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I'm fishing for feedback. I have a thought/want to build an "inside-out" fermentation temperature control system. Using a temperature controller, peristaltic pump and either an air-to-liquid (it's winter) or liquid-to-liquid chiller for a loop that gently pumps the beer from the fermenter, to...

My experiments with ferment and serve from the same tank have led me to a place where I do half of my primary directly in my boil kettle before I transfer into the serving keg; both with floating dip tubes. This drops out most of the early / ugly trub and is a hybrid approach. For a typical IPA...

I like to transfer early into my serving keg and use a spunding valve to carbonate somewhat naturally. You know, get some sweet biotransform at high krausen with DDH... or I'm just lazy and like the idea of reducing the risks of an oxidized transfer. Either way, I need a simple way to avoid the...

I have both so it's on me to test before I decide which way to go in my new setup. I'll post results but figured I would ask for opinions first here. CFC: 3/4" soft copper outer shell, 1/2" stainless inner x 25' long, coiled into about a 30" diameter ring. Works well but I have no real access...

I'm building out some new equipment and thought I might convert my "old" electric BK keg to a MLT. With no sparge (full volume mash) and mash recirc at 1/2 gal per minute. Has anyone tried direct firing a mash with a ulwd element? I can run the camco 5500w at 120v to reduce the watt density...

24 hrs into ferment with 05. Slow is not the problem.

No. The anodic potential between copper and 304SS is 0.15; suitable for even harsh conditions.

Sorry I didn't describe the picture of the Spunding valve I just rigged up. What I have is the gas post connected with tubing to a Tee, a pressure dial and a pressure regulator out of the Tee. The dial lets me watch the keg pressure while the relief valve lets me vent to a specific pressure...

I just started running secondaries in my soda kegs. I always "conditioned" in them but this last batch I racked from glass into the keg just after high krausen, 3-4 days. Don't know why I didn't figure this out years ago. My general plan to get into using kegs for primary is to use two. Each keg...

Yes, my plan is to run the inner stainless as the wort passage. The outer copper is to contain the working thermal transfer fluid (water). SharkBite as a brand is good for 200F and 200 psi and 25 year warranty. I used TecTite fittings which are 250F and 200 psi for 50 years.

Yes I cut the copper into crescents while leaving the stainless un-cut. I tried to coil the two without sectioning but that proves to be more difficult than you might expect. I could get about 3/4 of a turn in before it would bind up. Parts: 25 ft of 1/2" OD seamless stainless (coiled). 25 ft...

I guess I could also use this as a very fast acting HERMS coil. Almost like a RIMS but indirect by running the electric element inline with the outer shell. Since the volume is low compared to a typical HERMs the temperature could be stepped up rapidly with a PID and have no risk of scorching...

I got tired of slow flow, questionable sanitation, low efficiency and plugs while pumping through my plate chiller. So I built a true counterflow tube in tube chiller. 25 feet of 1/2" seamless stainless tube coiled inside a 3/4" copper coil shell. The inner tube is big enough to flow hops, and...

As crude as it is, it worked well. I double milled the grain and didn't add any rice hulls. The chugger circ pump wasn't able to flow at wide open but well enough to keep the temp controlled. The only grain that escaped was what I spilled over the side of the basket by accident when mixing. I...

I guess more details are in order. 50x50 304 mesh around a sacrificial pot I cut the top and bottom inch off for rings. I added some bent legs to keep it off the element, a bottom hole with mesh cover and a slightly bent lifting handle. If I like the use but get frustrated with the build I will...

Not the best work I have done but it should suit the task. I wanted to ditch the bag and goto stainless in my e-MT/BK. For my hop Spyder I will make an all mechanical version without brazing as the trouble is just not worth it in my limited metalworking garage. I still have some pickling to do...

Great read, it started me down many roads. Many things to consider, geometry is important. I need to plan for variable head pressure (variable batch size) and may end up using a low shear peristaltic forced recirc for the duration of the boil. The control for it would need to balance feed rate...

Hi guys, I have a concept to bounce off some friendly minds. I'd like to use a vertical electric element tube (RIMS) as an external boiler with pumped recirculation until a dual phase (liquid/gas) thermosiphon can take over. Kettle return will be plumbed in at tangents and would whirlpool the...

Significant other decided that the commercial hard seltzers were a good thing. So I decided I needed to make it at home. Thus far good results with a 1/2 Corney keg trial. 750ml Vodka 10 lbs Ice top up to 10L water in keg, (1/2 full). Apply 30 psi and shake 2-3 times over 5-10 minutes...

Arbor fab builds some great stuff. But Since I have some 1/2" x 1/8" 304 SS bar and some 300 micron (BIAB mash) and 75 micron, (Pellet hop) 304 SS fabric I must try to build some kettle filters. My viole and hop bags are showing their age; I have tools, time and generally enjoy DIY. I figure...