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My first…. I was brewing a heady topper clone, my bucket fermenters were in the kitchen. I got up the morning after pitching and there was Krausen on my ceiling, fridge and walls. Think Dumber and Dumberer scene with Bob Sagit. I cleaned up reinstalled the lid of the bucket, after a starsan...

Thanks to both for your input. I like the cam lock thing because I can swap out my hoses, put on my O2 stone and sight glass, or my recirculating pump for cleaning and sanitizing. I am sure this won’t last long, one of my favorite parts of brewing is coming up with Ideas and building stuff...

Apache brew, thanks for the reply, that’s looks pretty bad ass. Great build. I am too deep into the NorCal build right now, but we are never done building new stuff. I have a batch in the sanke right now, so I will see how bad it is in to clean later this week.

Golddiggie, LMAO! You should see my brew rig if you think this looks like a Rube Goldberg Machine. My buddy that brews with me said my set up is like an Escape Room, he has no idea how to do use it!! Your design seems very similar to the NorCal ultimate cross kit I got. I don’t have a milling...

Reviving an old thread here, did you ever come up with a solution? I have never seen a 15.5 Gal Plastic Sanke. Do you have a photo just to see one? I am getting ready to start fermenting in a standard Sanke, so I can't attest to cleaning yet. I am almost done building the set up so I will see...

So an update on this project. The digital air "flow" regulator didn't work. Again, it is regulating how much flow is on the output not releasing the pressure in the Keg to meet the needs of the requested pressure. It is not all lost as I ordered an adjustable 1/4" MPT Pressure Relief Valve...

Hey Y'all, So I came up with a design. I found these cool sample ports on Amazon, they are SS and 1/2" MPT. I put one directly on the Tee on the end of the racking cane. This will be a sample port while fermenting. The other is going on a female cam lock fitting, when it arrives later...

I dabbled in this concept with my immersion chiller on a few brews, it was pretty hard to regulate with gas. I now use a cooler with a PID controlled heating element and a stainless wort chiller as my Herms. My mash temps are always consistent the entire mash. My Chilling is done with 2 25...

Hey Y'all, I am not trying to re-invent the wheel, although most of my brew rig is completely re-invented technology. I have been wondering what people use for connectors on the racking cane on their Sanke Kegs, specifically the NorCal Snake Cross Kits. I would like it to be as hassle free as...

Hello all, I am fermenting in a 15.5 sanke keg using NorCals Ultimate Snake Keg Cross system. I have been tossing around the idea of building a digital Spunding Valve for my fermenter. By my research it is clear that a digital air pressure regulator will not work because it is intended for...

So I brewed a 11gallon Citra Smash IPA on the new rig. I set up the rig, ground the grain, set up my water additions and hops. I turned the water on at 125pm, the water went through the filter into the hot water heater it started up automatically, I dialed it in to output 150 degree water to...

Hello brewers, So for quite some time I have had this idea of building a “Water Cart”. The premise was to mount a water filter, a propane instant hot water heater, a pump, a Electric HLT, a counter flow chiller and a Hose for cleaning all to a cart to roll to the patio that is my brew area...

That’s great. I ran 12 boiling water through mine yesterday. Tap water from the hose was 54 degrees. I recirculated at first. I dropped the kettle to 175 in 2.5 min. I dropped the temp to about 120 in about a total of 4 min. The output of a the new chiller was about 68 degrees. So I can...

I just made a counter flow chiller as well, have you tested it yet. What is your cooling time? I went with two 25 foot lengths of 3/8” copper and 50 foot of rubber garden hose. Mine came out to 200 USD. The idea of mine is that I will have both coils cooling at the same time. I know the...

This is my 10 gallon brew set up x2. We brewed 30 gallons with 2 systems in 11 hours. Also is my keezer with 4 beers on tap! @TxBrew