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I whirlpool in the kettle. Was doing that as a home brewer so designed the system to be able to do it the same way. Works fairly well, I tried using the trub filter from Brewers Hardware with this setup, but found it clogged quickly. I don't think it was designed to handle that big of a hop/trub...

I am using CFC, this one from MoreBeer. The ground water here is around 13C and I have a second home made CFC hooked up to the glycol tank that I can use if need be. I normally send it to the fermenter at about 20C or so and let the Glycol jacket take it down the last degree or two.

Necro bump indeed. We ended up getting a 2BBL system built here. It's a two vessel no sparge setup, Mash Tun and Boil Kettle. We have a fermenter big enough to hold about 4BBL, so we brew twice to fill it. Eventually we switch to a sparge system, the boil kettle and mash tun are oversized to...

What micron filter are you using and how much beer are you filtering at one time? Cheers Zac

The Brewtroller / OpenTroller can do both PID and simple on/off for temp control. I was under the impression you should use the on/off mode for a gas setup, but you are saying you can use the PID setting? Is there anything special you need to do to make a gas setup work with PID? Thanks Zac

I am looking to add a 2 stage filter to my brewing system for filtering the beer post fermentation. Like the one in this thread. I have a few questions for those that use a system like this. 1. What's the purpose/point of the purge button on the filter housing? There are filter housings that...

Thanks Bob, I will give it a shot. I have brewed an IPA before, just not an America style IPA. The 120min boil is due to the Pislner malt and brewing at altitude (I live at 3400masl). Not sure if 120 mins is completely necessary, but it works for me. Thanks again! Zac EDIT: The Gary Busey...

I am game. As I live outside the US I am a bit limited with ingridients. But am will to try... I know it might be hard to come up with some thing given the limitations, but if you are up for a challenge, I will brew what ever you come up with. Thanks Zac

I got my new counterflow chiller today. My new setup will be pretty much all TC fittings, so I paid the extra to get the chiller with the TC fittings. And to be honest I am a little disapointed. The weld of the fitting to the chiller doesnt look great. See photo...

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If you absolutely, positively have to go high pressure propane, is there a safe way to automate it other than the spark ignition? Is that even safe? Eventually what I want to be able to do is fill my mash tun and set everything up the day before brew day. Then on brew day have the brewtroller...

OSCS sell 1-Wire Temperature Sensor with a noise suppression filter, does this filter not help overcome the issues with spark ignition systems?

So I could use a valve like this one, and a spark ignition system and that would do it? Is that safe? I've seen those valves mentioned in other threads and they do say they work for gas and high pressure. Kevin, what do you mean by dual solenoid valves? Thanks Zac

Thanks Mr Shake, the pilot sounds the safer of those two options. So next question, what's the difference between the standing pilot light and intermittent pilot light versions? Goingmad, I've have seen that diagram before, and thought I was home free, but reading down below it mentions that...

I am in the process of building a new brewing system, and I want to automate temperature control on the Mash tun. I am planning on using the BrewTroller to do this as later I would like to add further automation later. It will be a propane system running on high pressure. I am struggling...