Recent content by TTfireman

Thanks guys! Y’all were a lot more creative than I was. I decided on “Czech Yo Self” and “Smells like Teen Cider.” Y’all rock!

So, as the title states I’m needing names for a beer and a cider that I brewed for a 90’s themed Halloween party. It’s a Czech Pilsner and just a normal hard apple cider. I’m usually decent with names, but I’m really struggling this time. Thanks!

I have the flex plus and am totally happy with it, but if I get a second ferment or it will be a conical with a yeast dump. Being able to dump the yeast to “secondary” with fruit would be cool. I don’t want to have to actually transfer to another fermentor. I’m waiting to get glycol before I get...

I recently bought a 15 gal spike solo/ warthog system from High Gravity Brewing. Basically it’s a spike solo with a Blichmann Boil Coil and a WartHog controller (it’s a local company that was a lifetime warranty on their controller). This checked all the boxes for the perfect system for me...

Punx, How did you set up your auto sparge on the tri clamp basket? I am looking at getting a 15 gal warthog/spike solo system from high gravity. I like tri clamp for cleaning purposes, but I can’t figure out how I would hook up an auto sparge.

Sorry, I should have been clearer. It has a spunding valve that releases pressure by screwing it in. But I’m looking for a quick relief type valve similar to the one on a keg lid.

Ok, this is a little more complicated than it sounds. I have a spike flex+ and a blichmann spunding valve. What the blichmann spunding valve doesn’t have is a relief valve on it. The only way to safely release the pressure is to put a ball lock gas disconnect on it and let that remove the...

Thanks. Sounds like a plan.

I put this in the general section, but please move it if another section suits it better. I have been asked to brew a couple of beers for a Halloween party (on Halloween). Today is September 14 for reference. I am brewing the Irish Red from Brewing classic styles and a Guinness clone. I’ll be...

Mongoose, I totally understand where you are coming from. It looking “kludgy” (that’s a new one to me) is something I was afraid of. It’s not a height issue but a depth (front to back) issue. And I was trying to make something that doesn’t require me to lift the flex in and out of it to do...

I recently upgraded to the spike flex, which doesn't really fit in my 5 cuft. chest freezer I have been using as a fermentation chamber. I decided to try to build a bigger ferm chamber instead of going with glycol for now. My thought was to build a box on top of my chest freezer. I was...

So, I saw today that Spike brewing came out with a 1.5” TC sight glass for the Flex line of fermenters. I am trying to understand the use of a sight glass when there isn’t a bottom port. Would you just put it on one of the side ports and have a representation of what is going on in the rest of...

Yeah, I am going to get some backflow preventers. I don’t want to go through that again. I used to use sanke kegs, and the couplers come with backflow preventers, so it didn’t occur to me that ball lock kegs don’t have them.

Vale, I see what you mean about liquid vs gas. I just meant it is about the same price to fill a tank of beer gas as it is to fill a CO2 tank. (The tanks are of a similar size.) But yeah, I can see where a full CO2 tank would have more gas than a full beer gas tank.

I assume the reason it doesn’t last as long is because it is ran at 35psi or so, vs 12-14 psi for CO2 on average. It they were both ran at similar pressures wouldn’t they last the same amount of time? I am just talking about a couple of psi to transfer with. And if I remember right, they are...