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I realize this post is old, but I'm about to hang my condensate hood and wanted to see if you had any advice. It looks like you used strut? Did you just bolt that to joists and then hang threaded rod from it?

Thanks Vlad! I had some of my BJCP friends taste my last 2 batches and they said I'm being hyper critical, but they can notice a very faint hint of the off flavor I'm describing. I'm going to try recirculating hot PBW followed by hot water rinse before I brew next time. It is just strange that...

Yup. I'm a metallurgist, so I do understand the chemical interaction. It will not bore a whole through copper plate or welds if iit is only in contact for a short time. Agreed it needs to be a last resort, but not first time someone used caustic in a copper part. I'm just hoping it takes...

They say not to use lye because instructions need to be written for the lowest common denominator. I will try recirculating hot one followed by starsan, but might move to lye as last resort. Of you soak in lye for a long time it will destroy inside, but a quick soak will not. Sent from my...

I just got through reading about 15 different threads and none seemed to completely address something I am struggling with. I'm hoping someone can help me out. I have a Blichmann Therminator. For the first 20 batches I made using it, I did not recirculate wort through the chiller and back...

So, the Tower of Power Manual suggest a minimum recirculation rate of 0.75 gal/min for a 10 gallon batch. I use their standard tower setup where the the mash tun drains to a march pump inlet, which then pumps out through flow meter and to the blichmann 2 way valve that allows to to flow wort...

Thank for the feedback. A little more details about my setup. I usually use 1.25-1.5 qt./lb for my mash thickness. I don't get how increasing the ratio (i.e. 1.5-2 qt/lb) will result in less channeling. I have tried to set the flow rate as slow as possible. Once I go below 1 gal/min, the...

What kind of efficiencies are people getting with ToP? I'm hitting 63-67% average over last 10 batches. I am getting a channeling problem during sparge, I think. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Are you sure you can drill through sides without hitting any lines?

I had similar problem. This solved it. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B7NGYEK/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Cool thanks for info. Sorry about auto-correct text in last post. I'm surprised you can get so little loss. I am going to try and build a stand so that my hop rocket and therminator are higher then fermenter and that should minimize losses in therminator.

That easygoing to bey next question. Do rice hulls impart taste? Is that why you per boil? I'm guessing hops soak up more beer than rice hulls but not sure how much difference there will be.

I am trying to measure losses with each batch and I'm trying to calculate them into my brewing software (Beersmith). One of my main problems is that I sometimes use my Hop Rocket and sometime I don't. I suppose the best thing to do is to set up two different systems within the software and be...

Kwadric, agreed about not getting hung up on inefficiencies. This is home brewing and I'm not doing it to save money. Just trying to figure out how much wort I need to end up with 10 gallons of finished beer. It seems my setup/amount of hops/etc keeps changing with each batch, so it is hard to...

Cold break after hop rocket makes sense. I'm just surprised how much. Just need to make more wort to make up for losses. 4 oz of leaf hops is max capacity for hop rocket. Just barely fits when loading up hop rocket, but room leftover after hops compact when wet. I am definitely happy with...

I've used both methods. Currently settled on the plate chiller method, primarily because it is more scalable as I move up to 15+ gallon batches. I have not brewed the exact same recipe on both systems, so it is hard to do a direct comparison. In general, I tend to think that the hop flavor is...

I just made a new thread with question about hop rocket and subsequently found this one . . . To OP, do you know approximately how much wort you are losing when using hop rocket? I used 4 oz of whole leaf hops and think I lost ~ a gallon of wort in the process. My tubing (1/2" ID) from BK to...

I have used the Blichmann hop rocket on my last few brews and really like the results. I'm also really trying to nail down my brewhouse efficiency (i.e. accounting for losses in mash tun dead space, hoses, trub left behind in boil kettle, etc.). In doing this, I think I'm losing over a...

The length of the stainless coil in jockey box is way longer then the plastic line running from keg to stout tap. How should that change my approach and impact foaming?

Are you talking about length of stainless coil in jockey box? Or length of tubing leading to coil?