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    Upgrade my brazed plate chiller?

    Little large?
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    Compact HLT and MT build

    After one Biab, I will never extract again and decided to 3 vessel is the only way. Compact due to garage size and didn't want the stand to take up too much room. My research led me to the MT over the HLT in large units, so why not adapt to a smaller scale. Not sure what to name it, but fun to...
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    10 Gallon Batch in a Frankenstein Keggle

    Five,10 gal extract and one fail BIAB batch but managed. What will it take to brew 10 gallon batches in a single vessel? When I cut the top off my keggle, new total volume is 14 gallons. I have an uncut keg, my current keggle and welding experience. Plan to weld in TC ferrules anyway, why not...
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    White labs fail?

    Inexperience, first time with WL... Starter yeast, 2L flask ready to go. Foil sanatized... action. Didn't realize there was a sanatized inner tube inside the outer wraper. Cut both, poured into the flask... most definitely yeast on the outer wrapper not sanitized that made its way into the...
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    3000 rpm stir plate too much?

    Motor is a 65670 kit with fan blades $15 at the local hvac shop. Too much rpm? Started with a scrap computers power supply and fan. Plan was to mod the supply to run the fan above it in a old compressor e box housing. Little sheet metal work and wire it up and run it. Used the soldering iron...
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    DIY counterflow chiller

    I've bent up a counterflow chiller. All in O.D. sizes, 1/2 and 7/8 soft refrigeration copper. Rolled both straight, close to impossible. 15' mark. Spinning the 7/8 to make the 1/2 fit about 6 feet. Anchored the 7/8 against the shelf, while parlty spinning the 7/8 to fit the 1/2 all the way...
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    DIY Glycol Chiller

    No brew experience yet... but refrigeration, I have the tools. Almost sourced everything need to do 10 gal batches. Decided to build a chiller before brewing to stay consistent. 1/3hp condensing unit and insulated 6 gal tub on a welded stand. Spent about $900. It's under vacuum now to ensure no...
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    Hello from Santa Ana Ca

    Chris, brewed young when the local brew shop sold me the equipment. I make about 4 batches of 5 gal extract. 15 years later ready to make beer again. I have a ton of questions and signed up here to start me research. Plan: Keggle CL already cut open, need to drill and weld bungs. 1/2 npt or...
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