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We have a Shirron Plate Chiller as well... The wort connections are 1/2" NPT The water connections are 3/4" Garden Hose Thread. The pitch of the threads are much wider than NPT and I had to import special adapters from the USA (I live in South Africa) Beware of putting the wrong connectors on...

I am going to ask some of the electrical engineers in my company...

I've been looking at controls to upgrade our brewery... At the moment everything is run manually. Next step is to install temperature controls on the HLT and after that the MLT. Has anyone worked with controls similar to the following...

Ditto on that...

QUICK UPDATE: I damaged one of our elements while cleaning them. The gunk burnt onto it was simply too bad so I replaced the element with a temporary hot water cylinder model. In the meantime we have ordered proper lower heat density elements from a local element manufacturer - they should be...

We have a Micromatic Mini Regulator and a machined adaptor to mate it with 20oz Paintball gas bottles... Connecting a new gas bottle is a nightmare. The adaptor has a machined vent hole on the side. As you screw it in (as fast as possible) when the bottle pin is depressed gas starts venting on...

@scott hahaha... Guess one had to try all the forums some times

I am busy planning a much larger brewery. At the moment we use Beersmith for our 10 gallon system quite successfully. From what I've read so far there are some tricks to scale from a small system to something as big as 3-6 BBL... Hops utilization in particular. Our basic system will consist...

Thanks barrooze... I will try the recommended o-rings

Thanks for the info... The o-ring models listed work perfect on our ball lock kegs... We just scored a good deal on 40 ball lock kegs. Pretty sure all of them will have to be rebuilt. Which o-rings work best for the Pin Lock posts? I buy o-rings from our local bearing suppliers...

Thanks Stevo... Ordered from Austin Home Brew... Looking forward to using it...

Hi, I am planning to buy a Blichmann Beer Gun with all the accessories from Austin Home Brew... They are out of stock on the fittings at the moment. Can anyone recommend another online store who will ship to L.A.? Furthermore.... Any comments / reviews from people who actually use this...

This sounds like a pretty easy solution... Will try this first

Thanks... Will give the suggestions a go

One of our brewing vessels ended up with a hard black residue burnt onto the element. Can anyone give some tips on getting this residue off? Normal scrubbing with a Scotch Brite scouring pad is not very effective... What cleaners / chemicals will work? Thanks Schalk

Yikes... Just had a beer from a brewery that runs elements at more than double or even triple our system's Watt density.... It is a hoppy beer and was in the fridge for almost 5 months. The hop flavour faded... Now it tastes like someone ditched cigarette butts in the beer. WOW.... What a...

@stamandster That sounds like a very valid point...

A small tip... When we make Black IPAs the Carafa & Chocolate Malts are only added to the mash right before sparging. This way the burnt / roasted tastes are minimized while still extracting the colour.

Think I will try the blind tasting... The beer he commented on had a LOAD of hops in and I think it may have been due to all the hop matter in the kettle. I have never really picked up a smokey note before.... Guess We will make a fairly light beer next and see if we pick up any smokey /...

We are running an electric brew kettle - converted keg with a 3kW hot water cylinder (Kwikot geyser element) heater. This weekend at a beer festival a much more experienced brewer commented that all our beers have a smoky taste / flavour and he thinks it has to do with the elements scorching...