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My question with these sort of mods is usually "why?". We homebrewers seem to have some sort of innate need to complicate things unnecessarily. The unit literally comes with a top plate which does the exact same thing - to stop the recirc. from drilling in to the grain bed, and help to...

You shouldn't need to do either of these, should you? Autolysis is not an issue on a homebrew scale, especially not at those temps. If anything, bulk conditioning should help the lagering process occur faster. And there should be plenty of yeast still in suspension to carb the beer up, even if...

From what I've read on multiple forums, the issues that most people trying to brew their seltzers run in to are: 1) they aren't clear enough - apparently fixed by using dextrose as the fermentable; 2) they can have an odd 'earthy' background taste to them - I haven't heard of a fix for this...

I'm just about to get my hands on one for my 40L unit. I've heard good reports on a couple of brewing groups on FB. Thought that I should get one as I've recently upgraded myself from no-chill to using a CFC, but the pump blocked the very first time that I tried to use the CFC

So what you're saying then is that you are just unable to perform deductive reasoning? Stating that users are relying on a PRV to be their method of venting pressure should make it very clear to someone of your experience that they are not using a spunding valve - because in that case the...

Again, read my actual post. Your reply once again shows that you didn't. I stated that I had seen multiple examples of it being done across social media and forums. Your overzealous need to attack anything relating to KL on this forum seems to be clouding your ability to read and think...

That would have to be a pretty big mistake to make - they'd have to absolutely crank the pressure in one swift motion, and have absolutely no idea what they were doing. Anyone who is stupid enough to do that probably shouldn't be allowed to use most powered things in our society (power tools...

This sentence makes me think that you didn't actually read my post. My post was relating to idiotic brewers who don't use a spunding valve at all, and are relying on the PRV as their only form of pressure control

Much less safe as well. There are plenty of examples of people in FB brewing groups and forums who blame the manufacturer or quality of their pressure fermenting vessel for it exploding (several users on this forum, in particular, who seem to make a point of posting every single one that they...

Unfortunately they're still out of stock on the website...they obviously haven't updated it yet (that's the ones for the 40/50L)

ITC-308S with NTC 30CM Probe for me - the extra length on the probe would be great

As far as I'm aware, there may not be that many breweries that truly use pressure fermenting in the way that homebrewers have started using it. A lot of commercial breweries ferment under pressure simply due to the size and dimensions of their fermenters, which invariably lead to decently high...

K Meta is also an O2 scavenger...300mg in a corny keg during transfer should help keep things more stable. Works for me with NE style pales that have 200g late + dry + keg hops

I go for 300mg of sodium meta to both my brewing water, and then also in to the keg before I purge and fill it. I've had 3 month old NEIPAs that stayed as bright and hoppy as the day that they were kegged, and this was before I invested in an FV that was pressure rated so that I could do proper...

I feel strongly about misinformed people who spread misinformation/incorrect information

Two pretty horrendous takes here. Both incorrect. Conditioning in a keg doesn't magically mean that the O2 that can introduced during the transfer/racking process disappears and doesn't affect the beer. So that's point 1 out the window. I always question this often repeated mantra that yeast...

Several people have done it - it needs to be cut down to size so that it will fit

Could always use a better quality mat than the one that I've got. I'm in

Well, the fact that pretty much all of the AIO brewing systems have one tells us that it clearly has a purpose. So I would have to disagree with you there. I'm with @kadmium on this - without the top screen, the recirculation can bore a hole in to the grain bed and start to cause channelling...

What was the grain bill? Any malts different to your usual? (different maltster, etc)