Georgia FS BeerBug

[uberg33k]

It's one of these things

This is new in the box and I've never used it. I've realized based on how I brew, it's not going to be a lot of use to me, so I'm selling it. They're going for $250 + S&H new and I'm looking for $200 and I'll pick up shipping to anywhere in the lower 48. Word of warning: This was designed to work with brew buckets, carboys, and Better Bottles. If you're using a Speidel fermenter, you will need to make modifications to your cap or bung in order to get it to work. It will not work with the Speidel airlock.

 

[mors]

I'm not familiar with the speidel fermenter but assuming there is some sort of hole in the lid you could just get a drilled bung and stick it in the lid and put the beer bug into that?

 

[drewmedic23]

That's pretty cool. Do you think it would work with a stainless conical?

 

[uberg33k]

I'm not familiar with the speidel fermenter but assuming there is some sort of hole in the lid you could just get a drilled bung and stick it in the lid and put the beer bug into that?

You could either drill out the cap of the Speidel or use a universal bung. You'd have to buy a new airlock though, because there's no way the Speidel one is going to work with this thing.

That's pretty cool. Do you think it would work with a stainless conical?

I guess it depends on which conical you have. If you can use a universal bung, then yes. If you can drill out a triclamp blank and put in a grommit, then that should also work.

 

[mors]

Yeah I have a BeerBug.. Basically it needs to hang straight down into the wort. It will fit into anything that you can put a standard airlock into. (you still need the airlock into the top of the BeerBug)

 

[Clweed]

Does anyone know if it will it work in a SS conical in a freezer?

 

[mors]

As long as your stainless steel conical has a straight drop from a hole in the lid to the beer inside you should be good. It basically hangs a 'torpedo' on some fishing line straight down. The torpedo is about 4 inches long and must be totally submerged to get an accurate reading. I had to extend mine with some extra fishing line to make it longer for some of my fermenters (where there is greater headspace)