Recent content by acslater55

Mine works great. Never sticks, flow control helps with excess foam, and they look cool. I have the one see at beverage factory.com Although I hate that company I can't find it anywhere else. I would pay more if I could order from another website.

Love that quote from Temple of the Dog. Great band!!!!

What kind of thermometer do you use on top? A lot of times a different thermometer gives a different temp. I wouldn't sweat it too much.

OK make that 4/11 and they picked up the kegerator. Ironically exactly a month after I ordered a kegerator I am right back where I started with nothing. Great thanks!

Ok so now its now April 4 and I have finally heard back from BF after 8 days. They are having Haier come to pick up the defective unit. But, they aren't bringing me a new one that day. Then I have to call BF to give them the tracking number then they will send me another unit. So to get...

Going to do that today. Thanks

Thanks for the replies. I just wanted to share my experience and give back a little since this forum has been so good to me. I can definitely say that I will never ever ever buy from them again, and I likely would have if this had not happened. I typically buy from local stores, but the price...

This isn't a rant or anything just want to share my experience so far. Ordered a Haier kegerator from beveragefactory.com on 3/14. No problems with the delivery on 3/24. I spent an hour putting it together, plugged the unit in. I hear a hissing sound coming from the back, and immediately...

Wait...what? It sound like your setup is exactly like mine. The false bottom is above the port and the port is about 2" off the bottom. There are two problems it represents. 1. The is a lot of dead space under the FB that doesn't interact with the grain and throws off your mash water...

I have the same exact problem. I am fairly new to to this so you may not want to listen to me, but here is what I do: First I know my total water for the mash and sparge say it 8 gallons. For simplicity sake say it works out to be 3 gallons for mash and 5 for sparge. With my 2 gallons...

That is exactly what I have have been doing, and so far its working out. Thanks so much for the replies gentlemen!

I have only done one other AG brew with this set up and my calculated efficiency was 82%. Dumb luck I guess. That was a 13 lb grain bill though. My next is 8.5 lbs, so I will probably lose some efficiency then. Guess I won't worry about it too much until it becomes an issue.

I set up a screen over the output inside the pot. Just going to tilt the MT so I can get the rest out. Not too concerned about that so much as that 2 gallons sitting below the grain, having little to no interaction with the grain and that affecting the efficiency.

Hope this isn't a repeat question. Fairly new to AG brewing. I looked all night for an answer to my question below, but I didn't find any satisfying answer. I have a Megapot, that I am using as my mash tun. Two gallons of water sit below the false bottom. I am doing my second batch...

Just had an idea on this and I think I am going to try it. Instead of using a dip tube to get the last of the wort out. Why not put a screen (cut a square from a nylon brew bag) and put that over the outlet. Then tip the MT to drain the rest of the wort, the nylon should filter all the bits...