Recent content by DefinitelyJon

I’m solely just talking about gettin trub/yeast out after harvesting. I usually cool/cap the tank, harvest yeast and then dump the next few days. I’ve heard relieving the pressure can help things flocc out somehow but I don’t see how because co2 should push things down and when you relieve...

Seems like blowing the tank down would rouse things up

Hi guys I was curious if anyone had an answer to this. While dumping yeast and trub after fermentation I’ve always kept co2 on the beer thinking it helped in flocculation. I’ve been told that pressure actually does the opposite. I can’t seem to find any article showing that or showing that it...

Well we’ve got a little room lol I like the convenience of the GF I guess so keeping it simple and small was pretty much the plan. One keggle won’t take up too much room and keeping it 120v is even better. I went with the ULWD elements from brewhardware. Looks like they are all about the same...

Im doing 10 gallon batches mostly. 2x kettle turns in the grainfather. My normal process is mash/sparge into old kettle. Then mash/sparge into grainfather. Boil 30 minutes apart and cast out into my fv. It seems much easier to be able to do all 10 gallons in one if I can in the keggle or using...

Plus after a little sanding I’m a lot more motivated to fix this crappy keg haha

I understand your guys not liking the keg but for me it’s the cheapest option since it’s pretty much ready to throw wort into. It’s just a matter of drilling a hole for an element. Plus I can always get broken kegs at work if I screw it up haha. Eventually when I have money I’ll probly invest in...

I can see how you don’t like kegs. Their bulky, and heavy but I’m just using what I have on hand now. I’m putting weldess tc connections in for the elements so I can switch out the element later if I’d like and put a blind on the keggle. The kegs are free from work and I’ve had a couple I...

That’s what looked like the problem to me too but if their sending a new controller too then hey that’s cool. But I think I am goin to try that if I’m still holding onto the old boiler.

Wow yeah it seems like you’ve had to go through pretty much the same things I have . I got mine through amazon which at first they gave me a little crap since I guess if your not buying it through them it’s not under warranty. Some of the waiting I did was waiting on the amazon seller to send...

They said it has something to do with the defect in the controllers. It sucks having to do this multiple times but at least they’ve been pretty good with everything even after the warranty expired

I’ve thought about and seen some people have done it with success. But since it’s getting pretty hot and discoloring some wires in there I’d rather not take the chance. After talking with someone at grainfather it sounds like their going to replace the controller and boiler but it’ll be a few...

Yeah that’s definitely much cheaper. I just didn’t want to mess with ripping up an ac unit and ssbrewtechs does look really pretty. Plus it was all about space for me. The chiller takes up much less room than the fridge i had

Yeah I was just curious about it since I’ve never heard any feedback. I went with ssbrewtechs chiller for the same reason as you said. But for a lot of people chilling small amounts of beer that could work if the price was a little better

Yeah I’m talking back and forth with grainfather now but I’m not expecting a whole lot this time around. Hopefully it can be resolved. It definitely is worth it to have a backup though I should’ve considered this a while ago. Thanks for the recommendations, it looks like I’ve got quite a few...