to better control liquid temperature...
  2. KTRyan

    Rusty Rollers

    Need some advice, I picked up a use JSP Malt Mill, cheap, no hopper, the head to bolt that secures the handle broke off so the handle is stuck on and the rollers were quite rusty. I clean the the rollers the best I could with a wire brush and a wire bush head on my drill, but I can't seem to...
  3. KTRyan

    Stout 12.5 vs 14.5 conical

    I'm going to be buying a new conical, either a 12.5 or a 14.5 from Stout Tanks and Kettles. Now I already own a 7 gallon blichman, and a few buddies and I share two 27 gallon blichman. Now I'm looking for something to do 10 gallon batches at my home (the 27 gallon fermenters are at my friends...
  4. KTRyan

    Copper corrosion problem

    I recently re-did a lot of my brewing plumbing in flared rigid copper tubing with brass fittings. A couple months and many brews later I'm finding blue/green corrosion on the fittings and inside the pipes, which I understand to be a health concern. Anyone have any advice other than switching to...
  5. KTRyan

    Hop Back Filtering

    Just looking for some opinions on a idea. The short of it is this; my current practice is to whirlpool and then draining from up by the wall of my keggle. New idea is to take all or some of one of my hop additions, say a 5 or 10 minute addition, and start recirculating through my hop back. Then...
  6. KTRyan

    Need help brainstorming

    I'm revamping my 10 gallon all grain system. I converted a 15 gallon aluminum stock pot into a mash tun which fits nicely over three burners on my kitchens gas range, should give me great control over a direct fire mash. Now I still have two burners that I want to use for my HLT. Can anyone...
  7. KTRyan

    Possible upgrade for standard fitting Blichmann Fermenator

    I'd like to get a Blichmann Fermenator in the near future and as such have been doing all the research I can as of late. The big decision is standard fitting or tri-clamp? I think I found a compromise, but I need the help of some one that owns one of these beauties to determine whether or not...
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