Recent content by Shrimp

"Above and Beyond." He didn't want to return the unit because you were going to charge him a restocking fee and shipping. His choices were to shell out ~$200 MORE or take a $50 gift card and live with crap. How disingenuous. I do have a legit question that I asked before. If I order a...

I'm sure Rhyanmeade made it clear to you in dealing with him that his conical did not hold a seal because of the scratches on the lip. So, Professor Tim, please educate us ignoramuses on how that is an "issue that isn't an issue." As far as the rest of the craftsmanship, many here have stated...

Best practice: Order conical, click over to amazon for sandpaper/rubbing compound/polish, pray creases from shoddy leg installation doesn't result in infection. Sweet.

Agreed that it's a small sample size, but I'm honestly concerned now that when this thing shows up, I'll be another "1" conical. What guarantee or even warm fuzzy feeling do I have that I'll get one that doesnt look all beat up? The dude above has a legitimate gripe and they throw $50 at him to...

Yeah, I just saw him post on the FB page. I guess waiting to buy everything together bit me. I was going to buy in early Jan, but heard rumor of the temp control being available in Feb. Now, I'm waiting again... I was decided (Ss vs Spike), but am honestly a little pissed at this point...

Yeah, I guess they only sent it to certain folks. I've been waiting to order the conical to get the temp control at the same time. Between crap-tastic QC demo'd here and these antics, I'm starting to see this as a sign. *looks over at ad on side* Brewers Hardware has a jacketed conical...

Can anyone else post pics of the same place on theirs? Is this a normal specimen or did Rhyanmeade just get one that wasn't so great? It might just be the way the lighting is, but it looks like a great place for crap to get stuck.

Agreed, but just as a push the other way, look at the Ss weld quality on the Unitank. Most of the pics I've seen are not worthy of a $1k+ piece of equipment. I would hope that Spike fixes the issue here. The cosmetic things on the outside aren't a big deal, but I'd be pretty disappointed...

Champagne yeast goes for simple sugars, which are probably long gone. It can't metabolize more complex sugars, which is what's likely left. A 1.020 on a beer with a pound of lactose with that yeast doesn't seem out of the ballpark. I've never heard about dry yeast not needing oxygen -...

Pure O2 was a key enabler for better beer in my case. The introduction of O2 correlated with Dupont strain finishing, 002/1968 getting below 1.020 and multiple other things. Honestly, I think it made a bigger difference than temp control did. Personally, I like the wand as it makes it easy to...

Looking forward to placing an order... once the temp control package is GTG. :D

or is this an error? 16% seems pretty high...