the beer coupling on the commercial keg will have a one way valve on the gas in (either a rubber piece or a ball )
I assume that as the beer leaves the commercial keg that the vacuum created is enough to open the one way valve and allow the gas from the corny in.
I have never tried it but I...
crusty
I have my beersmith settings as
boil off 5 litres/hr
grain absorbsion 0.66 litres/kilo
loss to trub 2 litres (Itip the BM)
loss to fermenter 1 litre for 25 litre batches 2 litres for larger batches
crusty do you find your pre/post boil specific gravities are as predicted by beersmith using this method of setting profile
I continually find my pre boil S.G is spot on but I fall short by a few points after the boil even though my volume is correct.
I believe there is a bug/mistake in the way...
it doesnt have to be. you could set the initial temp to your mash temp and then add grain ,the temp will drop slightly but the braumeister will soon restore it, but most people seem to mash in at about 40 and let the braumeister ramp up to actual mash temp
reading on the american home brew talk forum .I believe there was some problems with the bung and the manufacturers have upgraded to a harder compound bung now to stop this problem.
I have a brewbucket and have brewed 3 times in it now,I have found that if I fill to the top line 6 us gallons I can get 20.5 litres out to fill my plastic pin cask with a little tilting of the bucket but still have a small amount of beer above the yeast/trub.
The biggest beer I have brewed was...
thanks punkin
yes looking at the build on electric brewery site the diy element kit lists tools required and what is included in the kit
it is indeed 1" npt thread and 1 1/4" metal punch required ordered from ebay.
the completed kit although good value was very expensive post wise from usa,just...
thanks for the replies that gives me another option ,kals site is good but I think I can source the bits for less than the self assemble kit on his site(I am still pricing it up)
the biggest cost is postage from usa,the element is a reasomable 17.88 USD but I guess the complete package would be...
thanks treefiddy
Is that 1 inch BSP or some metric thread ? as I am thinking of bying one of these elements for a 70 litre stockpot and need to source a back nut to fit it to the pot
perhaps if there are any american brewers who read this thread they might know,or failing that can anyone...
I have sean mention of camco ripp ultra low density heating elements 4500 watts being used in boilers
does anyone know what size thread the backnut should be and what size hole is required in the pot
thanks Paul