Dockside_Brewing
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Its a left over from my cooler and garage days honestly so its like 9 years old and while I can find a few pics of ones like it online I cant find one in the states like it for sale still. Looks like maybe guys have been making them themselves . it just so happens that the phenolic holder it comes with wedges up underneath the cross arm quite nicely. Short of that it just connects via a quick connector to the pot and after I pull the malt pipe I turn it on and let it go full speed. I honestly WOULD like a smaller kettle nd malt pipe for 5 gallon batches but cost has kept me from doing it.Where did you purchase the sparge arm? Any close up pics on the attachment?
if I could buy the topsflo motor ITSELF at a reduced cost I may go back to it. I mean if my chugger craps out at least I can buy the one with the plastic head and mount my stainless to it. Honestly the setup I created works pretty dang well though and I no longer have to worry about all the weight hanging on the fitting on the pot.
does anyone have settings they can share from beersmith? we are using the profile from Colorado Brewing but we keep missing our target OG and not getting enough water after the mash. thoughts?
If anyone has any tips on how you set up a sparge process, I’d be interested in hearing
ive never seen a topslfo with the same body style that the head ould properly mate to or flow rate. If you know the model let me know Id be interested in doing it as a back up as I have kinda moved back to using my chugger.You cant buy the motor itslef, but you can buy the cheaper plastic models and swap the motor. Occasionally they do come up on ebay as well.
If the mash was thin enough, @Spin711 would the float on a Blichmann autosparge interfere with the SS manifold? Does the manifold sit well below the water line on most of your batches?
It is more a curiousity. Even dropping the flow rate (no ss manifold) I had a hard time with even temps, stuck mash, and keeping my element submerged. I now do a k-rims setup and use a autosparge. I was wondering about using the manifold in my MT... I wish I had been able to figure out the trick though.
Spike kettle, arborfab solid side basket, 5500 watt element, chugger pump
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