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Josh Hughes said:
My jaded brewing mantis immersion chiller arrived with 20 minutes left in the boil. Perfect timing. And yes quicker chilling
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How long did it take to chill from boil to your desired temp? I looked it up and it could be next on my list.
 
This does look interesting, as about a third of my ss cooler sticks up out of the liquid.
 
west1m said:
This does look interesting, as about a third of my ss cooler sticks up out of the liquid.
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I “rolled my own” with 50’ of 5/16 copper by wrapping it around a 1 gallon paint pail and then allowing it to watch spring, which made it perfect size for my kettle. While it may not fully submerge in smaller batches, smaller batches are exactly that, smaller, ergo less mass to cool. Just slow the water rate down a bit if it isn’t cooling well. All heat exchangers have a point of diminishing return as flow increases or surface areas decreases.
 
RoadRoach said:
I “rolled my own” with 50’ of 5/16 copper by wrapping it around a 1 gallon paint pail and then allowing it to watch spring, which made it perfect size for my kettle. While it may not fully submerge in smaller batches, smaller batches are exactly that, smaller, ergo less mass to cool. Just slow the water rate down a bit if it isn’t cooling well. All heat exchangers have a point of diminishing return as flow increases or surface areas decreases.
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I did the same. The only challenge was the 90 bends. If I had it to do over, I'd get a small pipe bender tool.
 
Steve Ruch said:
Got this yesterday. The local homebrew club is making a grain purchase on Monday and I ordered a bag of Crisp maris otter.View attachment 26783
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I have a couple and learned not to stack them. I did and discovered, when washing it out, that it wasn't water-tight. So I assume that also means it is no longer air-tight. Will check the other one once it is empty. I got them at Sam's Club for $25 each a few years back. I hadn't seen them there before or after that one visit.
 
BarbarianBrewer said:
I did the same. The only challenge was the 90 bends. If I had it to do over, I'd get a small pipe bender tool.
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Already had a tubing bender, so piece of cake. I left the inlet and outlet long enough to hang well outside the edge of the kettle. I need to put some compression fittings on it so I get a proper connection to make it less likely to drip into the wort. I just don’t trust hose clamps. I find that cutting the water flow way back seems to cool better with less water. I’m going to build a rain collection system with IBC totes so I can capture the cooling water to put on the lawn or garden without boiling the plants. We’re having some pretty severe dry weather at the moment and I don’t want to pay sewer charges for watering the grass. Another in the long list of home projects that now has to wait until the kitchen is finished. The missus is at least gonna let me have a brew day. Cheaper than buying my “just rewards” for a kitchen overhaul.

BTW, a piece of old garden hose works pretty good for a tube bender. It just won’t make the 90’s quite as sharp.
 
RoadRoach said:
The missus is at least gonna let me have a brew day. Cheaper than buying my “just rewards” for a kitchen overhaul.
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I used the same reasoning for my brew day yesterday! Even though it's a mostly DIY kitchen remodel it's still expensive, so I need go and save us some money!

RoadRoach said:
BTW, a piece of old garden hose works pretty good for a tube bender. It just won’t make the 90’s quite as sharp.
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Now you tell me! :D
 
BarbarianBrewer said:
I used the same reasoning for my brew day yesterday! Even though it's a mostly DIY kitchen remodel it's still expensive, so I need go and save us some money!



Now you tell me! :D
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Unfortunately, brew day got put on hold. I had a 70’ tall pine tree in the back yard that I’ve been watching for several years wondering when (not if or how) it was gonna break off at the stump and fall. Last night was the night. I wonder if it made any noise if no one was there to hear it. Ennyhoo, it couldn’t have been cut down any better. It tagged a huckleberry bush that I keep around for the birds, but didn’t break it or anything else except a large limb in red oak. I cut the red oak into fire wood and chipped the tops, and got five 12+/- foot saw logs out of the pine. I’ll barely get one 4x4 out of the smallest log, but I plan to build a chicken run next spring (which we have decided to call Cluckingham Palace). Can’t beat free timber (sans fuel costs for milling). Don’t need fancy finished lumber for a chicken coop. Just something to keep me red tail hawks from totin’ off the egg production employees.
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RoadRoach said:
Unfortunately, brew day got put on hold. I had a 70’ tall pine tree in the back yard that I’ve been watching for several years wondering when (not if or how) it was gonna break off at the stump and fall. Last night was the night. I wonder if it made any noise if no one was there to hear it. Ennyhoo, it couldn’t have been cut down any better. It tagged a huckleberry bush that I keep around for the birds, but didn’t break it or anything else except a large limb in red oak. I cut the red oak into fire wood and chipped the tops, and got five 12+/- foot saw logs out of the pine. I’ll barely get one 4x4 out of the smallest log, but I plan to build a chicken run next spring (which we have decided to call Cluckingham Palace). Can’t beat free timber (sans fuel costs for milling). Don’t need fancy finished lumber for a chicken coop. Just something to keep me red tail hawks from totin’ off the egg production employees.
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Pine borers I guess?
 
