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I assume your GF died so you had a free controller, otherwise they're around $220 on eBay and they don't have WiFi. I think $300 for a wifi enabled smartPID is a pretty good deal by comparison.

Here's a detailed SmartPID upgrade guide for the Hopcat/Guten. I love the idea of brewfather wifi integration!

I read the same article mentioned by the OP. I have a DIPA in primary right now. I might split my dry hop half/half at high krauzen and during cold crash. Will report back.

Mate, I'm using the grainfather CFC with a PET fermenter. I just throttle back the flow using the tap on the pump output pipe and using an inline Blichmann Thrumometer to keep an eye on the temperature into the fermenter. Once it's around half full you can safely pump 40c wort into the ferm as...

Good article below https://byo.com/article/advanced-dry-hopping-techniques

Sorry to hear about your woes. I was lucky enough to fit my thermowell without incident. Just hand tighten the nut inside the lid. You should find the plastic fitting cuts it's own thread in the lid which partially helps with sealing. Make sure you chamfer the lid to allow the o-ring to seat...

My fermzilla 27L is leaking from the "double threaded spigot" on the base of the vessel as per photo below. I have the conical rubber seal on the outside of the PET vessel with the threaded ring over the top. It looks like the conical rubber seal might go inside the vessel as suggested by the...

Does anyone have a link to the Tapcooler product or has it not been released yet?

All I want for Xmas is one of these... https://www.xpressfill.com/carbonated-beverage-open-fill-2-spout-can-filler.shtml

I'm looking at the 20 keg version and I'm also keen to hear comparisons between KK and KL versions - not meaning to start a war, just an objective discussion on the differences, aside from the logos on the front panel. https://www.kegland.com.au/grand-deluxe-3-20-keg-model.html...

I just rinse out my kegs when they run dry, fill with sodium perc and about 2-3L hot water, shake the hell out of it for a few mins then connect back to beer and gas lines and run through the tap. Rinse keg with tap water a few time to remove perc, then repeat the first operation with starsan...

Good pickup stux. That's really confusing. So in terms of batch size, how much finished beer can we produce from the 17 gal / half barrel unitank? Give or take a few litres for different trub levels, etc. I'm trying to figure out how many 375mL cans I can produce, as a number of friends sell...

Half barrel and 17 gal unitank are different items with different capacities. Listed separately on brewtech's website.

So it sounds like a uni tank is pointless given you can't reliably drop the yeast until fermentation has fully completed (cold crashed) meaning your brew sits on the yeast cake for the duration - off flavours are likely.

Hopefully we'll be able to retro fit those guards to existing units? Also, are people contacting VISY directly for empty cans or via another outlet? What's the smallest amount we can order?

I think 17gal equates to 64L whereas half bbl is 80L.

For those with chronicals or uni tanks, when dumping trub and yeast have you ever had a problem with the wort blowing a hole in the sediment and coming through the bottom outlet before all of the trub/yeast has been dumped?

I had this problem originally. It helps if you put some food grade lube around the o-rings. Tighten by hand when it's empty then it should spin freely without grabbing on the stainless wall.

How do you know when to stop filling the keg if you don't have the lid off to check head space?

G'day, I'm just down the road in Pearcedale. I don't have any to swap but I'm keen to grab some. Just need to decide which ones and research how to keep/grow them. Will they be available for a while?