Recent content by ninkwood

For anyone in Canada following this thread live, BrewHQ has a great deal on the Riptide right now. It would cost me $293 including tax and shipping right now for the npt version! I'd be all over this as it's about $90 cheaper than my LHBS but I owe the guy a sale on a larger item and I've...

Nice to hear from the other side! From what I've read, you're not supposed to use the bleeder when the pump is on anyways, just with open valves and gravity. So I wouldn't think spillage would be too severe unless you're brewing in the kitchen or something... But who makes beer and doesn't spill...

Great video, thanks for including that! I wonder if you could seal up one of the two holes so that it only shoots out in one direction? This doesn't seem like a big deal if it only has to be primed once (with water) but I can definitely see how in practice that would not be the case...

Oh okay that makes sense, thank you!

I'm seeing the same prv on the anvil as I see on the Riptide. Is that prv the "bleeder" valve that is prone to leaking? Does that happen when attempting to purge air from the pump while priming or does it have a tendency to spit out wort occasionally during use?

Ideally I go HERMS, but my concern is the efficiency as I will have to rely on a 120v element for this. My plan in theory is to have my BK on the hellfire, preheat the sparge water and transfer it over to the MT (insulated) to preheat that. While the MT preheats, I'll heat the strike water, then...

Great info! Especially for someone whose still miles away from where you are. It's borderline impossible for me to be perfectly efficient with these purchases and buy exactly what I will need not only now but also a few years down the road. However, all this info really helps! I also have a...

Noise wouldn't be a big deal, but I'm hoping to brew at the crack of dawn (due to the heat as well as scheduling conflicts) so I wanna be able to keep it down as much as possible. I built a 18" stand for my mash tun that has been required for gravity brewing my first couple batches, and I'm...

In my extremely limited experience with valves in general, I'm not much of a fan of the slow closing but precise flow control varieties. These blichmann ones appear to be that style but I've never been hands on so can't comment. I absolutely want something easy to disassemble as I'm a bit of a...

I'm in the market for my first brew pump and I've got my sights set on the new Anvil Brewing Pump XP. It seems to offer everything that comes with the Riptide while being quieter and cheaper. The main trade off is that it's not as powerful. I'm wondering if anyone has had the chance to take one...

I thought I'd update this thread and report the resolution I received from OBK related to these kettles. I ended up deciding that I'd rather take a refund and start over with another manufacturer. OBK then decided to offer me a discount to keep the flawed products I'd originally received. I've...

Let me clarify this - Im fermenting in a fermzilla, and I connected the gas out to the gas in on a pet keg filled with Sani as soon as I noticed fermentation had started (had a blowoff setup using the same gas out prior to that, and after the kegs were purged. After about 48hrs of...

Thanks for sharing! Couple questions if you don't mind. 1) how long can you wait generally to ramp up pressure and still have enough fermentation gas to get up around 25psi? And 2) have you had different experiences with different yeasts when it comes to pressure? I read somewhere on here that...

I'm looking for some feedback on fermenting a NEIPA. Given that I'm trying to preserve my bottled CO2 (using SodaStreams as I don't have good access to anything better at the moment), I want to utilize as much fermentation off gas as I can. I'm already purging starsan from my serving keg during...

I'd like to share my recently completed Fermentation Chamber as I've gained a ton of useful information off this forum and haven't been able to contribute much. The freezer: Midea MRC04M3AWW Chest Freezer, 3.5 Cubic Feet Mini Freezer With Removable Basket, Adjustable Temperature, For Kitchen...