New Brewhemoth conicals!

[Mpez]

Why would you lose the HopLup? Airlocks don't care whether their hole was drilled into the center of the cap or not.

I ended up drilling the original end cap for my airlock. I will keep an undrilled end cap on hand for when I need to pressurize.

 

[JEBrew]

I am fairly certain that even the chiller comes with the HopLup...in fact, I think we have only sent out one or two without it! We decided that it should have it too...even though it could indeed be a little more difficult to use with the chiller welded in there...

Just thought I'd throw that out there...

Josh
The Brewhemoth

 

[DaleP]

Actually, there is no issues using both the chiller and Hoplup. Been there and did that, removing the hop bag was nice and easy!

 

[richbrew99]

What kind of valves to do you use for this, it says none of the valves are included and I didn't see any on their website.

 

[ClaudiusB]

One issue I can see with the immersion chiller is that the yeast on it would fall off as you racked below the coil level. Then you would get some in the pickup. Am I missing something obvious here?

All my fermentors have large internal cooling coils and no yeast fall off problems I have seen.
Very little yeast is deposited on the coils compared to what settles in the cone.

Before I transfer to the aging tank the fermentor is cooled down to ≈34° F for a few hours for most of the yeast to settle and to prepare for aging.
Some yeast will and should transfer to do its cleanup magic during aging.

Cheers,
ClaudiusB

 

[brentt03]

Not in the side wall. I will be using the 1 inch tri clover on top to rig up my thermowell. I will be keeping mine in a fridge and will use a ranco + thermowell to regulate temps.

Here is what I plan:

Brewers hardware also carries a 20 inch tri clover thermowell. It would cost a little more, but would look pretty nice.

Do you remember specifically what parts you ordered to do this?? I am looking to do the same thing.

I looked at brewer's hardware and picked up a 20" tri clover thermowell, a tee, and an elbow.

Any idea on the stopper size for the elbow?

thanks

 

[JoeHPhil]

So I won a Brewhemoth tri-clover version for a best of show competition in St Louis (Thank you for sponsoring, guys!). This was great since I have been drooling over these for a while.

Now I need to buy the appropriate fittings. Looking at this hardware at the different sites I come to realize that my normal harware shopping process of just buying anything I might need knowing that eventually I'll use it will be a little cost prohibitive, especially since my wife thinks it's a good idea to get another fermentation fridge and I do not want to discourage her.

So I essentially have one open purchase order from her at this time - Can someone who has had some experience with these guys give me their thoughts on my proposed list?

1" Top blow-off port:
I am thinking I'd simply use a drilled rubber stopper for the airlock, but use a cam fitting from when I pump the wort into it and recirc PBW/StartSan. Not really thinking about a thermowell at this time, I usually manage the fridge temp a little cool at the start.

1 / 1.5" Triclover x 1/2" NPT ($12) to connect my Cam fitting
1 Clamp ($6)
1 EPDM Gasket ($1.25)

1" Bottom Racking port:
I am thinking of simply a valve for sampling and of course racking/packaging

1" Tri-Clover Ball Valve - Quick clean ($40)
1 / 1.5" Triclover x 1/2" hose barb ($13)
2 Clamp ($12)
2 EPDM Gasket ($2.5)


1.5" Bottom
I am not certain on my fridge height, but I figured to pull a 90 degree bend just in case. I've seen the cool yeast harvesters but can't see why to do that when you can just pull it off anytime.

1.5" Butterfly valve (Trigger - Pull - what?) ($51)
1.5" 90 degree elbow ($15)
1 / 1.5" Triclover x 1/2" hose barb ($13)
1 / 1.5" Triclover x 1/2" NPT to connect my Cam fitting for cleaning ($12)
3 Clamp ($18)
3 EPDM Gasket ($3.75)




Assorted:
Clamps: Are they sized the same way? 1.5" clamp for a 1.5" fitting even though the ferrule is 2"?
Gaskets: Are they the same size for 1" vs 1.5" ports?
Either way I end up with 6 clamps and 6 gaskets, I'll get a few more gaskets for good measure.

Rough numbers put me at about $200 with brewers hardware prices - Constructive Comments?