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I've noticed discussion threads for various electric brewing systems such as the Brewzilla, SS Brewtech SVBS, etc. Since I just bought a Grainfather G40 for Christmas, I thought I would start a thread for the G40 and G70. To start it out, I have the following thoughts/observations: I bought a...

My wife and I are visiting Europe this Summer and will be in Koln for one day and night. This is not a beer trip per se, but my wife knows that I really want to visit a brewery or breweries in Koln for Kolsch while we are there. Any suggestions for must see breweries or tours? Thank you.

I received a Grainfather G40 for Christmas and no longer need my existing propane based brewing system. I also need room in my garage for the new equipment. Given the size and weight of this gear, this is for local pick up only. 1. SS Brewtech 10 gallon Mash Tun -- This is the original SS...

I just got a Grainfather G40 for Christmas and was able to use for the first time this weekend (had to wait for the electrician to install the 220v plug in the garage). Prior to now, I brewed using a Blichmann 10 gallon kettle and used a Jaded Hydra immersion chiller. The Hydra worked great...

I just received a Grainfather G40 for Christmas. I wanted to try and streamline my gravity based brewing set up, and I am getting tired of lifting heavy kettles, mash tuns, fermenters, etc. More importantly, I was fearing an eventual back injury from lifting on brew days. To work for my...

I recently used my Jockey Box for a party. The next day, I attached it to a garden hose faucet to rinse out the coil. In the past, I would pressurize an empty 2 1/2 gallon keg with CO2 to then purge the water out of the coil. However, this time I had a different idea. I just bought a Ryobi...

I'll admit I had some money burning a hole in my pocket, so I bought a Randall from Home Brew Stuff 10 While there are a handful of Randall threads here, I did not find one addressing tips, hacks and best practices for using them. So here's the place to do that. I will admit, that I have not...

I have a DIY standard jockey box with a 50' coil connected to shanks on the front and back of the cooler with compression fittings (grommets, ferules and nuts). The problem I encountered was that the coil itself was 3/8" OD and I could not find any beer faucet shank with a 3/8" ID bore. I did...

I have two SS Brewtech 7 gallon Chronical fermenters with the FTS2 cooling and heating system + an SS Brewtech Glycol chiller. Recently, I have been experiencing air leaks in the seal between the coil and the lid. I have tried tightening the nut on top of the lid, have tried using keg lube on...

I wanted to increase my Kombucha brewing capacity, so I bought an Anvil 4 gallon Brew Bucket for Christmas. The Bucket is meant for fermenting beer, so it has a standard domed lid with a rubber stopper and airlock. Rather than drape cloth over the top without using the lid for Kombucha, I...

In my endless quest to upgrade all of my brewing equipment (and tinker) I have been thinking of buying Duotight fittings for my 4 tap keezer, rolling cooler and jockey box. While they are relatively cheap, it dawned on me that I would replacing my existing stainless steel/metal barbs, shank...

I have looked everywhere and can't find an answer to what I assume should be an easy question. I am building a jockey box using a 50' coil that is 3/8" OD. Do I need to buy a beer shank and coupler that has a 3/8" bore or can I use any bore size? It is fairly easy to find a coupler with a...

I never heard of it before, but today (the first Friday in August) is officially International Beer Day! Time to celebrate! But wait, does that mean it's beer day all over the world or that we are only celebrating international beers? If the latter, what is an international beer? Heineken...

I have 2 SS Brewtech 7 gallon conical fermenters with the FTSS temperature controller kits. The lids that come with the kit are flat with 4 holes: 2 for the cooling coil, 1 for an airlock/blow off tube and one for the thermowell. See the underside below. I recently bought the FTSS controller...

Over the last few months, I have been using spunding valves on my kegs to naturally carbonate beer for a variety of reasons. In addition, I have added floating dip tubes to avoid clogging the metal ones with the sediment from the bottom of the keg. Last night I checked on two kegs that I...

TOP DRAW FLOATING DIP TUBE PROBLEM https://www.williamsbrewing.com/Top-Draw-Beer-Pick-Up-Tube-P4643.aspx Let me start by saying I love these floating dip tubes. This is particularly true since I started Spunding in kegs to naturally carbonate the beer and no longer have to worry about sediment...

A few years ago, I replaced most of my plastic ball lock disconnects with stainless ones. I assumed that they would last forever and they solved a height problem I had in my old kegerator (the plastic angled disconnects were too tall). The other night, I noticed a small beer leak coming from...

I have been using a two tap kegerator for many years, but wanted the ability to cold crash kegs, keep untapped kegs cold and even carbonate kegs before they were tapped. As a result, after reading many, many posts, I decided to finally build a keezer. After doing quite a bit of research, I...

I brewed a simple Saison 3 weeks ago using Belle Saison dry yeast. This is a recipe I have made many times in the past with great results. I fermented it an SS Brewtech conical and everything seemed normal. My pre-fermentation SG was 1.050 and it finished at 1.001 which is not unusual for...

I thought I would try out the new Cryo Hops on an IPA. I used 1 oz. of Apollo at 60 minutes for bittering, then used 2 oz. of Citra pellet hops at 5 minutes and 1 oz. of Citra Cryo Hops at flame out and let it sit for 15 minutes. I then dry hopped with 1 oz f Citra Cryo hops on day 3 of...