Donoroto said:
Pine borers I guess?
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Despite being stressed by dry weather and having the severe damage at the stump, I didn’t see any evidence of pine beetles. I’ve got a few that are showing signs though. I was quite surprised how healthy the tree was just a few feet above the scar. I’m thinking the owners of the property before it was sold for the subdivision probably burned undergrowth and damaged all the pines. The property was supposed to be a farm at some point in history, but some of the trees are at least a hundred years old. Very few of them don’t have a scar of some magnitude and on top of that problem, this place feels like a lightning magnet sometimes. A lot of them have long scars coming down the trunks from strikes, and I know for a fact I’ve had at least a dozen strikes since I’ve been here. I was looking straight at the tree on one strike which KILLED that tree and three more surrounding trees. That strike made some noise. This tree was far enough away from any structure other than the beginnings of a muscadine arbor that I started this year with native/wild vines, and a large natural garden we’re cultivating indigenous plants and shrubs in for pollenaters and birds. Only thing in it that doesn’t grow wild here is a silver dollar eucalyptus the missus insisted on having. This is not the tallest one by any stretch. There’s one farther back that’s at least 3 feet diameter at the stump, and has to be at least 100 feet tall. It’s ENORMOUS. I was gonna cut this one, but it had such a bad lean I didn’t think it would be very safe, so I just waited for it to come down by itself.
 
Off the beer “black market” :p

Anyone try any of these?

Bourbon County Barrel Aged Stouts
2015 - 13.7%
2016 - 13.8%
2017 - 14.1%
2018 - 15.2%
2019 - 15.2%
2019 - 13.5% w. coffee cassia bark, orange peel and Panela sugar
2019 - 14.1% w. cherries, granola, oats and brown sugar
2020 - 14.1% w. Earl Grey Tea, black tea and honey
2020 - 13.3% “Oatmeal” Stout w. Coffee and maple syrup
2021 - 14.0%
2021 - 14.0% “Cola” Stout w. brown sugar, citrus, coriander, spices and vanilla

And a 2019 15.3% Wheatwine to boot.

Now I’ll wait for a little cold weather and go get my big boy pants on. :)

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Megary said:
Off the beer “black market” :p

Anyone try any of these?

Bourbon County Barrel Aged Stouts
2015 - 13.7%
2016 - 13.8%
2017 - 14.1%
2018 - 15.2%
2019 - 15.2%
2019 - 13.5% w. coffee cassia bark, orange peel and Pamela sugar
2019 - 14.1% w. cherries, granola, oats and brown sugar
2020 - 14.1% w. Earl Grey Tea, black tea and honey
2020 - 13.3% “Oatmeal” Stout w. Coffee and maple syrup
2021 - 14.0%
2021 - 14.0% “Cola” Stout w. brown sugar, citrus, coriander, spices and vanilla

And a 2019 15.3% Wheatwine to boot.

Now I’ll wait for a little cold weather and go get my big boy pants on. :)

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You're gonna need more than big boy pants....them thar are some big beers:eek:
 
Megary said:
Off the beer “black market” :p

Anyone try any of these?

Bourbon County Barrel Aged Stouts
2015 - 13.7%
2016 - 13.8%
2017 - 14.1%
2018 - 15.2%
2019 - 15.2%
2019 - 13.5% w. coffee cassia bark, orange peel and Panela sugar
2019 - 14.1% w. cherries, granola, oats and brown sugar
2020 - 14.1% w. Earl Grey Tea, black tea and honey
2020 - 13.3% “Oatmeal” Stout w. Coffee and maple syrup
2021 - 14.0%
2021 - 14.0% “Cola” Stout w. brown sugar, citrus, coriander, spices and vanilla

And a 2019 15.3% Wheatwine to boot.

Now I’ll wait for a little cold weather and go get my big boy pants on. :)

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Whoof! That's more like strong wine.

Yeah, ping us a couple days before, as it's a longer drive...
 
12v Power supply for my glycol cabinet bit over kill at up to 10A.
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Also got a PWM 12v motor speed controller for stir plate I'm upgrading man they make em small these days compared to when I originally built it
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All installed not without a bit of confusion a bit of which wire goes where:)
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